Senior Graphic Designer in San Francisco, California, USA

POSITION OVERVIEW
This role requires multi-lateral thinking that considers an attendee’s journey through an experience – from start to finish and all the experiential touch points along the way. For this role, we’re looking for an inspired, and strategic senior graphic designer who is experienced in creating on-brand, meaningful and compelling visuals that result in elevated experiences for optimal spatial impact. The ideal candidate is a design thinker and should be passionate and capable of drawing inspiration from various design disciplines, art and culture. They should showcase a willingness to be engaged with, and immersed in current trends and cultures that informs their work. As a senior designer the candidate should feel comfortable guiding and mentoring junior members of the team alongside the design director.

They should also bring with them an awareness of the diverse media landscape for interesting and unexpected mediums of creative expression. The Senior Graphic Designer works with the MKTG creative studio and senior design staff to support the development of a wide range of creative solutions – from specific visual assets and presentations, to conceptual mock ups, illustrations, and environmental graphics.

The human-centered experiences we create and support at MKTG can be wide-ranging, so we are looking for talent that is willing to broaden their skillset and approach – through direct feedback and their own initiative.

REMOTE WORK NOT POSSIBLE. THIS POSITION MUST BE LOCATED IN OUR SF or L.A. OFFICE

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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate across departments to produce inventive, thoughtful, on-brand work for MKTG’s premiere client roster.
• Bring multiple conceptual and design solutions for all assignments
• Create high quality design solutions from concept to production – from concept sketches and ideation to creating production files across print and digital mediums.
• Comfortable and confident in working with large format graphics for print production.
• Work closely with the design director to support design solutions with strategic intent
• Excellent at managing multiple projects with tight deadlines
• Comfortable with rapid ideation and willing to showcase design agility
• Support team in creating MKTG communications materials
• Comfortable working with other designers and design/creative leadership and freelancers

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 5-7 years working within a design firm, ad agency or other creative team environment
• BFA in Graphic Design or similar
• Burgeoning conceptual thinker who possesses a wide range of design capabilities
• Strong portfolio demonstrating experience in working with environmental graphics – from large format prints to thinking through diverse wayfinding solutions
• Solid background in print design and production is a key, particularly with large format graphics, digital design experience and knowledge is definitely a bonus.
• Successfully manages their time, work flow and schedule in order to meet strict and sometimes aggressive deadlines
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills

Seniority Level

• Mid-Senior level

Industry

• Marketing & Advertising Events Services Graphic Design

Employment Type

• Contract

Job Functions

• Marketing Art/Creative Design

Are you looking to pay or is this a collaboration?
Pay to hire someone

Is this ongoing work or a one off job?
Ongoing work

How would you prefer to pay?
Day rate

What’s your day rate budget range? (USD)
$250-400 (Industry average)

Do you have an estimate of the job or project length?
A few months

Are you a company or individual hiring?
Company

Do you have internal sign off on the hire?
Yes

Do you need to hire for a specific city, country or place?
Yes, they need to be at a location (give location in job title)

When do you want to have the freelancer secured by?
2-3 weeks

What is most important for this job?
Quality

How many freelancers do you want to contact you?
4-5

Do you have a job specification or creative brief?
Yes (please enter this in the description)

Does the freelancer need insurance?
Yes

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me