Senior Graphic Designer
MINIMAL exists to challenge convention, disrupt industries, and deliver game-changing products and experiences that allow our clientele to enjoy impressive return on investment. Leveraging our award-winning, multidisciplinary design expertise, MINIMAL moves at a rapid pace to achieve outstanding results within the concept-to-launch product journey. From established brands to emerging startups, we partner with a diverse cross-section of industry leaders, incubate our own brands, and enjoy forming new entities and partnerships that broaden our skill set and in-house offerings.
We seek an experienced Senior Graphic Designer to fill a newly created role at our Chicago West Loop headquarters. This position will partner with our Founder & CEO, Scott Wilson, our VP of Design, and other key team members to oversee and manage all aspects of client projects.
As a Senior Graphic Designer, you will:
- Lead and develop design projects from end-to-end, often as a collaboration with industrial designers and mechanical engineers
- Have a strong graphic design background
- Have command over various graphic styles, design principles, color theories, and typography
- Create compelling graphic visual solutions including branding, brochures, infographics, iconography, story boards, logo design, posters, data visualizations, corporate communications, and consumer mock-ups
- Contribute to the improvement of MINIMAL’s brand development process
- Contribute to overall MINIMAL brand communications
- Have a motivated and entrepreneurial work ethic
Responsibilities
- Innovate and design assets for brand design, packaging design, print ads, and campaigns
- Maintain quality and consistency while partnering with cross-functional teams on understanding costs for the most impactful design within a client’s budget
- Support in conceptualizing brand strategy
- Pitch creative concepts to internal and external clients
- Participate in client calls and meetings
Qualifications
- 5-7+ years graphic design experience with undergraduate degree in design-related field
- Highly collaborative with an excellent work ethic to produce deliverables with speed and excellence in a fast-paced environment
- Extreme attention to detail, including top-notch organizing and multitasking skills to meet tight deadlines, handle multiple projects and prioritize accordingly
- Experience in concept ideation, brand design and design strategy
- Well versed in design concepts, process, theories, and trends
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud applications—Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign required
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, new media or equivalent degree
- Strong communication skills
- Love a fast-paced, start-up type environment
- Are comfortable navigating and taking the reigns on projects where there may not always be clear direction
Nice to Haves
- Experienced in drawing, illustration, and photography
- Experienced with designing motion graphics in AfterEffects or similar software
- Have worked on UX/UI for the web or mobile applications
- Front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Love to create engaging presentations in Keynote or similar software
- Strong leadership, negotiation, and consensus-building skills
- Passion for beautiful, well designed products and technology
Compensation & Benefits
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Company life insurance plan
- Short term disability insurance
- Simple IRA savings plan with company match
- Paid time off