senior designer - Creative Studio

About the role

The senior designer will join Starbucks Creative Studio, partnering across a range of brand and customer experience initiatives. You may work on brand identity, design systems, packaging, illustration, merch, seasonal campaigns, retail experiences, signage, digital experiences, or whatever else we dream up—bringing the Starbucks brand to life through thoughtful, beautifully crafted design.

Responsibilities

• Design with purpose. Create compelling visual solutions that connect customer needs, business goals, and the Starbucks brand.
• Build the brand and experiences. Develop concepts and execute design across a variety of touchpoints—from brand identity and packaging to retail experiences, signage, digital, and print.
• Tell great stories. Build presentations and communicate creative thinking clearly, connecting design decisions back to strategy.
• Collaborate like crazy. Partner with creative directors, art directors, copywriters, project managers, producers, and cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional work.
• Push the work forward. Apply feedback thoughtfully, ask smart questions, and continually refine ideas to elevate the final outcome.
• Keep it fresh. Bring cultural awareness, design trends, and fresh inspiration into the work in ways that feel relevant and uniquely Starbucks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of design experience at an agency or in-house creative team.
• Fluency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Firefly) and know your way around Figma.
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong conceptual thinking, design craft, and execution across brand identity, packaging, retail, digital, or integrated marketing work.
• Strong visual storytelling ability who can present work and articulate creative decisions with confidence.
• You're obsessed with details and pixel-level craft, but always understand the bigger business and brand objectives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and can manage multiple priorities with ease.
• You're energized by feedback and committed to continuous growth as a designer.

Qualifications

• Fluency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Firefly) and know your way around Figma.
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong conceptual thinking, design craft, and execution across brand identity, packaging, retail, digital, or integrated marketing work.
• Strong visual storytelling ability who can present work and articulate creative decisions with confidence.
• You're obsessed with details and pixel-level craft, but always understand the bigger business and brand objectives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and can manage multiple priorities with ease.
• You're energized by feedback and committed to continuous growth as a designer.

Skills

• Strong visual storytelling ability.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Commitment to continuous growth as a designer.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Paid parental leave.
• Family expansion reimbursement.
• Paid vacation from date of hire.
• Sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked).
• Eight paid holidays.
• Two personal days per year.
• Participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.).
• Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock).
• Incentivized emergency savings.
• Financial well-being tools.
• Access to educational opportunities.
• Access to backup care.
• DACA reimbursement.

Pay

• Base pay will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity.

Schedule

• Onsite four days a week.