Visual Designer

Deeplocal creates inspiring moments for brands in the real and virtual worlds. We strategize, imagine, design, and fabricate ambitious experiences from concept to execution. Our innovative work is driven by inventive new media, data, design and most importantly, humans. As part of WPP since 2017, Deeplocal brings an entirely unique modern and cultural approach to Brands.
As a Visual Designer with Deeplocal, you will combine your experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to bring graphic savvy to our interactive experiences. Our projects bridge the gap between physical and digital interaction; the ideal candidate for this role brings a fresh perspective of how visual storytelling through environmental, experiential, and print graphic design can be seamlessly integrated into physical experiences in novel and beautiful ways.
This is a freelance position with potential for conversion to full-time in approximately 3 months.
This position may be a fit for you if:

• You can excel on an interdisciplinary team working through various design phases.
• You can handle multiple projects simultaneously, keeping track of deadlines and self-directing your workload and priorities.
• You are a creative problem solver and have a sense of ownership over the success of our projects and be a relied-upon team member when challenges arise.
• You are aesthetically agile and can design for a variety of brands with different styles, tones, palettes, and voices.
• You are comfortable working under deadlines, and collaborating with cross functional teams, playing a part on a unified team.
• You have 2-4 years experience, preferably in a creative agency or similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Creative Concepting - Collaborate with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Designers, and Creative Technologists to create concepts that are inventive, strategic, and create meaningful experiences for audiences.
• Support in Art Direction & Visual Design - Assist in the conceptualization and creation of on-brand visual elements, collaborating closely with the Art Direction team to develop compelling narratives within brand-driven spaces
• Visual Asset Support - Works collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams to bring our client's stories to life using communication design strategies, including presentations, graphics, documents, and screen assets.
• Graphic Production - Follow design systems and champion best practices to produce production-ready designs for screens, print, and physical applications.

Desired Skills

• Proven ability to apply and perform graphic design skills, including: drawing/sketching, typography, ideation, use of color palettes and texture, and visual presentation development.
• Ability to work across graphic design realms: digital, print, and physical environments
• Experience in brand identity creation and/or experience in the application of established guidelines
• Illustrate conceptual development and design concepts through a variety of mediums, including hand sketches, mock-ups, and proof of concept sample art.
• Ability to work across graphic scales, from small scale design details to wall murals
• Prior experience in environmental graphic design and physical spaces a big plus
• Demonstrated high level of expertise using graphic design software including Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Figma
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to trends influencing design in general

Hybrid Candidates
Ideal candidates are those who can contribute across several disciplines. We're a small and collaborative creative team (with mostly multidisciplinary backgrounds). We love people who prefer to work across diverse skill sets and tasks!
This is the range of disciplines we use across our projects:
Physical Design
Interactive Design
Experience Design
UI Design
UX Design
Motion Design
Animation
3D Modeling
Graphic Design
Art Direction
2D + 3D Visualization
We're currently searching for Experience Designers and Motion Designers, cross competency with these roles is a huge plus.
The team is based in Pittsburgh, PA, but remote candidates will be considered.
A portfolio of work is required to be considered for this position.
About Deeplocal
Deeplocal is a quickly growing, internationally-recognized, innovation studio based in Pittsburgh, PA. Deeplocal's team of 100+ includes experts in marketing, engineering, design, and fabrication who collaborate to develop never-seen-before physical experiences for brand clients.
From creating a mind-controlled bike that allowed riders to shift with their thoughts, to building a robotic pitching machine that allowed a child to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game from thousands of miles away, to a single button that dims the lights, orders food, silencers your phone and puts on your favorite show, to a machine that graffitied tweets on the roads of the Tour de France, our projects are wide-ranging and unique.
Deeplocal has been behind some of advertising's most talked about campaigns: the Netflix Switch, Google Photos Pay With A Photo, Google Fiber Nick's First Pitch, and the Nike Chalkbot. Deeplocal's current clients include Google, Nike, and Nest.
Deeplocal's studio is located in a renovated brewery loft space in Sharpsburg, PA-just outside of Pittsburgh and within a few minutes of Lawrenceville. All team members at Deeplocal contribute and participate in work for our amazing roster of clients.
Deeplocal has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania for the past four years and has received numerous awards in advertising and design. Deeplocal's work has been featured on Fast Company, Wired, NYTimes, USA Today, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Gizmodo, Engadget, Forbes, and many more.
Our Mission
Invent products and experiences for innovative brands.
Our Purpose
To be a place where amazing talent can invent, create and inspire.
Our Core Values
Deeplocal is committed to maintaining the company's core values and culture as the company grows. Employees should exhibit the following Deeplocal core values:

• Impactful
• Efficient
• Inventive
• Resourceful
• Humble

Full Time Employee Benefits Include:
Competitive and comprehensive health care coverage
Flexible retirement plan with employer matching
Paid vacation time and winter break
Flexible working style
Family and pet friendly policies, including best-in-industry parental leave
Wellness, Technology and Professional Development subsidies
Community service flex time