Brand Designer

About the role

Develop thoughtful visual concepts from creative briefs, create branding systems, logos, event identities, and campaign assets. Explore multiple creative directions before execution and collaborate with writers, strategists, and creative leadership to translate ideas into compelling visuals. Refine designs based on feedback while maintaining conceptual integrity and support production design across print and digital projects.

Responsibilities

• Design posters, presentations, social graphics, print materials, and digital experiences
• Adapt approved creative across formats (resizing/versioning assets, preparing print-ready files)
• Build presentation pages and clean up existing creative
• Create social extensions and manage typography/layout consistency
• Final production and handoff
• Help maintain a high level of craft and consistency across the Unlikely Collaborators brand

Deliverables

• Logos and wordmarks
• Event and program identities
• Campaign visual systems
• Typography, color, and graphic languages
• Key art and concept boards / mood boards
• Basic brand guidelines or toolkits
• Event invitations and posters/signage
• Social graphics and digital ads/assets
• Presentation decks and presentation graphics
• Printed collateral and educational materials
• Toolkits/workbooks
• Website or landing-page creative
• Environmental graphics and exhibition materials
• Possibly merchandise or other physical applications

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional design experience (agency or in-house)
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience designing complete brand identity systems
• Strong understanding of print and digital production
• Figma experience is a plus

Skills

• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, not just polished execution
• Excellent branding and identity design skills
• Creates work that communicates ideas, not simply aesthetics
• Comfortable moving between blue-sky exploration and production execution
• Works collaboratively and iterates quickly
• Pays close attention to typography, composition, hierarchy, and detail
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift

Bonus Skills

• Motion graphics
• Animation
• Illustration
• Storyboarding
• Environmental or experiential design
• Presentation design

Pay

$40/hr – $45/hr