Designer

Sway Creative Labs•Norfolk, VA

7d•Remote

About The Position

Sway Creative Labs is seeking a systems-minded Designer for a remote-first role with occasional in-person collaboration in Norfolk, VA. The ideal candidate will be comfortable setting the visual direction for campaigns and building scalable design systems in Figma. This role is designed for high-volume, multi-channel, and social-first work, requiring the ability to manage complex projects like full display networks, social systems, and localized variants. The Designer will use AI tooling by default to increase speed without compromising quality. This is a hands-on position with direct ownership of the visual output and production infrastructure, offering a chance to shape the company's design and production processes. The role values range over specialization, seeking a designer with a strong point of view, fluency in social media, and the technical skills to create scalable systems. Video and animation skills are a plus but not required.

Requirements

3+ years of design experience, agency setting preferred.
Portfolio spanning both original concept work and high-volume production.
Deep proficiency in Figma: components, variants, auto-layout, and variables/tokens.
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.
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.

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.
Bring a point of view to concept development and push for better execution.
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.
Turn approved concepts into template systems.
Organize files to convention for easy asset retrieval.
Use Claude and AI-assisted tooling as a core part of the workflow for generating variants, drafting layouts, automating build steps, and running QA.
Write effective prompts for AI tools and maintain quality standards.
Share new tools and techniques with the team.
Design for Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and emerging formats.
Work at social speed for live moments and campaign standards when necessary.
Template and version motion and social video units in After Effects (if applicable).

Benefits

Three Optima Health Plan options; Sway covers 80% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums.
100% of employee's United Concordia Dental Plan paid by Sway.
401(k) with a 1:1 match on the first 3% of pay and a 50% match on the following 2%.
15 Paid Vacation Days.
17 Paid Holidays, including birthday, the Monday after the Super Bowl, Juneteenth, and the full week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
Two-Hour Windows at the start (9–11am) and end (3–5pm) of the workday for personal appointments.
100% remote work.
Year-end performance bonus eligibility.
Additional bonuses based on individual and company performance.
100% reimbursement for at least one approved course, workshop, or conference annually.