Mid-Level Designer — Brand & Visual Systems

Summary

Hybrid Design Inc. is a multidisciplinary design studio creating brand identities, campaigns, publications, packaging, digital experiences, and retail and environmental work for organizations with broad cultural reach. They are seeking a mid-level designer to develop concepts, build visual systems, and carry projects from early exploration through production and final delivery across multiple media and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop original concepts and visual directions across identity, campaign, editorial, packaging, environmental, and digital projects
• Translate strategy, audience needs, and client objectives into distinctive and relevant design ideas
• Build and extend cohesive visual systems across multiple applications, formats, and touchpoints
• Own defined design workstreams from early exploration through refinement, production, and final delivery
• Present and articulate design thinking clearly to internal teams and, when appropriate, clients
• Respond thoughtfully to feedback while continuing to advocate for the quality and integrity of the work
• Collaborate closely with creative directors, designers, strategists, writers, project managers, and external creative partners
• Prepare accurate, production-ready files and coordinate effectively with printers, fabricators, developers, photographers, illustrators, and other vendors
• Manage priorities across multiple projects while maintaining a high level of craft, consistency, and attention to detail
• Contribute ideas, references, and constructive feedback to the broader studio practice, and stay curious about emerging creative tools and technologies

Skills

• This is a full-time remote position
• Working Pacific time zone hours (within reason) required
• • 3 to 5 years of professional design experience within a design studio, agency, or strong in-house creative team
• • A portfolio demonstrating strong concepts, layout, typography, composition, art direction, and visual system thinking across multiple formats
• • Evidence of work that is both strategically grounded and visually ambitious, with the ability to adapt rather than rely on a single aesthetic
• • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• • Experience carrying work from initial concept through production and final delivery
• • The ability to communicate design decisions clearly and participate confidently in presentations and critiques
• • Strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• • A collaborative working style, openness to feedback, and a high degree of accountability
• Candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area are preferred but not required
• • Familiarity with motion, 3D, prototyping, web tools, or other emerging creative technology is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• This is a full-time remote position
• Working Pacific time zone hours (within reason) required
• • 3 to 5 years of professional design experience within a design studio, agency, or strong in-house creative team
• • A portfolio demonstrating strong concepts, layout, typography, composition, art direction, and visual system thinking across multiple formats
• • Evidence of work that is both strategically grounded and visually ambitious, with the ability to adapt rather than rely on a single aesthetic
• • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• • Experience carrying work from initial concept through production and final delivery
• • The ability to communicate design decisions clearly and participate confidently in presentations and critiques
• • Strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• • A collaborative working style, openness to feedback, and a high degree of accountability

Nice to Haves

• Candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area are preferred but not required
• • Familiarity with motion, 3D, prototyping, web tools, or other emerging creative technology is a plus

Benefits

• Health coverage
• Paid time off
• Holidays every month
• 401k
• Equipment support
• Professional development