3D Environmental Designer - ChaseDesign (Syracuse, NY)
Who we are
More than 65 years ago, we opened our doors as a one-man industrial design firm in Central New York. With a fresh degree from a leading institution, the easy thing for our founder to do would have been to join a big firm in a big city.
But where’s the fun in easy?
We scraped. We hustled. We hired. And we grew. A lot. Seriously, a lot. With each request from our clients, we expanded what we made: from products… to packaging… to retail merchandising… to full retail categories, departments, and total stores… to in-person experiences like events, pop-ups, and tradeshows… to cutting-edge, confidential innovation centers… to public brand experiences and flagships… to websites, apps, and e-commerce optimizations… to fully realized virtual environments… and beyond.
Today, we’re the secret weapon to countless global innovators… a leading strategic design consultancy with offices in Syracuse, Cincinnati, Detroit, and New York City, and reach that extends around the globe through our FutureBrand family. Through the unique combination of the insight and strategy expertise of a management consulting firm, the creativity of world-class storytellers and design innovators, and the rapid, in-context prototyping of a manufacturer we’ve become indispensable partners to some of the world's best clients.
We make what should be, creating transformative brand experiences that work for a living, using a totally original synergy of behavioral design thinking and creative brand expression.
And we measure ourselves by tangible design solutions on the street, not awards on the walls.
Who you are
You're humble.
Confident in who you are and what you're capable of, but equally aware of how you can learn from others and continue to improve.
You’re agile.
Aware that work like ours takes myriad different forms and paths, unexpectedly shifts on a dime, and requires flexible thinking and working plus an unassailably optimistic mindset… and you’re here for it.
You excel at your craft.
Passionate and completely invested in the work you do and driven to do what it takes to make it stand above and constantly improve.
You're collaborative.
Excited by the prospect of coming together with co-workers, clients, and other partners to turn individual talents into extraordinary collective accomplishments by leveraging the diverse cross-pollination of perspectives and talents.
Most importantly, you're uniquely, unabashedly, unashamedly you.
There is no singular path to a career at ChaseDesign. No formula for the perfect strategic design consultant. Because it's our differences in background and perspective that make us and the work we do stronger, more effective, and more meaningful.
What the role is
Our 3D Environmental Designers innovatively solve problems and persuasively deliver dynamic solutions to internal and external stakeholders in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Whether articulating the future direction of a physical retail space, optimizing a category or department solution, or creating the future vision of an immersive omnichannel experience, all our designers bring inherent curiosity and a human-centered outlook to work every day. We are looking for team members who will actively engage in understanding today’s experiences in order to create and design for tomorrow’s opportunities. As a 3D Environmental Designer, you will:
Collaborate with our Business Leadership, Experience, and Design teams to understand and design to project and client objectives and success metrics
Immerse in the user’s point of view to begin the Design Thinking process
Brainstorm and develop future ideas/concepts in layout, sketch, rendering and 3D computer modeling forms
Iterate with our internal team and clients to refine and persuasively present the future solutions
Collaborate with our in-house model lab to mock-up and visualize concepts in 3D
Communicate structural, material, mechanical, and visual details of the design solutions you develop
Develop Design Intent Documentation (DID) packages to communicate with fabrication partners
What it requires
A strong desire to create and contribute to an inclusive design environment
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or Environmental/Retail Design
A desire to innovate and collaborate with amazing visualization skills
Proficiency in 3D computer modeling software and the Adobe Suite
Must be in Syracuse, NY and able to work on site Tuesday - Thursday
How we’ll compensate you
Competitive Salary
Unlimited paid time-off
Top 1% of 401K match plans
Comprehensive Healthcare Plan, superior to most
Flexible Work Environment
EEO
We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive ways and we want to hear from those who think differently from us. We truly believe in the strength of diversity and the richness it can bring. By bringing different people together great things happen.
ChaseDesign, LLC (a FutureBrand company) is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by federal law. We will not ask about incarceration history at any point in the application process.
If you have a disability, we want everyone to feel at ease when going through our recruitment process. We are working to make our website and processes more accessible, if you encounter any issues and would like this information in an alternative format, or if you need further support with your application, please contact us at careers@chasedesign.net for any adjustments you may need to perform at your best.
