Senior Graphic Designer
About the company
VeeFriends is a contemporary entertainment company that combines art, storytelling, collecting, events, and innovative technologies to build a community around a movement of kindness and positivity. The company’s mission is to scale its unique VeeFriends characters and their attributes to create a better world. These characters foster community and inspire creativity, self-discovery, accountability, and personal growth. Composed of 283 characters hand-drawn initially and brought to life by Gary Vaynerchuk, each character represents traits and qualities Gary admires and hopes to inspire in others.
About the role
We are looking for a skilled and imaginative Senior Designer to join our Creative and Brand team. The Senior Designer will work closely with the Comic Director and Creative team to evolve the VeeFriends brand and shape how it will visually manifest across various touchpoints, including marketing campaigns, commerce initiatives, and social media. This position requires a seasoned creative leader with solid project management skills.
Who you are
- A creative thinker and visual storyteller with a strong background in brand-building across social content and merchandise.
- Believe great design starts with strategy and have experience creating clear, compelling visuals across platforms.
- Bring a strong understanding of branding and design, with a proven ability to evolve and shape a brand’s visual identity.
- Multidisciplinary and comfortable giving feedback on all types of creative—whether it’s image, video, or copy.
- Excel in orchestrating type, color, and composition, and can guide the development of an ownable iconography, illustration, and imagery style for the brand to be utilized across print, digital, and video/motion assets.
- Equipped to tackle any design task or challenge—product, experiential, digital assets, or deck presentations—with clarity, creativity, and speed.
- Understand the speed and volume of content needed for social, and how each platform demands different design choices. Know how to make content perform by adjusting layout, tone, and treatment across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more.
- Love speed, thrive on juggling multiple projects, and enjoy leading teams from concept to execution. Stay inspired, keep up with design trends, and push ideas forward with cultural awareness and creativity.
- Experience with digital product design is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Creative Director to evolve and maintain the brand’s visual language—imagery, illustration, iconography, patterns, and graphics—building on and refining existing brand guidelines.
- Execute and manage comic book production.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop strong visual concepts for social, digital, experiential, and marketing campaigns, ensuring ideas translate effectively across formats and channels.
- Lead creative development and production for merchandise and related campaigns, ensuring each concept scales cohesively across digital, print, video (live-action and animation), and real-world experiences.
Pay
100,000 USD per year (US).