Graphic Designer, Brand Partnerships

Complex•Los Angeles, CA

32d•$70,000 - $75,000

About The Position

Complex is the definitive platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge content, commerce and live experiences with unparalleled scale. Through innovative content, Complex tells stories of music, streetwear and style, sports, art and beyond. Its content engages in a dynamic conversation with the audience, reflecting and shaping the zeitgeist of convergence culture. A powerful media juggernaut paired with a curated marketplace, Complex is redefining the way fans interact with their favorite brands and artists and reshaping the future of digital culture and commerce. Why We're Hiring Our team is growing and looking for a strong Designer to support the Complex Brand Partnerships department. You’ll work within the Branded Art and Design team cross functionally with branded content (editorial and video), account management, product and experiential to ideate and execute deliverables. We offer a full range of products—from content to live events—to our clients and need someone with a strong technical skillset and ability to work from concept ideation to finished execution bringing a wide range of deliverables to life. We’re seeking a well rounded utility player with a multi-disciplinary approach and deep expertise within innovative graphic design, social design, display media, printed collateral, merch and experiential concepting. This role is ideal for a creative visionary who understands how to transform cultural insights and partner brand guidelines into iconic visual expressions across mediums—from digital to physical. This individual is self-motivated, highly collaborative, and relentlessly curious, consistently sparking new ideas, pushing boundaries, and elevating design and creative across a range of platforms.

Requirements

Minimum 4-6 years of graphic design experience at an agency, culturally-adjacent media publisher, or in-house brand
Passion for forward-thinking design across digital, print, experiential, and product
Voracious consumer of pop culture and working knowledge of trends in music, events, streetwear, and fashion at large
Well-organized with strict attention to detail in quick turnarounds
Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, interpersonal
Able to support design leadership with thoughtful executions
Obsess about the details and push the creative until its reached the best execution
Highly responsible, self-motivated, and able to thrive in an energetic, fast-paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment
Must have strong time management skills and the ability to pivot from project to project juggling multiple at a time
Expert in latest Mac software: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Google Slides, Figma, ReadyMag, SketchUp or other experiential 3D render software
Working knowledge of current AI render platforms

Nice To Haves

Impressive, wide-ranging portfolio (brand, print, event, editorial and product is a plus)

Responsibilities

Collaborate: Working with design leaders, art directors, account managers, experiential and product to create a vision and roadmap for product execution
Executing projects: Taking projects from concept to launch, creating within existing workflow systems while marrying brand guidelines and the Complex visual ID
Display and Social Design: Ability to translate larger campaign initiatives and creative into display and social packages
Experiential Design: Work with design leadership on executing physical brand experiences—from bespoke pop-up activations to large-scale experiences like ComplexCon
Apparel: Design comps of limited-edition merch drops, and collabs bringing fashion sensibility to product storytelling
Executing: Creating designs and product solutions for any given task. Flawlessly execute compositions, layouts, and renders
Presenting: Ability to speak to design work to internal design leadership