Workday Senior Graphic Designer | Event Design

We're partnering with Workday to find a talented Senior Graphic Designer to help bring their flagship annual event, Workday Rising, to life.

About the Role

Workday is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, Event Graphic Designer to join our talented in-house Marketing Creative Services team. The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating engaging experiences that promote Workday at our largest event of the year, Workday Rising. Must have a solid foundation in experiential design and production with digital and 3D work a plus.

This role requires traditional design skills, but will also challenge the designer to create new, innovative ways to reach and influence our audiences. This candidate must know and understand how to follow brand guidelines and styles and adapt them for the needs of the audience in creative executions.This role works directly with Senior Art Directors and Senior Creative Directors, as well as Creative Managers and PMO teams Applicants must be multi-faceted, multi-disciplined, with a willingness to learn new skills and processes and understand how to create a customer journey within a space.

We believe creating an engaging customer journey for our attendees, whether it’s customers or prospects, is essential to a successful event. This individual must be able to demonstrate (via online portfolio) knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm with visual design and storytelling via design & mockups. This position is a full-time contract role.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Create engaging branding moments that highlight Workday’s solutions
• Nurture cross-disciplined relationships with various teams
• Translate broad and conceptual ideas and turn them into engaging experiences
• Help facilitate and deliver creative executions that help to bring Workday and it’s solutions to life

You Are a Fit For This Role If You

• Believe that creative is a strategic partner for any event experience
• Have a passion for creating unforgettable experiences for attendees
• Think that collaboration is a necessary and fun way to bring the best ideas and processes to life
• Can present concepts and ideas to people from multiple disciplines and sell it
• Can work within brand guidelines but also challenge them in ways that are new and innovative
• Can work cross-functionally with teams, receive feedback, and can deliver an end result that proves the Event Design Team to be a good strategic partner
• Are detail-oriented with an eye for scale within a space
• Have a keen ability to manage multiple projects at once within budget and timelines.

The Skill Set

• 5+ years event design experience, trade show booths a plus.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience in print production, especially in large-scale applications.
• Knowledge of Figma is a plus, but not required
• A portfolio that demonstrates a strong understanding of experiential design
• Strong eye for typography and layout
• Solid digital design awareness
• Comfort working both independently and as part of a team
• Desire to continue learning and willingness to embrace new skill sets
• Attention to detail to create flawless production files
• Strong collaborator and self-starter

You Should Include These In Your Application

• A link to your online portfolio
• Your CV or LinkedIn profile
• A few words about why this role is interesting to you

The details:

• Start date: May 1 (or sooner)
• Duration: 6-month contract, full-time
• Location: Remote (or Hybrid)