Graphic Designer, Merchandise & Swag

Revel•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Revel is hiring a Graphic Designer focused on merchandise and swag to join its marketing team. This mid-senior-level role owns how Revel appears in the physical world through apparel and merchandise for investors, clients, partners, and teammates. The designer will lead the merchandise program from concept through production and fulfillment, creating desirable products within Revel’s brand standards and extending the brand across conferences, events, customer touchpoints, and team culture. The role spans apparel and physical goods, event print and design, gifting programs, product launch assets, and some video and motion work. The designer will collaborate closely with the brand and product design team, manage vendors and production details, balance creative goals with budgets and deadlines, and use performance tracking to guide future merchandise.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in graphic or visual design, with meaningful experience in merchandise, apparel, or physical product design.
Experience working with or supporting technical, engineering-driven teams and understanding of what that audience considers good swag.
Experience with 3D design, product rendering, or motion graphics for product visualization.
Portfolio demonstrating original merchandise and product concepts that have shipped.
Portfolio demonstrating the ability to translate a brand into physical goods with taste and restraint.
Strong typography, illustration, and layout skills.
High attention to detail, including print specifications, color accuracy, and brand consistency.
Experience across digital and print mediums.
Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop and Illustrator), and Google Slides and/or PowerPoint.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup environment and balancing creative ambition with budgets and deadlines.
For ITAR compliance, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

Basic video editing and product photography experience.
Experience running a merchandise store or fulfillment operation, such as Shopify, print-on-demand, or in-house fulfillment.
Experience managing production with vendors, including printers, embroiderers, and manufacturers, and working knowledge of methods such as screen printing, embroidery, DTG, enamel pins, and woven labels.
Background in hard tech industries such as aerospace, defense, or robotics, or a genuine love of engineering culture.

Responsibilities

Own Revel’s merchandise and swag program, developing product concepts, collections, and drops.
Concept and design apparel, swag, and physical goods from sketch through finished product.
Manage production end-to-end, including sourcing and vetting vendors, preparing print-ready files and tech packs, reviewing samples and proofs, and managing quality, timelines, and budgets.
Lead print and physical design projects for events, including conference materials, signage, booth elements, and packaging.
Design kits and gifting programs for customers, partners, recruits, new hires, and investors.
Apply Revel’s brand identity to physical products and identify where the brand may need to stretch or evolve for new formats.
Create supporting visual assets for merchandise launches, including product mockups, photography direction, web store and Webflow assets, and social content.
Contribute to video treatments and light motion work showcasing products and merchandise drops.
Partner with the brand and product design team to maintain consistency with product and marketing surfaces.
Track merchandise performance to inform future product decisions.