Behance is hiring : Environmental Graphic Designer in Kansas City

Behance is hiring an Environmental Graphic Designer in Kansas City, MO, focusing on wayfinding project management in public spaces. The role involves collaboration with urban designers and requires a relevant degree and 5+ years of experience. This full-time position offers a flexible schedule, allowing remote work for 2 days a week, and includes competitive benefits. Candidates will engage in design workshops, stakeholder outreach, and various design tasks.
Behance is hiring an Environmental Graphic Designer in Kansas City, MO, focusing on project management for wayfinding in public spaces. The role involves collaboration with urban designers and includes tasks like stakeholder outreach and design workshops. This full-time position offers a flexible schedule with the option to work from home 2 days a week. Candidates should have a relevant degree and 5+ years of experience in graphic or industrial design.
This Environmental Graphic Designer position with a focus on project management for public realm and active transportation wayfinding, earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.About Toole DesignToole Design is the leading planning, design, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada.A Day in the Life of an Environmental Graphic DesignerAs an Environmental Graphic Designer at Toole, you will be a part of our growing Graphic Design team, working collaboratively with urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and engineers to help users successfully engage with the built environment. You will bridge the gap between 2D and 3D design, using your knowledge of visual communication to help users understand and navigate their environments successfully, as well as helping public clients envision possibilities for their streets, trails, and transit stations. This role is primarily focused on wayfinding for bicycle networks, walkable urban districts, parks, and transit stations, with a possibility to help grow our work in placemaking more generally. You will have the opportunity to work on stakeholder outreach and design workshops, concept plans, design guidelines, wayfinding strategies, branding, signage, and map design, including deliverables ranging from presentations and reports to design intent documents and final artwork. Depending on workload and the selected candidate’s skillset, this role may also support more general graphic design or visualization deliverables such as report design, engagement materials, or renderings. We are looking for someone who can lead the design of standalone wayfinding projects or lead EGD tasks within larger trails and urban design projects.Work Schedule for an Environmental Graphic DesignerThis full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week and will work from our office location Tuesdays through Thursdays. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2 days per week.Toole Design is proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving diversity in our leadership to better represent the communities where we work, as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO / AA / VEV / Disabled employer).Qualifications :A bachelor’s degree in graphic design, industrial design, landscape architecture, or related field from an accredited college or university and / or comparable work experience in lieu of a degree.5+ years of experience in graphic design, industrial design, landscape architecture, or other related field.3+ years’ experience in wayfinding, including the preparation of design intent drawings demonstrating knowledge of fabrication techniques, relevant building / planning codes, and human-centered design.Proficiency in graphic production using Adobe Creative Suite.Experience with CAD Tools, SignAgent, GIS, and / or Sketchup preferred.Strong logic and writing skills that support the development of sign locations and messaging.Strong organizational skills, including the ability to balance multiple projects. Project management experience is a plus.You’ll be great here if :You are a team player, organized, thoughtful, and know how to take initiative.You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable.You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built.You have strong visual and written communication skills.You can build relationships, deliver compelling presentations, and guide clients towards appropriate design decisions.You enjoy working with a diverse team with a complementary skill set.
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