Sr. Designer (freelance)

Our client is in need of Senior Designers to join their team from October through June, with potential to extend. Candidates local to Chicago preferred.

Overview:
Be a key player of internal creative team to execute high impact creative across numerous touch-points. Be trusted to take loose direction and transform it into bold, brand-aligned design solutions that elevate the attendee experience.

Key Responsibilities:
• Interpret brand guidelines and this expansive creative toolkit to develop immersive, playful and iconicly on-brand assets and deliverables
• See ideas through from initial concept to final production. Ability to own the full design lifecycle.
• Design across formats including signage, print collateral, branded environments, and digital graphics.
• Collaborate with internal team and, at times, external agencies to ensure visual cohesion.
• Contribute to ideation sessions and push creative boundaries while staying grounded in VIS ID
• Stay responsive to feedback and iterate quickly during high volume production phases

Ideal Profile:
• 5+ years of professional design experience, ideally in branding, advertising, or experiential and activations
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, brand systems, and multi-format execution
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Proven ability to take minimal direction and expand it into compelling, polished creative
• Strong communicator with a willingness to jump in and support across creative needs.
• Must be able to collaborate with internal creative team members as well as our partner agencies and stakeholders
• Keen awareness of current design trends, cultural aesthetics, and what’s visually resonant right now
• Balances big picture thinking with a meticulous attention to detail, ensuring every deliverable is both creatively bold and flawlessly executed.

Types of work:
Destinations (Experiential)
Common Area (Front Entrance, Info Desks, Murals, etc)
Navigation + Wayfinding
MarComms (App, Email, Website)
Misc (Badges, Tshirts, Pins, etc)
Digital Needs (PPT Template, Marcomms GIFs, etc)