Graphic Designer - Experiential

Aquent is partnering with a leading agency client renowned for crafting immersive brand experiences and unforgettable events. This innovative team is at the forefront of creating high-impact visual narratives that captivate audiences and elevate brands. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team where your creativity will directly shape the visual landscape of a major upcoming event, making a significant impact by translating cutting-edge design ideas into breathtaking physical realities and leaving a lasting impression on audiences.

About the Role

Are you a visionary Graphic Designer ready to transform concepts into tangible, awe-inspiring environments? We are seeking exceptional talent to join a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of experiential design. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in bringing large-scale visual narratives to life, contributing directly to the success and impact of a major event. This is your chance to showcase your expertise in environmental graphics and make a tangible difference, translating creative visions into production-ready assets that captivate and engage.

Project Details

• Start Date: ASAP; ideally by the end of next week, but realistically the following week
• Duration: Through the end of March
• Hours: Approximately 30 hours/week, with flexibility based on project needs

What You'll Do

• Support Art Directors from initial concepts through final production design handoff.
• Develop compelling graphic concepts and comps specifically for event and experiential environments.
• Create 2D designs at scale and expertly translate these concepts into realistic rendering formats.
• Develop precise elevations and other visual representations of environmental designs.
• Design large-format graphics with a keen understanding of scale, production requirements, and the physical environment.
• Translate established brand guidelines into polished, sophisticated event and experiential assets that resonate with major brands.
• Work across multiple brands and projects, consistently maintaining a high-end, big-brand aesthetic.
• Communicate complex design concepts effectively through sketches, mockups, found imagery, and other visual approaches, often with minimal direction.
• Collaborate seamlessly with Art Directors and other creative partners to refine concepts and prepare work for production.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional graphic design experience.
• Strong graphic design fundamentals coupled with a sophisticated eye for typography.
• Mastery of Adobe Illustrator, including the ability to create complex gradients.
• Proven experience working with gradients, noise, texture, and other advanced graphic treatments.
• A strong understanding of typography and type hierarchy, demonstrating that you are a true typography-focused designer.
• Extensive experience designing for large-format print and graphics at scale.
• Proven experience in experiential marketing, event design, brand activations, environmental graphics, spatial design, or trade show design.
• Demonstrated ability to understand how graphics translate from a 2D design file into a physical environment.
• Experience taking designs through the entire process: concept, comping, rendering, elevation, and/or production handoff.
• Experience working within established brand guidelines and creating polished assets for major brands.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and respond quickly in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Critical Portfolio Requirement: Candidates must include portfolio examples of experiential, event, activation, environmental, spatial, or large-scale design work. We are specifically looking for examples that demonstrate how you have created work at scale within a physical environment, such as:
  
  
  
  • Event activations
  • Experiential marketing campaigns
  • Trade show environments
  • Conference/event graphics
  • Environmental graphics
  • Retail or branded installations
  • Large-format graphics
  • Stage or event designs
  • Wayfinding systems
  • Branded spaces or immersive experiences
  • 3D/environmental renderings
  
  
  
  

  A portfolio consisting primarily of digital, social, web, or traditional print design without examples of work applied to a physical environment will not be considered a strong match.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with digital design, UX, animation, or motion.

About Skill:

Skill connects the best professional, IT, engineering, financial and administrative talent with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to benefits such as health benefit contributions, retirement plans with match and flexible spending accounts.

Skill is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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