Experiential Designer Job at Activate Inc., Ferndale, MI

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  • Activate Inc.
  • Ferndale, MI

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview:

At Activate, we are renowned for crafting extraordinary experiences that make a lasting impact for some of the world's most influential brands. Our expertise spans the production of kits, mobile tours, and standout live events, enhancing brand visibility and strengthening customer loyalty. As a WBENC-certified company, we take pride in fostering an inclusive work environment that emphasizes growth, offers competitive benefits, and champions collaboration.

Position Summary:

We are in search of an Experiential Designer to join our team as a force in conceiving innovative and trendsetting experiential marketing concepts. The role will play a pivotal role in conceptualizing and designing exceptional visuals for events, activations, and marketing materials. This position requires a proactive and detail-oriented professional with a passion for transforming creative concepts into tangible, cutting-edge experiences that set industry standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Conceptual and Ideation Responsibilities:

  • Conceptualize and design the visual aspects of events, activations, and experience kits to ensure they create a lasting impression on our clients and their audiences.
  • Develop a wide range of mood boards, mockups, and pitch decks that reflect the latest innovations and trends across culturally relevant brands, products, influencers, and pop-culture phenomena.
  • Contribute to copywriting for marketing materials, presentations, and event-related collateral.
  • Master and apply comprehensive corporate brand guidelines to the field of experiential marketing.

Graphic Design Responsibilities:

  • Design emails, digital and physical invites/cards, event signage, graphic wraps, kit packaging, social media posts and various large format prints.
  • Create vector graphics that can be applied and scaled for various print formats.
  • Develop scaled floorplan layouts and custom print templates for events.

Physical Design Responsibilities:

  • Stage and curate the mise-en-scene for various experiential vignettes, including activations, events, photo ops, mobile touring programs, and art installations.
  • Assemble and design experience kits for mass production and fulfillment.
  • Travel to event sites to ensure the visual integrity of the client's vision, while also contributing to the execution of any experiential marketing initiatives.

Activate reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Experience: 3+ years of relevant visual design experience

Requirements:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to thrive and effectively communicate in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment.
  • Strong critical thinking skills in high-pressure situations.
  • Proficiency in design software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, with an emphasis on Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Keen eye for size, scale, and potential distortion in design.
  • Ability to work on projects across multiple mediums, including digital, print, and social.
  • Basic knowledge of interactive installations and architectural visualization is a plus.
  • Ability to assist with on-site photography is a plus.

Activate provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

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