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Senior Designer
Condé Nast
New York, NY, United States
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Senior Designer, Pop2Life, Experience
The senior designer will work in conjunction with p2L creative and project team to develop interactive, audience-centered environments. The senior designer is expected to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the overarching critical elements of environmental and exhibition planning and design: narrative, visitor experience, and concept design development. The senior designer will be required to handle multiple projects at once, and will report to the Art Director.
Responsibilities
• Imagine and execute dynamic spaces:
◦ Apply appropriate design methodologies and utilize content to "tell a story"
◦ integrate furnishings, rentals, scenic pieces, custom-fabricated items, sculptural elements, and high-impact graphics to enhance overall visitor experience.
• Effectively create mood boards and look-books to convey the atmosphere and feel of the environment and provide visual details of preliminary project vision.
• Diagram out major spatial program areas and their relationships to each other.
• Communicate design intent and experiential intent through development of 3D computer-generated concept renderings, photo-composites, hand-drawn sketches, and graphics, and be able to direct others to do so.
• Creative comprehensive documentation packages for review by the internal team and the external client, highlighting all design features of the space. Document to include the following:
◦ Detailed layouts, including arrangement of furniture, rental pieces, custom elements, and other activation components to optimize space, integrating all parts effectively to ensure optimal flow through the space.
◦ Scaled floor plans and elevations
◦ Polished renderings (at multiple stages throughout the design process)
◦ Furniture and decor boards including all material and finish sections
◦ Graphics and branding previews, key-coded to elevations and floor plans
• Work with a team (project manager, project coordinator, creative director, art director, client, etc.) to successfully achieve project goals.
• Direct renderers, illustrators, graphic designers, etc. to assist in developing a fully fleshed out concept.
• Direct fabrications on creative vision by providing scaled/dimensioned diagrams, drawings, 3D models, etc. to clearly illustrate project needs.
• Work within and manage a specified creative budget.
• Maintain accuracy and ownership of all details in the design process from concept to completion.
Required Skills
• BA required in architecture, interior design, exhibition design, graphic design, or related field with a strong design portfolio.
• ability to comprehend floor plans and architectural drawings
• knowledge of graphic design and mechanical production (highly preferred)
• knowledge of basic techniques of exhibition evaluation within the development process (preferred)
• software and programs:
◦ Mac OS
◦ Adobe Creative Suite (inDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
◦ SketchUp and.or other 3D modeling/visualization software, including AutoCad (SketchUp preferred)
◦ Microsoft Office Suite
Basic Criteria
• Extremely detail oriented
• Organized
• Flexible
• Able to multi-task
• Comfortable talking to people (great personality!)
• Willing to work outside the standard work week
• Team oriented
• Confident demeanor and ability to "think on feet"
• Willing to travel, work evenings, weekends and holidays
Basic Work Load
• Duration of work varies dependent on assigned project(s)
• 40+ hours a week (give and take)
• Monday - Friday (10am - 7pm)
• Some weekends
• If necessary, available evenings/weekends if that is the only time to connect with clients/vendors
About Condé Nast:
Condé Nast is a premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content for the world's most influential audiences. Attracting more than 100 million consumers across its industry-leading print, digital and video brands, the company’s portfolio includes some of the most iconic titles in media: Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, GQ Style, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Wired, W, Golf Digest, Golf World, Teen Vogue, Ars Technica, The Scene, Pitchfork and Backchannel. The company’s newest division, Condé Nast Entertainment, was launched in 2011 to develop film, television and premium digital video programming.