Corporate Creative Designer

How Your Role will Shape Our Success

Walker is seeking a talented and visionary Corporate Creative Designer to play a pivotal role in advancing our brand through compelling and strategic visual storytelling. This position is responsible for performing advanced marketing support functions that enhance and evolve Walker's brand identity across all platforms.

As a key member of the marketing team, the Creative Designer will lead the creative direction and execution of marketing and business development materials - including proposals, presentations, website graphics, conference exhibits, and social media content. You'll bring creativity, consistency, and innovation to every touchpoint, ensuring a cohesive and impactful brand experience.

This role involves generating original ideas, managing the production of visual materials, and refining design projects from concept to completion. You'll collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality, on-brand content that supports strategic business goals.

The Creative Designer reports to the Corporate Director of Marketing and can be based in one of the following Walker office locations: Denver, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, or Irvine.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as the lead designer on high-profile proposals, presentations, and pursuits - conceptualizing visual storytelling approaches and mentoring marketing team members on layout and design best practices.
• Provide creative direction and guidance to marketing staff and technical teams to elevate the quality and impact of all visual materials.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance visual communications firmwide - developing tools, templates, and campaigns that position the firm competitively.
• Maintain and expand the firm's visual asset library (OpenAsset), including photography, icons, and branded templates.
• Provide training for marketing and technical staff using branded templates and tools.
• Design and maintain sophisticated, branded templates for proposals, presentations, resumes, project profiles, and reports in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office. Walker additionally uses Templafy.
• Executes a wide range of projects for visual displays, electronic presentations, newsletters, brochures, advertisements, logos, and a variety of other material used for web, publication, slide, video, and multimedia presentations.
• Facilitate collaboration by actively listening, asking thoughtful questions, and translating technical concepts into compelling visual content. Build strong working relationships with both marketing colleagues and technical team members, understanding their needs and adapting creative solutions accordingly.
• Lead the creation of infographics, custom maps, process diagrams, and technical illustrations that support pursuit strategies and reflect the firm's expertise.

What You Bring:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field required.
• 7+ years of professional graphic design experience, preferably in the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) or professional services industry.
• Experience designing proposals, presentations, and marketing collateral in a deadline-driven, collaborative environment.

Design and Software Expertise

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint, with ability to design within corporate templates.
• Experience developing and managing brand systems, templates, and visual identity standards.
• Ability to create infographics, data visualizations, technical diagrams, and custom illustrations.

Collaboration and Communication Skills

• Proven ability to work effectively with both marketing and technical professionals to produce visually compelling, accurate, and brand-aligned content.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and active listening skills.
• Ability to give and receive feedback constructively in a team-oriented environment.

Project and Time Management

• Balance priorities and utilize excellent judgment in the pursuit of the work.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively on fast-paced, deadline-driven projects.
• Meticulous attention to detail, including proofreading and layout precision.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with CRM systems, SharePoint, or Deltek VantagePoint is a plus.
• Familiarity with digital publishing tools (e.g., Adobe Acrobat interactive PDFs, Mailchimp, or CMS platforms) is a plus.
• Understanding of architectural/engineering terminology or previous work in a technical environment is strongly preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

At Walker Consultants, we are committed to maintaining fairness and equity in our pay practices. For this role, the estimated base salary range is $95,000 - $110,000 per year. The final salary offered may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. We value open conversations about compensation and welcome the opportunity to discuss more about base salary and Walker's total rewards philosophy during the recruiting process.

We offer a robust total compensation and rewards package designed to support our employees' well-being, growth, and diverse needs, including:

• Annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity to purchase Walker stock - Walker is 100% employee-owned!
• Medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance
• Health Savings Account with company contribution
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Spending Accounts
• 529 college savings plan
• A minimum of 3 weeks of Paid Time Off per year
• 9 paid holidays per year, including 3 paid floating holidays
• 5 days of bereavement leave and PTO Donation Bank to help during difficult times
• 100% compensation replacement during short-term disability leaves
• Paid parental leave that allows an addition week of paid time alongside short-term disability leave and/or applicable state paid leave programs
• Paid community involvement hours
• Tuition and licensure reimbursement
• Mental wellness benefits
• Employee Resource Groups and Affinity Groups

What Sets Us Apart?

Walker is 100% employee-owned! Join us and become part of a company where you have a direct stake in our success.

What makes this opportunity even more exciting is our true ownership program. At Walker, our equity-based model allows shareholders to directly benefit from the firm's success, rather than a traditional ESOP that focuses only on stock appreciation. It's a unique chance to grow with a company that values its people.

Why Walker Consultants?

Over the past 60 years, Walker has become recognized as a leader in the parking industry and provides a wide range of engineering, planning, and architecture services to facilities of all kinds. Walker also provides Forensic, Restoration, and Building Envelope Consulting Services, a fast-growing part of our business in the last 10 years.

Walker hires exceptional people to remain among the top-performing firms in the business. We reward our employees for their effective contributions, challenge them, and provide professional development opportunities and the autonomy needed to grow. As a learning organization, our senior experts routinely share their knowledge in a collaborative environment, ensuring that best practices are carried forward to the next generation of leadership.

Walker is proud to be an employee-owned firm with an open-book philosophy that highly values integrity, honesty, and fairness. We encourage new ideas and contributions. We work hard and have fun doing what we love. This is who we are.

Join Us!

We know that great talent comes in many forms. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right person for this role-or another opportunity on our team.

At Walker Consultants, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all abilities. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, or in the workplace, please let us know-we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Walker Consultants is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We invite all qualified applicants to apply and do not discriminate against individuals because of their race, color, religion, national origin, gender, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or age.