Staff Designer

About the role

VSA's purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and design agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified and independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world's most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike and IBM.

Responsibilities

• Aid in the creation of visual designs, typography, visual concepts, logos, and icons under the direction of a Creative Director or Associate Creative Director.
• Brainstorm creative concepts with the project team (cross-discipline) and help develop original campaigns.
• Integrate ideas across multiple mediums: print, digital and beyond.
• Get direction and run with it, ideally.
• Sell your work—not just to clients, but to your peers and colleagues, too.
• Work on projects and assignments in accordance to established timelines and project briefs and expectations.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of proven experience in the agency space.
• A bachelor's degree in Design or a portfolio school education focused on Design/art direction.
• You're a conceptual creative problem solver, strategically applying ideas across all channels and you're dedicated to the craft of design (kerning matters! ).
• You are curious by nature and have interest in expanding your knowledge and skills across animation or digital.
• Bonus: If you already have experience in either of these.
• You know your way around both the Adobe Suite and Figma.
• You are collaborative, hardworking, adaptable, with strong initiative.
• You are rational but innovative and have a naturally curious mind and a passion for applying pixel-perfect design to creative concepts.
• You're ready to spitball and spit-shine ground-breaking ideas with a phenomenal, hardworking group of people.
• You're receptive to constructive feedback, a quick learner and continuously looking for ways to grow.
• No huge egos. Or even medium-size egos. In fact, no ego is better. Okay maybe like a teeny-tiny ego (because you ARE human after all*).

Benefits

• Total Perks Package
• The chance to be a part of a growing company and the next success story
• Awesome opportunities for career development
• Recognition programs
• Employee referral bonus
• Hybrid work schedule
• Fun and collaborative work environment
• Casual dress code
• Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability)
• 401(k) retirement plan, with employer 4% match
• Work/life benefits, including mental health and wellbeing support
• Flexible Time Off Policy
• Paid holidays, including agency soft closing Christmas Eve-New Year's Day
• Paid leave options, including sick leave, medical leave for self and family, and parental leave
• Chicago Estimated Salary Range $60,000—$70,000 USD