Overview

You’re a creative with heart for design and proven ability to deliver exceptionally crafted projects. And you’re looking for a great place to grow as part of a truly collaborative team of creatives to create inspiring experiences for some of the world’s biggest brands.

If you also possess restless curiosity and infectious enthusiasm for the trade show and exhibition industry and are passionate about creating unique, progressive and award-winning solutions – we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities

Design Taste Level

• Work in partnership with creative directors and team members to develop best in class experiential solutions in a practical and timely manner.
• Work closely with teams of all sizes and skill levels in design charrettes and workshops.
• Apply design aesthetics based on an understanding of the unique offerings of our clients and their target audiences.
• Develop effective design solutions created from the manipulation of shape, color, imagery, typography and space.
• Deftly create new graphics based on style guides from a wide variety of clients.
• Elevate taste level of every assigned project and push the limits of a brand’s identity.
• File and format all design work in the appropriate location and form compliance with the standards used within the GES Creative Design department.

Execution and Inspiration

• Create environmental design ideas for trade shows, corporate events, brand activations, conferences, delivering on different touch points with flair and consistency.
• Interpret briefs and be familiar with the new business pitch process.
• Brilliantly present yourself as a considerate and reliable teammate on every project.
• Coordinate with creative directors and other team members to execute the design direction.
• Proactively explore and uncover new ways to shape the design and approach.
• Design work based on growing trends in the exhibition industry, pop culture and technology innovations.
• Demonstrate proficiency in 2-dimensional design and printing techniques.
• Direct and collaborate with freelance designers to maintain a consistent aesthetic on production of a wide range of graphics for a single event.
• Present inspired ideas through deck building, mood boarding, image search – practice of hand illustrations and sketching are a plus.
• Express knowledge or understanding of motion graphics design, animation, 3D experience and AI.
• Quickly adapt and respond to revisions within a fast-paced work environment.
• Maintain our core GES brand values of Trust, Responsibility, Understanding and Excellence (TRUE).

Fit and Finish

• Treat every project as an opportunity to celebrate the joy of the making and crafting process.
• Practice excellence in design craft and finishing with flawless execution.
• Believe that small things make a big difference in attention to detail.
• Utilize artistic sensibility and skill to create designs or images for reproduction by any means of visual communication concerned with illustration, typography, surface design for packaging, or the design of patterns, books, advertising, or any form of visual communication.
• Create large-format designs for signage and banners with precision.

Qualifications

• 3 years design experience in an in-house creative department or design firm
• College degree in design-related field preferred
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite/Creative Cloud
• Knowledge of Office 365 with special focus on PowerPoint skills
• Self-starter instincts with an open mind to creative direction
• Adaptable and quick learner
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational, problem solving and time-management skills
• Strong writing skills, ability to detect and correct language errors before graphics are printed
• Good understanding of printing/production processes
• Developing presentation and communication skills

Work Environment

Our team members are our family, so we help our team members care for their families. The rewards of joining GES are extensive. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees. Here are some of the highlights:

• Competitive salaries
• 401K with company match
• Healthcare/vision/dental insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Career development program
• Employee assistance program
• Vacation time
• Community involvement opportunities
• Team activities

And much more……

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