Retail Brand Creative Designer

Job Details

6 months contract- possibility of extension

Hybrid- 4 days in Vancouver

Rate: 40-48/hr

JOB DESCRIPTION

Insight Global is looking to Retail Brand Creative Designer. Partner closely with Store Design, Construction, and cross-functional teams to bring retail brand concepts to life from initial brief through production and installation. Develop mood boards, environmental graphics, custom artwork, and experiential brand moments that tell a compelling story within the physical space. Present concepts to leadership, incorporate feedback, and collaborate with artists, agencies, and vendors to ensure the final execution balances creative vision, brand standards, budget, and feasibility.

Partner with Store Designers from the beginning of new stores, renovations, and other retail projects.

Review the project brief, community insights, brand priorities, budget, and physical space to determine the creative direction.

Develop mood boards, conceptual directions, artwork, graphics, and storytelling for the overall store experience.

Design a mix of:

Custom artwork and environmental graphics

Evergreen and city-specific artwork

Floor inlays and semi-custom brand elements

Barricades and large-format graphics

Pop-ups and experiential brand moments

Bring creative concepts to leadership through decks and presentations, explaining the story and rationale behind the direction.

Incorporate feedback and refine concepts through the approval process.

Partner closely with Store Design, Construction, Project Management, artists, agencies, and vendors to determine how concepts will work within the physical environment.

Art direct and curate external artists when a project requires specialized artwork.

Balance creative vision, brand standards, budget, constructability, and production feasibility.

Stay involved through vendor workshops, production, and installation to ensure the final execution maintains the original design intent.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

5+ years of retail brand creative / graphic design experience

Experience designing for physical retail environments, stores, pop-ups, or experiential spaces

Strong understanding of how 2D brand/graphic design translates into a built environment

Strong conceptual design + storytelling

Able to take a brief from concept → mood board → storytelling → design development → production/install

Portfolio should clearly demonstrate the brief, ideation process, design thinking, and final execution

Experience creating custom, large-scale brand moments such as barricades, installations, environmental graphics, artwork, or pop-ups

Strong graphic design capabilities

Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and Photoshop

Strong eye for composition, typography, brand expression, and visual storytelling

Comfortable balancing highly creative work with more production-focused design

Experience designing within real-world constraints

Ability to maintain the creative vision while considering budget, feasibility, production requirements, architecture, and brand guidelines

Comfortable collaborating with vendors to bring concepts into production

Highly collaborative + low ego

Self-starter who is open to feedback and comfortable iterating

Able to partner closely with Store Design, Construction, Project Management, external agencies/artists, and leadership

Strong communicator who can present and enroll stakeholders in creative concepts

Comfortable in a fast-paced environment

Able to work through ambiguity, changing priorities, and quick pivots

Strong judgment around when to push creative thinking versus when to adapt

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Pop-up / experiential retail design experience

Experience with 3D environments, sculptures, installations, environmental graphics, or spatial design

Experience curating or art directing external artists

Experience working with external creative agencies and production vendors

Background with a major retail, fashion, lifestyle, or consumer brand

Experience creating localized artwork or storytelling that incorporates community/city-specific elements

Vacancy Status:

This posting is for a currently vacant role, and the successful candidate will be hired into an existing open position.

Please Note: Artificial intelligence tools are used to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position.