Toole Design Group in Minneapolis, MN is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Graphic Designer. Do you have a strong background in graphic design, layout, and typography? Are you an innovative thinker with strong conceptual and creative skills? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Minneapolis team.

This graphic designer position with a primary focus on publication design, presentations, and infographics earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, landscape architecture, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. We have been named the "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer

You are at the forefront of brainstorming creative visual solutions for challenging communications across digital publications, slide decks, websites, and in-person engagement events. You will be part of a talented team producing graphically compelling plans, reports, and infographics that help our clients build safer, more vibrant communities. There may be opportunities in brand development, signage design, illustration, and/or web design for the right candidate. You will support highly skilled technical staff to produce documents and displays that present information in a format that is clear and easy to understand. 

Your designs will support the firm’s mission to give people safe, comfortable, and accessible options for getting where they need to go, and we push ourselves and our clients to proactively think about equity every step of the way.

Your job can sometimes be challenging, but you get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that you serve.

We are targeting a salary range of $59,000.00 to $70,000.00 for this position.

Work Schedule for a Graphic Designer:

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week.  Toole Design’s Minneapolis office is conveniently located downtown at 212 3rd Avenue N, near to the Mississippi River and Cedar Lake bike trail systems and within walking distance from Metro Blue, Green, Orange, and C line Stations. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit. Located in the North Loop neighborhood in the historic Colonial Warehouse building, the office is inside the former headquarters of the city’s streetcar company. Our windows overlook the Cedar Lake Trail, which most of our staff use to bike to work each day, sometimes with a canine in tow (our building is dog-friendly). You will also find Minneapolis staff conducting “walking meetings” to the nearby Mississippi River, taking transit nearly anywhere in the region, or hopping on bike share to attend meetings. Our Minneapolis team is known for its collaborative engineers, planners, landscape architects, and urban designers who are committed to a culture of innovation, excellence, and fun.

Ready to join our Minneapolis Team?
We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Graphic Designer position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page. 

Please note, applications that do not include a portfolio link, or upload will not be considered. Contact recruiting@tooledesign.com with any questions.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities — women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between — to apply. Even if you don’t think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We’re proud that about half of our managers are women, and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

For more information about Toole Design, visit our website, connect with us on LinkedIn, or like us on Facebook.  

Qualifications of a Graphic Designer:

• Expert typography, layout, and information design skills
• Degree in graphic design preferred or equivalent relevant graphic design experience in lieu of a degree
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience, specifically in graphic design positions (including internships)
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite programs (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Proficiency with any of the following would be an asset: illustration, web design, 3D design, cartography, or GIS 
• Ability to work on a PC operating system
• Ability to manage your time independently

You’ll be great here if:

• You can multitask and juggle multiple projects at once, while delivering high-quality work on time
• Formatting multipage documents and designing compelling supportive graphics is second nature to you
• You have exceptional organizational skills
• You have strong communication skills
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills.