Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Discord•San Francisco, CA

1d•$116,000 - $130,500•Onsite

About The Position

Discord is seeking a versatile graphic designer and illustrator with strong conceptual skills and a knack for working across styles to join their Creative Studio Team. This role sits alongside the Social team, creating fast-turnaround content across a wide range of creative expressions, including illustration, graphic design, and visual storytelling. The designer will be embedded with the team, helping bring content to life across platforms in ways that are fun, timely, and resonate with Discord's large and highly engaged community. This is a highly collaborative role, requiring close partnership with members of the Social team and other creatives, working within quick-turnaround windows to keep pace with community happenings in real time.

Requirements

A portfolio demonstrating expressive, high-craft illustration and graphic design work across a range of styles, ideally including fast-turnaround or social and content-driven work.
2+ years of design or production experience at an in-house creative team, social or content studio, or agency, ideally in tech, gaming, or entertainment.
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with a strong eye for composition, color, typography, and visual hierarchy.
Comfort working at speed without sacrificing craft, with the ability to turn around polished creative within hours or a single day when needed.
Experience working within brand guidelines to produce work that feels native to an established visual identity.
Comfort presenting creative concepts and articulating design decisions to cross-functional partners.
Ability to take feedback, iterate, and deliver production-ready assets that meet both creative and technical requirements.

Nice To Haves

Animation or motion design skills, and an understanding of how static illustration and design assets translate into motion.
Proficiency in Figma.
A strong instinct for social content, with an understanding of meme and gaming culture and how Discord can show up authentically in online conversations.

Responsibilities

Design and illustrate a wide range of social and community content, from platform graphics and campaign assets to reactive, in-the-moment illustrations, across a variety of styles, including characters, visual effects, objects, and environments.
Conceptualize and execute quick-turnaround creative that captures cultural moments and community conversations, often within same-day or next-day timelines.
Partner closely with the Social team to translate ideas, copy, and campaign concepts into visually compelling graphic design and illustration.
Collaborate with other creatives, including illustrators, motion designers, and brand designers, to maintain a consistent and expressive visual voice across platforms.
Manage multiple concurrent requests, prioritizing and communicating proactively as timelines shift.
Give and receive constructive feedback in critiques and live reviews, iterating toward the strongest outcome under tight deadlines.