Creative Sr. Designer

About the role

As a core contributor within the Creative organization, the Senior Designer is responsible for developing visually compelling designs that align with brand standards and support strategic marketing and communication goals. You’ll collaborate with marketing strategists and creative leads across the enterprise to produce high‑quality creative assets. This role requires deep experience in layout, typography, systems thinking, integrated campaign development, and channel specific applications. You’ll work on a broad mix of deliverables — from campaign concepts and digital advertising to digital destinations, brochures, sales collateral, event materials, and environmental/experiential designs.

Responsibilities

• Design across multiple mediums: produce high‑quality digital and print designs including web assets, display ads, social creative, brochures, flyers, one‑pagers, and signage
• Create materials for marketing campaigns, product launches, and advertising initiatives
• Support environmental and experiential design needs such as event graphics, trade show materials, and large‑format layouts
• Bring concepts and storytelling to life: translate creative briefs and concept direction into compelling visual solutions
• Partner with marketing strategists and creative leads to express ideas clearly and cohesively across deliverables
• Develop visual narratives, frameworks, and presentation materials that enhance storytelling
• Support brand consistency and quality: apply the enterprise visual identity system across all mediums with precision and consistency
• Contribute ideas to refine and enhance templates, design systems, and best practices
• Participate in design reviews and incorporate feedback to improve work
• Collaborate across creative and marketing teams: work closely with creative leads, marketing partners, and cross‑functional stakeholders
• Communicate design decisions clearly and present work with rationale
• Balance multiple assignments, deadlines, and priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Deliver on craft, detail, and production: prepare final files for print and digital production with accuracy
• Ensure deliverables meet technical specifications and accessibility standards
• Collaborate with vendors, print partners, or production teams as needed

Key mindsets

• Collaborative and adaptable: able to navigate team dynamics, timelines, and client contexts while delivering exceptional design with low ego
• Story‑first problem solving: clarify rather than decorate; always ask “What’s the problem we’re solving, and how do we visually communicate it with simplicity and impact?”
• Growth oriented and resilient: open to feedback, eager to iterate, and comfortable learning through experimentation and critique
• Curious and proactive: generate ideas, take initiative, and contribute wherever needed, from early exploration to final delivery; seek context, ask smart questions, and surface ideas or risks early; push the work to be better, not just “done”

Requirements

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design, Bachelor of Design, or equivalent
• 5–7+ years of professional design experience (agency or in‑house)
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and presentation design tools and libraries
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work independently, manage complex projects, and deliver high‑quality work under deadlines
• Strong portfolio demonstrating cross‑channel design work across integrated campaigns, digital destinations, and print

Pay

$83,100 – $141,300 USD. Salary range is a good‑faith estimate of base pay.

Benefits

• Retirement benefits: 401(k) and pension
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, and disability
• Paid time off
• Parental and caregiver leave
• Life and accident insurance
• Other voluntary and well‑being benefits
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

Work authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, CPT or any other employment‑based visa).