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Senior Graphic Designer- Project Hire/ Internal Assignment
The Walt Disney Company • United States of America 🇺🇸
Research various design genres and provide support to environmental graphic design teams. Lead a small team in the design of environmental graphics and coordinate with project leads and other disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Research various interior, architectural, and graphic design genres, themes and historical timelines to help inform project design/art direction documents
- Provide support to various environmental graphic design teams by assisting with design concepts, developing design details, design constructability, and scaled technical drawings for fabrication
- Create Graphics scope/program and lead implementation of design intent as a member of the project design team and support adherence to established project strategies, schedules, and budgets
- Develop Environmental Graphic Design solutions in collaboration with other disciplines. Including Creative Design, Show/Design, Ride, Design & Production, and Operating partners
- Support implementation of project goals/objectives through problem-solving and development of Graphic design solutions
- May assist in developing scopes of work and soft cost design estimates for attraction-level work
- Monitor performance of the design team against the project design schedule, budget, and earned value
- Provide technical direction to in-house designers and Design Services consultants
- Lead a small team of designers in the design of environmental graphics for various projects
- May direct consultants to whom the design is outsourced for WDI projects
- Coordinate and communicate design issues with project Lead, Principal, and Graphic Designer Manager
- Interact and communicate with the project team as the discipline lead or key department representative
- Expected to influence the design of fairly complex projects in all project matters
Requirements
- 7 years in Environmental Graphic Design practice preferred
- Strong artistic skills and experience with thoughtful design, with a clear understanding of the fundamentals of Graphic Design to solve graphic and way-finding challenges in Theme Parks, Resorts and Cruise Ships
- Strong typography skills, color theory, visual hierarchy and spatial judgement
- Proficiency with Adobe Suite design and illustration programs (including Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design), Sketch-up and MS Office Suite
- 2 years leading a team of designers in the design of environmental graphics/signage and the creation of contract documents for fabrication
- Construction phase experience, including the submittal/shop drawing review process and on-site field inspections
- Proficiency with Adobe Suite design and illustration programs (including Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design), Sketch-up or similar modeling program and MS Office Suite
- Proficient in understanding of wayfinding systems
- Ability to estimate labor costs for Graphic signage
- Working knowledge/experience with planning a Project Life Cycle
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as required
- A valid passport is mandatory
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program required
Key Skills
- Proficiency with Adobe Suite design and illustration programs (including Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design), Sketch-up and MS Office Suite
- Proficient in understanding of wayfinding systems
- Ability to estimate labor costs for Graphic signage
- Working knowledge/experience with planning a Project Life Cycle
- Proficient with signage code requirements, including but not limited to Fire, Safety, Health, and ADAG
- General knowledge of supporting fields including architecture, interior design and landscape design
- Prior Disney experience and knowledge
Benefits
- Health and savings benefits
- Educational opportunities
- Special extras that only Disney can provide
About The Walt Disney Company
Imagine a career at Disneyland Paris. From the moment you arrive, you’ll be immersed in a dynamic and multicultural team of talent that welcomes our Guests every day to create magical souvenirs they’ll cherish forever. Since 1992, we’ve opened our Park gates to 320 million visitors and made the dreams of millions come true! You too could be part of the magic! The success in delivering these projects and their stories is thanks to our team of 15,000 Cast Members who live Walt Disney’s vision: they bring imagination and wonder to our guests while seeing their own careers flourish. And this is where you can get involved. We have 500 different job profiles across our corporate and operations departments, so whether you’re interested in the operational roles within our Park, maybe to work part-time alongside your studies, or if you’re interested in Marketing, Finance, Engineering and our other corporate roles, we invite you to apply to us! Discover our many career opport
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