Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Discord•San Francisco, CA

1d•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 its Creative Studio Team. This role will be embedded with the Social team, creating fast-turnaround content across illustration, graphic design, and visual storytelling for a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users, primarily gamers. The position involves partnering closely with the Social team and other creatives to produce timely and resonant content across platforms, often within quick-turnaround windows to keep pace with real-time community conversations.

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, including platform graphics, campaign assets, and reactive illustrations across various styles (characters, visual effects, objects, 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 (illustrators, motion designers, 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.