Ideal candidates will demonstrate proficiency in one or more of the following areas: wayfinding systems, including signs, maps, directories, and directional cues that help people move safely and intuitively through complex public environments; branded environments that translate organizational identity and culture into spatial graphics and architectural settings; and exhibitions and placemaking, including interpretive panels, interactive displays, public art, and installations that transform spaces into engaging physical stories. The Department of Design, housed in Chalmers Hall, prepares animators, illustrators, experience designers, graphic designers, marketing creatives, motion designers, photographers, product designers, UX/UI developers, and other multidisciplinary communicators to thrive as innovative practitioners and socially engaged leaders in an ever-changing professional field.