About Gemic

Gemic is a global business strategy and innovation consultancy aimed at helping leading corporations and institutions create sustainable growth through a richer understanding of the emerging shifts in culture, business, and technology via a human-centred approach.

We currently have 4 distinct practices within our organisation that focus our offerings in specific “hubs,” building expertise and growing clients in each area: Societal Impact, Social Tech, Brand-led Growth, and Health.

Our teams are made up of anthropologists, philosophers, economists, sociologists, political scientists, and futurists working together through research and strategy to develop design-led solutions.

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About the Role

The nature of work often calls for outputs and deliverables that clearly articulate what is typically unspoken or unseen; things like social behaviour, belief systems, and relationships with technology. These intangibles shape human experience but often lack a vocabulary and voice.

The primary role of a Senior Visual Designer at Gemic is to help our consultants share their learnings and proposed solutions through visualising evidence, portraying the lives of research participants, and building explanatory models and frameworks that distil our learnings into memorable concepts and ideas.

When not actively working to communicate our work, you will help build and execute the strategy of the Gemic brand. As our work touches on many new digital platforms, we will need to build a coherent system that works across them all while maintaining consistency and quality. You will also help champion design internally and develop a strong design culture within the company.

The role will be based in our Berlin office and serving a global function to the wider company. Please note this is NOT a remote position and you must be located in Berlin (or willing to relocate to Berlin and obtain legal work authorization at your own expense).

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Key responsibilities

• Developing the visual communication of client-facing deliverables: Information design and architecture, data visualisation, and graphic presentation of various learnings, analysis and solutions.
• Recommending the right deliverable mediums (digital and physical experiences) and presenting creative strategies and solutions to internal teams and clients
• Quick ideation and prototyping with multidisciplinary teams
• Visual systems development for the Gemic brand
• Staying updated on visual design trends, tools and techniques, and seeking opportunities to apply these on Gemic's works
• Facilitating meetings and work sessions with other designers and freelancers to ensuring we deliver excellent quality designs
• Acting as a design ambassador and custodian of the Gemic brand within the company
• Assist in polishing the skills of other designers and providing basic training for non-designers where needed

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Required skills, competencies, and experience

• 4+ years of practical experience in visual design, including information/data visualisation design and solid experience in web or UX/UI design
• Formal education in a relevant field and a general knowledge of graphic design history and current landscape/trends
• Strong proficiency in graphic design tools such as the Adobe Suite, Figma, and ideation and presentation tools such as PowerPoint, Google Slides and Miro.
  • Knowledge of other professional tools is essential, such as Microsoft Office (Sharepoint and OneDrive specifically), Google Suite, Notion, Slack, and more
• The ability to reflect on the choice of the appropriate medium given a certain content or audience, especially comparing PowerPoint vs web or video: the ability to reflect on their key strengths and weaknesses and thus ability to judge when a change of or transition between media can add value
• A good understanding of various interaction models, and the ability to explain them; an ability to use imaginative design metaphors to make different types of web experiences conceivable during ideation/ wireframing phases
• Exceptional interpersonal, presentation and communication skills necessary to present your solutions and to build trust and respect within the team
• Exceptional knowledge of the design process and the ability to conduct brainstorming, prototyping and feedback sessions with interdisciplinary teams.
• The ability to quickly and effectively communicate ideas through sketching, diagrams, or visual examples.
• Being hands-on and capable of managing and prioritising multiple work streams.
• Awareness of the business aspects involving our work, such as business goals, commercial strategies, positioning and vision, and how these aspects influence what we do as designers.
• Excellent eye for detail, ambitious for the quality of your work, and a constant search for excellence.
• Being open to go beyond visual communication and helping teams in building narratives and structuring stories.
• Being personable, open, engaging, and a good listener with the patience needed to allow for non-designers to understand design concepts

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Nice-to-haves:

• The ability to bring concepts to life via illustration, 3D or other techniques are highly appreciated.
• Experience with and interest in AI tools: Midjourney, Google Gemini, etc.
• Experience working as an in-house Designer and/or with other non-design roles.
• Basic CSS skills
• Experience in designing for print mediums

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What we offer

• Annual Learning & Development stipend of 630 EUR per year for use in continuing education, cultural enrichment, and more.
• Generous PTO per calendar year
  • 25 vacation days, 2 personal days, 11 paid public holidays
  • Paid sick and parental leave
• Company-provided Macbook Pro and iPhone for work use
• Exposure to high-impact projects with globally recognized brands
• A fast-growing company where your input and expertise plays part in steering the company forward

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