Designer

Role Overview

Forbes is seeking a Designer to support ForbesLive, the company’s global live events business. Working within the Live Design team, you’ll shape the visual identity and on-site experience of in-person events—ensuring creative translates from digital mockups to physical environments and performs well for camera and media.

Responsibilities

• Concept and execute visual identities for ForbesLive events (e.g., key art and scalable branding systems)
• Design and produce creative across the full event ecosystem:
  • stage design, screen content, environmental graphics
  • signage, print collateral, sponsor integrations
  • marketing assets
• Create promotional assets for digital, social, and owned channels to support event marketing and audience growth
• Ensure assets are production-ready and technically accurate for vendors, fabricators, and large-format output
• Translate ideas smoothly from digital mockups to physical spaces
• Iterate quickly and adapt to evolving production needs and stakeholder feedback
• Consider the media lens: optimize Forbes branding for photography, video, press, and social distribution
• Collaborate with social, video, editorial, and sales teams to extend event creative into multi-channel moments
• Create sponsor mockups and branded integrations that balance business objectives and brand integrity
• Contribute to scalable design systems, maintain organized file structures and production decks, and manage multiple concurrent timelines
• Own projects from concept through final production with consistent quality control
• Travel as needed for on-site installation, rehearsals, and show days (including occasional extended hours)

Requirements

• 2–4 years of professional design experience across branding, print, digital, and experiential/event design
• Strong portfolio showing expertise in typography, layout, branding systems, and environmental applications
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Proficiency in Adobe After Effects to create/adapt motion graphics for stage screens and event content
• Proficiency in Figma and collaborative design workflows

Nice-to-haves

• Experience collaborating with fabricators, AV teams, and production vendors
• Comfort with screen resolutions, aspect ratios, and content formatting for LED walls/multi-screen environments