Senior Graphic Designer - Communications

HDR•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story' Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. At HDR, our teams of intelligent, dedicated, multidisciplinary professionals work across our 42 architecture studios to contribute design solutions in support of strong, vibrant and equitable communities around the world. The innovative tools and delivery models we have adopted are transforming how design is delivered and providing more value for our clients. And over the past decade, our focus on design excellence, particularly as it relates to some of society’s most essential and complex building types, has increased our recognition and elevated our reputation in the AEC industry around the world. If you are drawn toward opportunities to use visual design and communication to tell compelling stories about how buildings, landscapes, interiors and engineering systems shape the world around us, this position is for you. In this position, you will work alongside teammates in the Architecture Marketing Studio with a focus on visual and written storytelling. You will be integral in the development of the architecture practice’s flagship publication and visual assets for multi-media campaigns. Your work will be integrated as part of fully developed campaigns that include both written and visual content for award submittals, book design, social media posts, articles, publications, infographics, videos, web, and presentations. Curiosity and attention to detail will be your superpowers. Asking questions, thinking critically, iterating in collaboration with others, problem solving and holding yourself and the larger team accountable to high-quality standards will yield excellent contributions to HDR’s architecture communications program. Please submit your resume, portfolio and a cover letter with your submission.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) Microsoft Office suite
Ability to design a wide variety of styles
Eye for design details, such as typography, alignment, hierarchy, etc
Strong portfolio showing design experience
Understanding of branding/brand development, communications, and research
Proficiency in customer service, strong communication and negotiation skills, flexibility, time management, project management, detail oriented, leadership, and teamwork
Experience with Premiere, After Effects and Audition; ability and experience working on strategic campaigns (Video Designers Only)
Offset printing/digital printing/color correction; ability to coordinate complex projects
Cover Letter, Resume and Portfolio

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 3 years in Architecture industry
Degree in Graphic Design, Design Communication, Architecture or related discipline.
Experience with Premiere, After Effects and Audition; ability and experience working on strategic campaigns
Ability to curate and design compelling project narratives for high-end publications, presentations, brochures, infographics, and architecture graphics, ensuring clarity and visual impact; advanced proficiency in layout design, typography, and graphic design principles.
Demonstrates a rigorous, detail-oriented mindset—committed to exploring ideas deeply and synthesizing information into clear, impactful visual narratives.
Proficient in communication, negotiation, flexibility, time and project management, attention to detail, leadership, and teamwork; experienced in collaborating with architects, project managers, and marketing teams.
Rhino, Revit or other visualization tools

Responsibilities

Apply expertise in graphic design fundamentals such as layout, typography, alignment, hierarchy, and composition to elevate all visual outputs.
Interpret architectural design content, extracting key ideas to communicate visually, from concept through completion, through compelling visual narratives using graphics, layouts, diagrams, infographics, and mixed media storytelling.
Create refined print and digital ready deliverables.
Demonstrate curiosity and ability with an understanding of basic architectural drawings.
Brainstorm and develop diagrams and graphics that convey complex data and information in collaboration with experts from our architecture, design, computational, sustainability, research and planning disciplines.
Refine architectural drawings, renderings, and animations to translate and simplify design ideas for our clients, media partners and other key stakeholders.
Collaborate with our architecture communications team and larger Architecture Marketing Studio to brainstorm and develop new ideas and projects in support of our architecture practice business goals.
Deliver assignments on time while consistently meeting quality standards.
Work with other peer or senior designers on multi-component projects.
Research technology and production techniques or processes for each project, as necessary.
Work alongside our design, marketing and communications leadership to develop visual standards for awards and external media platforms.