Creative Services Multimedia Designer

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Creative Services Multimedia Designer

Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We're looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Creative Services Multimedia Designer in our Los Angeles office. Other options may be the offices in Orange or San Diego. Be involved in projects with our WSP's Communications & Public Involvement, Creative Services practice and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

Join our team and help transform community engagement materials into engaging, interactive, online learning experiences. If you have a passion for design, interactivity, videos and online learning, we want to hear from you. Be involved in projects with our Communications & Public Involvement Team and become a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges. At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

• Create original design concepts to inform and engage communities for a wide variety of public projects.
• Convert traditional documents and manuals into interactive e-learning modules
• Collaborate with technical experts, communications team, and other team members to develop solutions.
• Design and develop multimedia elements, such as videos, animations, and simulations, to enhance learning experiences.
• Design execution of simple to complex motion-graphics assets for video and online modules. These assets include animated type, video edits, and special effects.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and technologies, applying best practices to enhance training effectiveness.
• Be highly creative in the design and development of educational materials.
• Design and develop materials including documents, training modules, participant materials and collaborate with team members for implementation.
• Ensure consistency of information and delivery across all locations with accurate and up to date information and materials.
• Design branding, messaging, copy, logo design, infographics and a multitude of materials including print materials, document design, website design, online open houses and presentation design.
• Create original artwork and illustrations, and provide a variety of design solutions for engaging communities consisting of technical and non-technical audiences in print and online.
• Ability to learn to read technical documents and coordinate with engineers to develop simplified solutions for non-technical audiences.
• Design interactive experiences across multiple digital platforms.
• Collaborate with project managers and teams, client agency staff, and technical experts; including accepting critiques and addressing feedback
• Articulate design process for leadership and clients.
• Assist in new business pitches by developing creative briefs, design concepts and visual assets
• Work within existing design systems adapt to client needs.
• Facilitate internal and external client, stakeholder and community meetings.
• Maintain and grow relationships within WSP to continue to generate project work.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Creative graphic and digital communicator. Portfolio required.
• 5-7 years industry experience and a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Web Design, Visual Communications, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, or related discipline.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Creative Cloud), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and Google Docs and other collaboration sites.
• Proven experience as an E-Learning Developer or similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing interactive e-learning projects
• Proficiency in e-learning authoring tools (e.g., Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, or similar).
• Detail oriented, focused on efficiency and quality, and adept at collaboration in a fast-paced team environment- must be able to work on various projects in a parallel fashion.
• Be articulate, attentive listener, comfortable with client relations, and able to think outside the boundaries of traditional design
• Proven understanding of graphic design philosophy, fundamentals and best practices
• Strong command of color theory, image composition, and typography
• Demonstrated ability to take a project from concept to launch
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with public information, policy, government relations, public affairs and communications for infrastructure projects.
• Experience with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Photography (DSLRs, digital cinema cameras and accessories, and lighting).
• Composite video editing, motion graphics, animation, retouching, and/or illustration.
• Proficiency in Section 508 ADA compliance standards, file production standards for assisted technologies, document remediation, and compliance/reader software

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary : $100,000 - $110,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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Additional Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Details

• Travel Required: 10%
• Job Status: Regular
• Employee Type: Full
• Primary Location: LOS ANGELES - 515 S FIGUEROA
• All locations: US-CA-Los Angeles, US-CA-Orange, US-CA-San Diego

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.