Senior Event Designer

Senior Event Designer

The Sage Group’s client, an enterprise software company that develops products for software developers, project managers, and content management is searching for a Senior Event Designer to join our client’s diverse and dynamic internal agency. In the Creative team, we emphasize accountability as much as creativity. Our focus is on empowerment, and you will play a pivotal role in projects as a strategic collaborator with the Events & Field Marketing team. By utilizing and refining our client’s Design Guidelines, you will be responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and executing both in-person and digital event experiences designed to make a significant impact and provide satisfaction to existing and potential customers. Your role also encompasses considering how events can scale and influence the broader event portfolio, whether in-person or through ongoing digital content.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Bring our client’s brand to life across multiple global events including both in-person events, digital content reaching hundreds of thousands of views, as well as internal events that help align goals and teams globally.
• Imagine, design, execute, and document visual branding guidelines for an ever-growing events portfolio encompassing large digital/in-person customer events along with field marketing booth experiences, webinars and roadshows.
• Collaborate with the events team on end-to-end event experience from concept to activation including robust web/platform event experiences, marketing campaigns, website and platform design, motion graphics projects, environmental graphics, and event collateral including robust web/platform event experiences, marketing campaigns, website and platform design, motion graphics projects, environmental graphics, and event collateral.
• Partner with stakeholders to bring activations and information to life for unique interactive experiences at in-person venues.
• Challenge assumptions through productive debate leading to innovation and improved experiences.
• Work collectively with the team towards executing a collective vision on current and future event experiences while adhering to existing brand guidelines while strategizing expansion of Events design system for the future.

More About You:

• You bring to the table 8-10 years of professional experience, demonstrating ambitious design skills, conceptual problems solving capabilities, and expertise in design systems thinking with a particular focus on guideline documentation.
• Display a profound understanding of design principles, processes, and the strategic thinking underlying them.
• You excel at creating comprehensive end-to-end event experiences, whether in-person or virtual, by leveraging strategic thinking, innovative design, and compelling visual narratives.
• Thrive in fast-paced environments by adapting quickly to changing deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Exhibit outstanding communication skills by confidently presenting your work, while also providing a clear rationale for creative decisions. Additionally, effectively communicate and identify the scope, status, and risks involved in the project.
• Expert level within Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, Keynote and seeks to stay aware of new trends and technology.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of print specifications and requirements for interpreting elevations pertaining to booth and signage needs, while producing print/digital production-ready deliverables.
• Possess not only a passion for design but also collaboration while closely partnering with stakeholders.
• Showcase true teamwork mentality that embraces a growth mindset by seeking feedback and critique to continuously improve the quality of work while also giving constructive feedback and mentorship to more junior members on the team.
• You are dedicated to delivering outstanding work that prioritizes the customer experience, even within tight timelines and budgets.
• You aspire to mentor teams, fostering their growth and evolution. Committed to continuous learning, you consistently strive for improvement.

Location: Remote, USA

Duration: 12 Months, opportunity to extend

Compensation: $70/hr