GRAPHIC DESIGNER II

Nabors•Houston, TX

About The Position

Nabors is seeking a Graphic Designer to create high-quality visual communications that engage employees, support internal initiatives, and strengthen the company’s brand. The role primarily develops internal communications, executive and leadership materials, employee engagement campaigns, corporate event assets, presentations, digital signage, and other branded communications. It works closely with Communications, HR, leadership, and business stakeholders to translate ideas and information into clear, engaging visual solutions. The designer is expected to work with growing independence, manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced corporate environment, and provide creative support to the marketing-focused graphic designer and business teams when external needs arise. The position also supports external marketing, recruiting, business-development, product, and customer-facing materials as business needs require. Additional work may include photography coordination, image sourcing and retouching, basic video editing, motion graphics, template improvements, and process-improvement projects. Nabors is a global energy-technology provider operating in about 20 countries and aims to deliver safe, efficient, and responsible hydrocarbon production while enabling the transition to a lower-carbon world.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
3–5 years of professional graphic design experience in a corporate, agency, or in-house environment.
Strong portfolio demonstrating proficient typography, layout, visual hierarchy, brand application, and design across multiple touchpoints.
Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, including InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Acrobat.
Strong experience designing communications, corporate events and functions, presentations and executive communications, print media, and digital media.
Strong attention to detail, layout discipline, and file organization, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently, anticipate needs, receive feedback, and proactively drive projects forward.
Highly flexible, collaborative, and solutions-oriented.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting energy, oilfield services, manufacturing, industrial technology, software, or other technical B2B environments.
Experience in corporate or internal communications and employee engagement.
Experience designing event branding and environmental assets such as signage, booths, banners, and promotional materials.
Experience building polished PowerPoint presentations for leadership and stakeholders.
Working knowledge of Figma, Canva, Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, or similar creative tools.
Basic photography, photo editing, video editing, or motion graphics experience.
Experience with established brand governance, approval workflows, corporate design systems, and project-management platforms such as Monday.com.

Responsibilities

Design visual communications for internal campaigns, leadership messaging, employee programs, corporate initiatives, and company-wide communications.
Create graphics and materials for town halls, employee events, meetings, executive communications, engagement activities, recognition programs, and internal campaigns.
Develop presentations, digital signage, email graphics, infographics, posters, banners, templates, and other branded communication materials.
Apply layout, typography, color, imagery, and visual hierarchy to improve clarity, engagement, and audience understanding.
Ensure creative work aligns with Nabors brand standards, visual identity requirements, and approved messaging direction.
Maintain consistent brand application across employee communications, leadership materials, events, presentations, and business-unit deliverables.
Partner with the Brand & Graphics Manager to maintain templates, design systems, and reusable creative assets.
Review materials for visual accuracy, alignment, formatting, image quality, and brand consistency before distribution.
Develop digital graphics for email, intranet updates, digital signage, presentations, internal campaigns, and other employee-facing channels.
Assist with slide visuals, iconography, image editing, basic video graphics, and motion graphics as needed.
Adapt designs for different formats, screen sizes, audiences, and communication channels while preserving visual consistency.
Design executive and leadership presentations, employee-facing presentations, corporate meeting materials, and business updates.
Develop visual concepts, templates, signage, banners, handouts, environmental graphics, and supporting assets for internal communications, engagement initiatives, company events, town halls, conferences, and meetings.
Prepare accurate, production-ready files for print, digital distribution, presentations, and on-site use, coordinating specifications with vendors and outside creative partners as needed.
Work with Communications, HR, leadership, business-unit stakeholders, and other internal partners to understand design needs and project objectives.
Manage concurrent design requests, deadlines, revisions, stakeholder feedback, and changing priorities; communicate project status, risks, and timeline constraints proactively.
Clarify each project’s scope, audience, message, timeline, and intended use, and recommend design improvements that enhance clarity, brand alignment, engagement, and communication impact.
Maintain organized working and final files, templates, source images, icons, and creative assets; follow file naming, storage, version-control, and handoff practices.
Update existing materials as branding, messaging, organizational priorities, and communication needs evolve; support improvements to creative processes, templates, and shared asset repositories.
Protect confidential, proprietary, and pre-release business information when handling internal and corporate communications.
Provide design support for external marketing, recruiting, business-development, product, and customer-facing materials when needed.
Partner with the marketing-focused graphic designer on brochures, product sheets, trade-show graphics, social assets, customer presentations, and other external deliverables as assigned.
Assist with photography coordination, image sourcing, photo retouching, basic video editing, and motion graphics projects.
Support special projects and initiatives assigned by the Brand & Graphics Manager or Communications leadership.