# Senior Visual Communication Designer

**Company:** [Ideo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/ideo)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL
**Role:** Brand Design
**Salary:** $80k – $100k/yr
**Skills:** Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, After Effects, Google Slides, Figjam, Typography, Prototyping, Motion Design, 3D Design, Ai-Assisted Design
**Posted:** 2026-02-27

> Creates visual narratives, brand identities, and prototypes across digital, physical, and hybrid mediums for multidisciplinary projects. Requires strong graphic design craft, Adobe Creative Suite/Figma expertise, and experience in visual storytelling.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate research and strategy into compelling visual narratives
- Contribute to the development and expression of brand identities across mediums
- Create looks-like/works-like prototypes at varying levels of fidelity to explore and communicate design directions
- Design thoughtful experiences across digital, physical, and hybrid touchpoints with the end user in mind
- Produce high-quality visual deliverables that communicate user stories and strategic intent working across a variety of industries
- Advocate for exceptional visual craft through making, iteration, and collaboration

## Requirements
**Design Craft:**
- Relevant experience and/or educational background in interactive/graphic design across a variety of applications and media
- Strong portfolio demonstrating elevated design craft, typography, layout, and visual storytelling
- Extensive experience with **Adobe Creative Suite** and **Figma**
- Familiarity with motion and interaction tools (**After Effects**, prototyping platforms, etc.)
- Comfort collaborating in client-facing presentation environments such as **Google Slides** and **FigJam/Figma Slides**
- Curiosity and openness to experimenting with emerging mediums including 3D, motion, and AI-assisted design

**Diverse Experience:**
- Experience establishing and expressing brand identity, from understanding strategy through creative interpretation and execution, including: visual identities, brand systems, and guidelines for implementation
- Experience in concept ideation, design research, and prototyping, with a curiosity for learning and experimenting across visual, digital, and experiential mediums
- Ability to work across a wide range of design challenges, recognizing patterns, and translating insights into thoughtful visual solutions
- Comfort moving between exploratory and polished work, helping teams bring ideas to life through strong craft and storytelling

## Compensation
- Salary range: **$80,000–$100,000 USD**
- Full-time position eligible for employee benefits

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