Brand/Marketing Production Designer - Art Direction

About the role

We're seeking an experienced Brand/Marketing Production Designer to support a fast-growing, innovative technology company. This role is ideal for a designer who combines strong visual design skills with exceptional production expertise and organization. You'll help bring brand experiences to life across presentations, marketing campaigns, print collateral, events, and digital channels while ensuring assets are polished, scalable, and production-ready. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of creativity and execution, enjoys working across multiple projects, and has a passion for building systems, templates, and design resources that help teams work more efficiently.

Duration: 4-month contract. Location: Hybrid in Foster City, CA.

Responsibilities

• Design and update presentation decks for internal teams and stakeholders
• Create branded marketing materials across print and digital channels
• Design event graphics and prepare production-ready files
• Develop and maintain templates, toolkits, and design resources
• Create and update visual assets including mockups, icons, and branded collateral
• Manage and organize large libraries of design files and assets
• Support design system evolution and component exploration
• Review and troubleshoot production files to ensure accuracy and quality
• Conduct design audits to maintain brand consistency across channels
• Collaborate with creative, marketing, and cross-functional partners to execute projects efficiently
• Incorporate feedback quickly while maintaining high design standards
• Handle confidential or proprietary information and work onsite in a collaborative team environment

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in an agency, in-house creative team, or brand design environment
• Strong portfolio showcasing production design, brand design, presentation design, typography, and layout expertise
• Advanced proficiency in Figma
• Experience in large asset production
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Strong experience creating presentations using Google Slides, Keynote, and/or PowerPoint
• Experience developing and maintaining design systems, toolkits, and design resources
• Experience producing digital and print marketing assets
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, and visual consistency
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Benefits

• Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan
• Sick leave is provided to candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws
• A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service

Schedule

4-month contract, 40 hours/week.