Signage and Wayfinding Environmental Graphic Designer

Selbert Perkins Design is seeking a Signage and Wayfinding Environmental Graphic Designer in Chicago, IL. This hybrid role involves collaborating with a team to create impactful environments through design phases from concept to construction. Candidates should have a relevant degree and 1-3 years of experience. The position offers competitive benefits, including health insurance and paid holidays, and requires initial in-office training before transitioning to a hybrid schedule.
Job Description

Selbert Perkins Design is an international multi-disciplinary design firm. Our award-winning work, for a diverse array of high-profile clients, can be seen around the globe. We combine branding, signage and wayfinding, placemaking, environmental graphics, and public art and sculpture to create meaningful environments that serve the public good and translate into positive results for our clients.

Job Summary:

As a Signage and Wayfinding Environmental Graphic Designer, you will be working alongside a team of Partners, Principals, Marketing Directors, Design Directors, Proposal Writers, and Designers to create and tell our client's stories around the world through wayfinding and signage.

The Signage and Wayfinding Environmental Graphic Designer will be involved in all phases of the design process including concept, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration.

This is a hybrid position. You must be able to come into our Barrington office everyday your first two weeks of training and then transition to hybrid schedule.

Benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Generous sick time
• Competitive compensation
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Long-term disability and life insurance
• Healthy work/life balance

Responsibilities:
• Participate in all efforts related to research & analysis, strategy & concept development, documentation and implementation
• Prepare presentation materials and participate in client meetings
• Prepare electronic and final art files including templates for fabricator and design team usage
• Participate and review shop drawings, materials/color samples, mockup and punch list reviews and all matters related to the construction administration phase
• Coordinate with the design team during design process

Project Administration
• Assist with project management in support of project director or whenever necessary and appropriate including taking and distributing meeting notes, coordinating of project schedules
• Assist with production management including writing specifications, soliciting & reviewing vendor bids
• Design administration including filing, maintenance of project folders, preparation of storage files
• Assist with coordination/supervision of other team members or support staff

Marketing / Business Development
• Identifying out-of-scope efforts and alerting the project director & marketing team to develop additional services requests

Client Services
• Verbal and written communications, information research, and tasks on behalf of the client/project needs as deemed appropriate by the project lead.
• Serving as client contact where deemed appropriate by the project lead.

Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Architecture, or other related field
• 1-3 years of professional experience with planning, documenting and management of environmental graphic, branded environment, placemaking and wayfinding projects.
• General familiarity and experience with phases of work from concept through construction administration
• General understanding of code requirements related to aspects of wayfinding signage
• Ability to prioritize and concurrently service multiple projects
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and CAD tools)
• Some knowledge in SketchUp, Revit or other 3D modeling program

Selbert Perkins Design is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.