Senior Graphic Designer

A Senior Designer at Cushman & Wakefield is responsible for creating and executing effective, innovative ideas for our clients, across all mediums. This includes ideation, concepts and layout design of print collateral, email marketing, presentation materials, and digital campaigns.

Who You Are:

You are a pro at translating complex concepts into simple and easy-to-understand graphics. You stay on top of design trends, industry best practices and the work of our competition, to drive design at the highest level. You work well alongside other in-house Marketing Communications pros to help the team flourish both culturally and creatively. You thrive in a fast-paced environment with like-minded peers, and excel at building relationships across departments and with clients. You're a self-motivated Rockstar who steadfastly strives to innovate with every new endeavor. Your portfolio reflects your range of capabilities from ideation through execution to production. You are eager to use your top-tier skills to strengthen Cushman & Wakefield’s dominance in the Twin Cities commercial real estate market.

Responsibilities:

• Conceive and create killer work at the highest level 
• Develop concepts and collaborate with marketing strategists and vendors to produce standout work 
• 50% adhere to brand style guide / 50% develop custom brand identities 
• Monitor and track assigned projects and follow through on all phases of production 
• Present work with conviction to internal teams and clients 
• Mentor and inspire peers with fresh insights, technical skills, and general creative passion 
• Heed constructive feedback and strive to deliver increasingly better work on each assignment 
• Push past good ideas in order to discover great ones

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience 
• 4+ years design experience 
• Strong collaboration, communication and organization skills 
• Interpersonally savvy with strong listening skills 
• Ability to comprehend the big picture while paying attention to the smallest details 
• Soundly adept in design and typographic skills, applicable to a vast range of design aesthetics 
• Ability to present ideas clearly and with conviction in order to sell them through internally and externally 
• Ability to gracefully lead multiple projects in a fast-paced environment 
• Understanding of printing process, photography, illustration, typography and interactive 
• Competency in the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of applications in PC environment
• Portfolio demonstrating excellence in graphic design and a strong understanding and application of art direction.

Skills that Earn Bonus Points:

• Real Estate background 
• Basic ability to work in html language 
• Video editing experience