Marks is hiring an Associate Designer for our Marks Chicago studio!
Agency Overview
Marks is a brand design and experience agency constructed to meet the unique and dynamic conditions of today’s market. As a full-service agency, our expertise extends across all facets of the branding spectrum.
Born of five separate agencies within the SGSco umbrella, we are building on the expertise in brand design and design adaptation of our agency namesake and combining that with Webb deVlam’s strategic muscle and upstream capabilities, 3D contextual art creation born of Armstrong White, Traffik’s integrated experiential marketing expertise, and the delivery strength of 5Crowd. Together, we are 600 people across 12 studios and 8 countries. A super-charged brand design and experience powerhouse — ready to take on the biggest opportunities that lay ahead for our clients.
Dynamically structured, we deliver the dual perspectives of both Insider and Outsider — fluid, day-to-day brand guardianship and design leadership coupled with the game-changing provocation and fresh thinking that enables brands to uncover and calculate their next move, big or small. Combining divergent perspectives and experiences into a single seamless methodology fuels their clients to move fast, move forward, and move confidently.
The Role
This position calls for a highly collaborative team member with a creative spark, hunger to grow, and self-motivation. As Associate Designer, you will report to a Design Director, working closely with them and Creative Directors to translate a client’s brief into creative and strategic solutions that disrupt and delight.
You will be working on an array of projects that range from brand identity design to brand and product innovation, packaging design and everything in between.
Critical Skills and Behaviors
Thriving in a collaborative space
Curiosity and Passion
Communicates well visually and verbally
Independence and reliability
Prerequisites
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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