Designer

Summary

Sway Creative Labs is an independent creative agency seeking a systems-minded Designer to develop and scale high-volume, multi-channel creative. The role owns campaign visual direction, social-native design, reusable Figma systems, templated production, and AI-accelerated workflows across digital, social, display, print, and out-of-home channels.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute the visual direction for campaigns across digital, social, display, print, and out-of-home
• Design social-native creative built for each platform's format and pace, not adapted from a campaign master
• Bring a point of view to concept development and push for the better execution when you see one
• Build large, inventory-style creative systems: full display unit sets, social unit systems, and localized or market-specific variants
• Build and maintain reusable Figma component libraries, variants, auto-layout, and variables/tokens rather than one-off artboards
• Turn approved concepts into template systems any team member can run without breaking the design
• Version, name, and organize files to convention so the right asset is always findable
• Use Claude and AI-assisted tooling as a core part of your workflow: generating and populating variants, drafting layout and copy options, automating repetitive build steps, and running QA passes
• Write prompts specific enough to get usable output, and hold the quality line — AI output that only looks good at a glance does not ship
• Bring new tools and techniques back to the team rather than keeping the shortcut to yourself
• Design for Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and emerging formats with an eye for what actually performs
• Work at social speed when a moment is live, and to campaign standards when it counts
• Templating and versioning motion and social video units in After Effects, if you have it

Skills

• 3+ years of design experience, agency setting preferred, with a portfolio spanning both original concept work and high-volume production
• Deep proficiency in Figma: components, variants, auto-layout, and variables/tokens — you build systems, not artboards
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Demonstrated fluency designing social-native creative across platforms
• Hands-on use of Claude and/or other AI tooling to build or scale design work — you reach for it by default and can tell good output from output that only looks good at a glance
• Solid design fundamentals: typography, color, composition, and visual hierarchy
• Ability to produce at volume without a drop in quality, with strong file and version discipline
• Motion and animation capability in After Effects, including templating video units
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS sufficient to communicate effectively with developers
• Understanding of print production specifications and vendor requirements
• Familiarity with digital accessibility standards (WCAG / ADA Level AA)
• Background on healthcare, tourism, food/beverage, legal, or CPG accounts

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of design experience, agency setting preferred, with a portfolio spanning both original concept work and high-volume production
• Deep proficiency in Figma: components, variants, auto-layout, and variables/tokens — you build systems, not artboards
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Demonstrated fluency designing social-native creative across platforms
• Hands-on use of Claude and/or other AI tooling to build or scale design work — you reach for it by default and can tell good output from output that only looks good at a glance
• Solid design fundamentals: typography, color, composition, and visual hierarchy
• Ability to produce at volume without a drop in quality, with strong file and version discipline

Nice to Haves

• Motion and animation capability in After Effects, including templating video units
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS sufficient to communicate effectively with developers
• Understanding of print production specifications and vendor requirements
• Familiarity with digital accessibility standards (WCAG / ADA Level AA)
• Background on healthcare, tourism, food/beverage, legal, or CPG accounts

Benefits

• Health Plan: Three Optima Health Plan options; Sway covers 80% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums
• Dental Insurance: Sway pays 100% of employee's United Concordia Dental Plan
• 401(k): 1:1 match on the first 3% of pay; 50% match on the following 2%
• 15 Paid Vacation Days, resetting at your start date with up to a 5-day negative balance available
• 17 Paid Holidays, including your birthday, the Monday after the Super Bowl, Juneteenth, and the full week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day
• Two-Hour Windows: Leave windows at the start (9–11am) and end (3–5pm) of the workday for personal appointments, not counted against PTO
• Remote Work Affordance: 100% remote with occasional pre-scheduled in-person meetings and on-set requirements
• Year-end performance bonus eligibility; additional bonuses available based on individual and company performance
• Upskilling: 100% reimbursement for at least one approved course, workshop, or conference annually