What are the responsibilities and job description for the Brand Designer position at Gensler?
Description
Gensler’s Brand Team in Houston is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Brand Designer to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialize in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment. As a Gensler experience designer, we help our clients tell their unique stories effectively via every channel available in today’s diverse media landscape, with a focus on spatial design. The Brand Design team is embedded in a studio alongside Consulting, Architecture, and Interior Design practice areas, creating a unique opportunity to develop multidisciplinary solutions for our clients.
Your Role
As a Gensler Brand Designer, this position will focus on graphic design and illustration. Having capabilities in motion graphics such as Adobe After Effects or any 3D visualization program and/or signage technical knowledge would be a plus but not required. The candidate is a strong 2D and 3D designer who will be required to quickly generate multiple initial concepts and develop them into viable design solutions. Our ideal candidate will also have strong technical skills from design development through documentation and coordination. Design solutions will have a strong emphasis on integrating concepts into built environments. This individual will coordinate between multiple internal project teams and clients. Projects will cover several design disciplines including, workplace, hospitality, healthcare, and mixed-use projects.
What You Will Do
This position is in-person. Successful candidates will be located in the Houston, Texas area. If you’re open to relocating to the area, please apply! Non-local candidates are welcome. U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 study ranks Houston in the top 10 Best Big Cities to Live in the U.S.!
Life at Gensler
At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Awareness Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.
As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state and local law.
Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with federal, state and local law.
See also Know your rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal, right to work and E-verify program, as required by law.
Gensler endeavors to make gensler.com/careers accessible to all applicants. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us.
Regarding Gensler’s approach to recruiting new talent, we will never ask an applicant for sensitive or personal financial information during the recruitment process. We advise all applicants seeking employment with Gensler to review available information on recruitment fraud. Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing Gensler should email talentacquisition@gensler.com.
Gensler’s Brand Team in Houston is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Brand Designer to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialize in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment. As a Gensler experience designer, we help our clients tell their unique stories effectively via every channel available in today’s diverse media landscape, with a focus on spatial design. The Brand Design team is embedded in a studio alongside Consulting, Architecture, and Interior Design practice areas, creating a unique opportunity to develop multidisciplinary solutions for our clients.
Your Role
As a Gensler Brand Designer, this position will focus on graphic design and illustration. Having capabilities in motion graphics such as Adobe After Effects or any 3D visualization program and/or signage technical knowledge would be a plus but not required. The candidate is a strong 2D and 3D designer who will be required to quickly generate multiple initial concepts and develop them into viable design solutions. Our ideal candidate will also have strong technical skills from design development through documentation and coordination. Design solutions will have a strong emphasis on integrating concepts into built environments. This individual will coordinate between multiple internal project teams and clients. Projects will cover several design disciplines including, workplace, hospitality, healthcare, and mixed-use projects.
What You Will Do
- Design branded environments including brand identity, naming strategies, environmental graphics, signage, and digital integration
- You will be successful because you excel in storytelling, have a strong graphic design ability, and impeccable project management skills
- Manage own projects within a wider team, ensuring client’s needs are met on time and within budget
- Assist the Design Director in winning work, creating key pitches, and building client relationships
- Compose design presentations that are both verbally and visually compelling
- Interface with multiple internal design practices, including architecture, interior design, strategy, and master planning
- Be able to multitask, working on various projects at once, often with tight deadlines and with careful attention to detail
- Update and reinvent static design assets into fresh animations
- Create dynamic, organic, 2D, 3D, technically accurate, animated content for use in external video
- Create lower thirds, transitions, and other dynamic content
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, environmental graphic design, information design, communication design, or similar
- 5 years of experience after graduation in design or a related field
- Creative and impactful graphic design skills, including creating effective presentations and marketing collateral
- Strong graphic communication and design skills
- Strong illustration, typography, composition, and information design skills across multiple project types such as print communications or digital tools (i.e. websites, apps, etc.)
- Experience designing for the built environment and comprehension of architectural scales, sections, plans, and elevations a plus
- Ability to visualize ideas in two and three-dimensions
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving solving and communication skills that work well in an interdisciplinary, fast-paced environment
- Strong presentation skills with an ability to communicate the “why” behind design decisions
- Software Competency: Adobe Creative Suite with CADtools and After Effects
- The ability to work in 3D modeling programs such as SketchUp or Revit is a strong advantage
- Impressive illustration skills are a huge plus
- The ability to design and deliver websites is a plus, but not required
This position is in-person. Successful candidates will be located in the Houston, Texas area. If you’re open to relocating to the area, please apply! Non-local candidates are welcome. U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 study ranks Houston in the top 10 Best Big Cities to Live in the U.S.!
Life at Gensler
At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Awareness Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.
As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state and local law.
Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with federal, state and local law.
See also Know your rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal, right to work and E-verify program, as required by law.
Gensler endeavors to make gensler.com/careers accessible to all applicants. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us.
Regarding Gensler’s approach to recruiting new talent, we will never ask an applicant for sensitive or personal financial information during the recruitment process. We advise all applicants seeking employment with Gensler to review available information on recruitment fraud. Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing Gensler should email talentacquisition@gensler.com.