Contract Graphic Designer

Spotlight • Kansas City, MO

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About The Position

Spotlight is hiring a contract Graphic Designer to support the team during the Creative Director’s maternity leave. The contract runs from January through June and involves 30–40 hours of work per week. The role may have the potential to become a full-time hire when the Creative Director returns.

The designer will help bring Spotlight’s 2027 Marketing Strategy to life visually. Work includes monthly thought leadership reports, digital campaign assets for LinkedIn and email, and internal and external collateral. The designer will work closely with the Director of Marketing and collaborate with the broader marketing team, while maintaining brand standards for Spotlight and its clients.

Spotlight is a founder-led firm based in Kansas City’s Crossroads neighborhood. It works with software companies in Analyst Relations, customer engagement, B2B influencer relations, and AI influence, an offering it calls Influence Orchestration.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of professional design experience at an agency, in-house, or both.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design; emphasis in B2B marketing is preferred.
• Solid knowledge of design principles and technical proficiency with design software, with a keen eye for typography, hierarchy, and detail.
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Knowledge of Google Slides, Asana, AI tools such as Claude, and HubSpot.
• A portfolio demonstrating range across digital, print, brand cohesiveness, and layout-heavy work.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively to accomplish goals.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects at once.
• Clear communication with non-designers and an open attitude toward feedback.
• Ability to bring fresh, creative ideas that push content beyond the expected while remaining within brand standards.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing for B2B technology, SaaS, or professional services.
• Data visualization or infographic skills.
• Basic motion design skills using After Effects or similar, video editing experience, or curiosity about AI design tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and create monthly thought leadership reports.
• Design social, email, web, and digital campaign assets to accompany report pieces.
• Maintain consistent brand standards for Spotlight and its clients across internal and external materials.
• Lay out presentations, research reports, infographics, and data visuals to make dense information easy to scan and tell a compelling story.
• Produce printed reports, flyers, collateral, awards, and other materials, preparing files for print when necessary.
• Create assets and content for 2027 events, including internal all-hands meetings and potential external marketing or sales events.
• Create assets and content for internal stakeholders, including monthly event TV graphics, email headers and inserts, and internal slide decks.
• Take projects from brief through concept, iteration, feedback, refinement, and final files.
• Maintain templates, asset libraries, and file organization so the team can work efficiently.
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and create content to meet their needs.
• Embrace Spotlight’s Core Values: Collaboration, Persistence, Honorable, and Kavorka.

Benefits

• Spotlight takes pride in the care of its employees.
• Real ownership and trust; the company describes employees as experts within their craft.
• Variety in the work, with many different things to work on.
• The firm is a consistent recipient of the KC Business Journal’s Best Places to Work award.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level