Designer

Walker Sands•Chicago, IL

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Walker Sands is seeking a highly creative Designer to develop distinctive brand systems and marketing experiences for B2B clients. This role involves creating visually compelling work across identity systems, brand platforms, integrated campaigns, and multi-channel marketing programs. Reporting to senior design leadership, the Designer will balance conceptual contributions with execution excellence, bringing B2B brands to life with clarity and craft. The position requires building and evolving visual identity systems, translating strategic direction into visual solutions, and collaborating across integrated agency disciplines to ensure design strengthens brand equity and drives business outcomes.

Requirements

3–5 years of agency design experience.
Experience contributing to brand systems and integrated campaigns.
Portfolio demonstrating strong craft, conceptual thinking and multi-channel application.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
Understanding of how design supports brand, demand generation and campaign performance.
Working knowledge of AI platforms and evolving digital production workflows.
Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced agency environment.
Detail-oriented and accountable.
Strategically curious and eager to grow.
Collaborative and solution-focused.
Comfortable navigating feedback, fast-paced environments and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

Develop highly creative visual work across identity systems, digital experiences, campaigns and content ecosystems.
Apply typography, composition and visual hierarchy with precision and care, demonstrating expertise in grid systems, spacing and typographic refinement.
Translate strategic direction into compelling visual solutions.
Ensure all deliverables meet agency and client standards for quality, consistency and creativity.
Contribute to the development and expansion of scalable visual frameworks and campaign toolkits.
Apply brand systems consistently across touchpoints while adapting for channel-specific needs.
Contribute to the ongoing refinement of brand expression.
Partner with art directors, copywriters and strategists during concept development and throughout execution of tactics.
Work closely with media, PR and content teams to align creative with integrated activation plans.
Present work internally with clear rationale and openness to feedback.
Continuously strengthen craft across conceptual design, systems thinking and emerging technologies.
Stay current on design trends, B2B marketing innovation and AI-enabled creative workflows.
Actively seek and apply feedback to elevate both individual contributions and team output.