Experiential Designer

Experiential Designer

National Aquarium
Baltimore, MD

The National Aquarium’s Experiential Design Team creates environments that orient, inform, educate, and delight to connect people with nature to inspire compassion and care for our ocean planet.

The Experiential Designer provides conceptual planning, art direction, design and execution of design projects across the National Aquarium campus. This position covers experience design in several contexts: exhibition design, environmental graphics, wayfinding, operational graphics and placemaking. The designer maintains National Aquarium brand and quality standards in all projects and brings knowledge of various production materials and methods to the work.

This designer is a strong team member and enjoys working with content developers, designers, subject matter experts, project managers, fabricators and vendors to craft memorable experiences.

Reports to Manager of Experiential Design for feedback and to establish workload, process and deadlines. Reports to Manager of Experiential Design as directed by Director of Experiential Design for design and production deadlines, budget, material specifications and art direction related to design projects across the campus.

RESPONSIBILITIES: DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• Develop 2D and 3D experiences and graphic design solutions for new projects
• Collaborate with team members to envision the overall experience
• Manage graphic production
• Manage exhibit graphics work orders

Preferred Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Art, Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Museum Studies or equivalent experience
• Minimum of five years experience in exhibit design, exhibit graphic design and/or environmental graphic design
• Experience working with museums, aquaria, zoos, public gardens, and other publicly oriented cultural or science-based institutions highly desired

Annual Salary: $61,000 - $65,000

National Aquarium offers a hybrid work model, where staff work in-office a few days a week and remotely the balance of the week. Application review will begin immediately.

The National Aquarium is committed to diversity and invites individuals who bring a diversity of culture, experience, and ideas to apply.

About The National Aquarium

Recently named one of Baltimore’s Best Places to Work, the National Aquarium opened in 1981 as a nonprofit aquatic education and conservation organization, the jewel of the city’s Inner Harbor redevelopment. SmartCEO Magazine honored the National Aquarium with the Healthiest Workplace award and the Corporate Culture award in 2016. With a mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures, the Aquarium is consistently ranked one of the nation’s two top aquariums and has hosted over 51 million guests since opening.

HOW TO APPLY Interested and engaged applicants should apply through our website http://aqua.org/jobs. Requests for reasonable accommodation can be made by e-mailing [email protected].