Role: Retail Story Design
Location: Beaverton, OR - Hybrid schedule (4 days on-site; Friday remote)
Duration: 3 Months
Portfolio required for design team review.
About the Role -
A global sportswear leader is looking for a strategic, hands-on Art Director to join its Retail Story Design team for a leave-coverage contract.
This is the team that designs how the brand tells its story inside its stores — the in-store displays, environmental graphics, immersive environments, and digital touchpoints across the full store portfolio. You'll create, refine, and evolve non-seasonal retail storytelling, lead projects from concept to delivery, and mentor junior designers along the way.
If you're an innovator who expands the possibilities of immersive environments, who can ideate, sketch, present, and deliver — this one's for you.
MUST-HAVE:
- Minimum 8 years of brand design experience demonstrating creative sophistication in concepts and design/visual communications — including at least 3 years of management experience
- Portfolio of retail/environmental design work, ready for team review
- Tool proficiency: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Keynote
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations
- Ability to sketch design ideas and visually communicate concept development through ideation
- Detail-oriented, graphic and environments design-minded creative with a forward-thinking leadership approach
NICE-TO-HAVE:
- Retail industry experience — retail environments, concepts, and programs (international experience is a bonus)
- Motion/3D tooling: After Effects, Premiere, Miro, Figma, SketchUp, Unreal Engine
- Passion for current trends in Technology, Design, Art, Interactive and Experience Design
- Can-do attitude with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality
Education:
Bachelor's/master’s degree in graphic design, architecture, interior design, or related field — or equivalent combination of education and experience (degree not required)
Skills
2D · Art Direction · Storyboarding · Graphic Design · Environmental Design · Furniture Design · Interactive · Print · Retail
