Graphic Designer

National Association of Convenience Stores•Alexandria, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a talented graphic designer to join our growing, high-performing team. This role is ideal for someone who is motivated, curious, and ready to take on complex, high-impact campaigns. You should have a flexible style with the ability to adapt to our brand look and feel across our portfolio and always look for the best approach to a creative brief. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple deliverables with ease, and bring creativity and craft to high-volume design work. In this role, you will help shape, design, and execute visual experiences that not only align with our brand, but truly resonate with our members. You will own day-to-day creative production across print, digital, and motion—delivering scalable, high-quality work while supporting performance-driven marketing across campaigns, social, and paid media.

Requirements

3–6+ years of experience in marketing design (in-house or agency).
Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across digital, print, and motion.
Strong typography, layout, and visual storytelling skills.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and motion tools (After Effects or similar).
Experience building templates and scalable design systems.
Solid knowledge of print production and prepress.
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Experience incorporating AI tools into design and motion workflows.
Strong attention to detail combined with a natural sense of urgency, ensuring high-quality deliverables while meeting the fast-paced demands and volume of the marketing environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in interactive and multimedia content creation is highly valued, with a focus on developing immersive and engaging experiences across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute high-quality marketing assets across campaigns, customizing content for various audiences, channels, and segmentation approaches to drive engagement.
Translate campaign goals and business objectives into compelling visual and experiential designs, with a deep understanding of the visual user journey to create intuitive and engaging event experiences.
Produce high-impact motion-first content (animated banners, social motion, GIFs), applying testing frameworks and performance learnings to optimize engagement and conversion outcomes across channels.
Translate brand strategy into polished, production-ready deliverables across formats.
Iterate and optimize creative based on performance data, A/B testing, and campaign insights.
Support rapid-turnaround creative needs for always-on marketing with speed and precision.
Partner and collaborate with other creative designers, marketing team and internal stakeholders to execute approved creative efficiently.
Act as a proactive idea generator and self-starter, contributing fresh perspectives and inspiring concepts to the team.
Experience in interactive and multimedia content creation is highly valued, with a focus on developing immersive and engaging experiences across multiple platforms.
Own project end-to-end, from concept development through final production and delivery.
Build and maintain scalable templates, toolkits, and design systems.
Drive speed and scalability through repeatable systems, efficient workflows, and best practices.
Operate with a highly agile mindset, delivering rapid iterations and same-day adjustments while optimizing campaigns in real time based on performance and market signals.
Continuously optimize processes to improve turnaround time, consistency, and output quality.
Ensure all creative output aligns with established brand standards, messaging, and tone.
Maintain a high level of attention to detail and a strong commitment to quality.
Identify and correct off-brand executions across teams.
Support the ongoing evolution, application, and governance of brand guidelines.
Embed AI as a core component of all creative workflows, actively leveraging and continuously learning new tools to improve efficiency, elevate output quality, and scale creative production.
Position AI at the center of the creative process, consistently adopting, testing, and evolving new tools and technologies to enhance efficiency, innovation, and overall design impact.
Stay current on design, motion, and marketing trends to keep creative fresh, relevant, and competitive.