Designer

Discover what you can do at IBM

IBM Brand Strategy & Experience Design (BSXD) is responsible for the sophistication, strategic evolution and expression of the IBM brand and sub-brands in every experience and encounter, internally and externally. We represent and support all IBM businesses horizontally and vertically. Our work crosses nearly every category of output: research and strategy, communications and content development, symbology and systems, digital and physical experiences, tools and training. Our global goal is to maintain modernity, tangibility and understanding of the IBM brand in the world.

Do work that matters.

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Designer who is passionate about ideas, brand experience and design, and looking to work with like-minded people in an intimate, hands-on studio environment. As part of the Brand Experience Design team, the Designer will play a critical role in shaping the visual and experience design of key IBM experiences and interactions. The professional must have a strong attention towards strategic, simple, smart design, and a keen eye for a modernist approach to typography and information design. The right candidate should have conceptual skills with identity design, iconography, and brand systems. Someone with experience in print and its various applications: collateral systems, brochures and non-traditional pieces, in addition, experience developing brand guidelines as well as skills in the digital space and after effects experience.

Responsibilities:
Help advance experience design at IBM.

Manage projects from conception, design, to execution and advocacy.

Develop IBM design systems and standards that can scale across IBM.

Bring abstract concepts to life though typography, illustration, iconography and photography.

Effectively communicate conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale both verbally and visually.

Collaborate well with others–stakeholders, technical teams, agency partners and other designers.

Produce deliverables from printed collateral to online and multimedia.

Work with senior team members to establish priority, fidelity and delivery of tasks.

Producing comps and assisting with presentation preparations.

This individual must excel at:
Distinguishing good design from bad, careless from well-conceived and crafted.

Designing experiences across media: print, digital and physical/event(s).

Problem solving and idea generation, effectively visualizing and creating concepts into the end products.

Investigating, innovating, and developing trends in creative with an emphasis on brand experience and design.

Actively seeking feedback and review of work; accept and act upon creative/technical direction.

Thriving in an agile development environment and team.

Collaborating well with others (stakeholders, technical teams.

Being passionate, confident, empathetic, positive and approachable.

Attention-to-detail, strong organizational skills and time management.

Designers are located in IBM offices in New York City, NY.

Must have the ability to work in the US without current/future need for IBM sponsorship.

Discover your true potential.

Be yourself

DPT1

BFA or MFA in graphic design

8+ years digital design and production experience with emphasis on experience design

Applications: Sketch, Principle, Adobe Creative Suite (Highly proficient), MS Office, Keynote, Cinema 4D, Github

Animation and motion skills a plus