We are seeking a visual communications designer to join our Shanghai studio.

An individual with excellent knowledge in Graphic Design and Branding looking to
take the leap into a multidisciplinary environment where teamwork is celebrated and
no one design challenge ever fits comfortably into one specific design discipline.

IDEO’s mission in China

At IDEO Shanghai, our mission is to create new value in China by helping tackle some
of China’s biggest systemic challenges, from business and brand, health and education
to food safety. We are a GROUP of designers set on creating disproportionate impact in
the world and there is no better place to take on this challenge than in China. We are
looking for people who want to join us on this journey.
As a Visual Communication Designer your portfolio should show an excellent
understanding of the craft of visual communication through strong art direction, solid
graphic design and a passion for typography. Your work should equally showcase
strong conceptual ideas together with your ability to communicate the strategies that
have driven some of your work. You should be hungry to present your work in front of
clients and teams and excited by working in a multi-disciplinary environment
alongside Business Designers, Interaction Designers and Industrial Designers.

Communication Design at IDEO

Communication Design at IDEO can be a bit different from Branding or Design
agencies and hopefully this is what excites you about joining us. We work across a wide
range of industries and our design outcomes are never only visual, however
Communication Designers play a critical part in solving complex challenges by helping
bringing ideas and strategies to life visually. During your IDEO journey your skills will
be called upon to work on a wide range of things: brand identities and full brand
implementation, graphics for retail spaces, packaging, workbooks and publications,
rapid prototypes for consumer testing, illustrations of business ecosystems, exhibition
graphics, user interfaces and even rolling your sleeves up to help create beautiful
presentation decks.

Below is a list of some of the skill sets we expect you can bring with you to grow our
communication design community.

Brand identity
You have extensive experience in working on large-scale brand identity projects. This
means fluency in moving from understanding and interpreting strategy to developing
initial concepts and creating brand guidelines to guiding implementation across a
range of different applications for digital, space and print.

Editorial design
Understanding what’s needed to effectively and compellingly bring content to life
having worked on books, manuals, magazines and printed publications.

Information graphics
Making sense of complex org charts, business flows and data and ability to present
information in an easy to understand and memorable way.
  

Typography
A love and obsession for the finer details of type and knowledge of how to express
emotions and evoke reactions through type.

Packaging Design
Excellent understanding of form, structure, and materials, and ability to articulate
clear information hierarchy and great design on anything from food products to
electronic goods.

Exhibition graphics & signage

Communicating in 3D space to create clear and immersive visual journeys for retail
spaces, events or exhibitions.

Production knowledge
Using your solid knowledge in production and art working to liaise with suppliers and
vendors in producing exquisitely executed pieces of print design.

Languages
We have a preference for bilingual designers with fluency in written and spoken
English and Mandarin.

Where might we find you?

We think you might be from a Graphic Design/Branding agency background looking
out the window wondering “where to go from here?”. You have been in the creative
industry for 5-8 years and have ideally worked in different international markets, and
you’re looking for a place that will challenge your curiosity. You want to blur the edges
of your craft in an environment where you will constantly be learning from others and
doing work that will have real impact in the world.
IDEO values people who are optimistic, collaborative, who take ownership, embrace
ambiguity, talk less do more, can learn from failure, and have the desire to make
others successful. If you have a fresh perspective on your area of focus, identify with
our values and would love to contribute to our studio – we would love to see your CV
and portfolio.

To apply, please email your CV or portfolio or both to chinacareers@ideo.com with

the role you are applying for in the subject line.

About IDEO
IDEO is an internationally renowned innovation and design firm that uses a human-
centered approach in design to help organizations create products, brands, services,
environments and strategies. We help our clients identify new directions and offerings
by designing for people’s latent needs, behaviors, and desires. At IDEO Shanghai, our
mission is to create new value in China by helping tackle some of China’s biggest
systemic challenges, from business and brand, health and education to food safety. We
are a group of designers set on creating disproportionate impact in the world and there
  

is no better place to take on this challenge than in China. We are looking for people who
want to join us on this journey.