Marketing Graphic Designer

Catalina Island Company•Costa Mesa, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Catalina Island Company is seeking a creative, detail-oriented Graphic Designer to support marketing campaigns that drive visitation, overnight stays, and island experiences. This role focuses on creating visual assets across digital, social, and print channels that bring the Catalina Island Company brand to life through destination storytelling and travel inspiration. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your passion for travel and join a small team where you can make an impact.

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere) with photography and video-editing capabilities
Experience producing content across digital and physical marketing channels
Ability to manage multiple campaign assets and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Must possess a valid California Driver’s License with a clean driving record
Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience)
3+ years of experience in graphic design, preferably in marketing or brand-focused roles
Understanding of storytelling principles and content design

Nice To Haves

Experience in travel, hospitality, lifestyle, or destination marketing
Experience with Figma, Canva, and AI-assisted design tools that accelerate asset adaptation across platforms
Motion graphics, video editing and asset management experience

Responsibilities

Design visual assets for marketing campaigns promoting lodging, itineraries, and island experiences across digital and physical channels (billboards, print, digital ads, etc.)
Adapt and optimize creative assets for responsive and multi-platform use (web, social, email, paid media), leveraging modern design and AI tools where appropriate
Produce visually engaging assets for marketing channels, incorporating light motion or multimedia elements as needed (advanced motion design supported by freelancers)
Capture, retouch and edit photography to ensure high-quality, on-brand visuals that highlight the island experience
Manage freelance designers or creative vendors for specialized creative support
Maintain and apply brand consistency across all marketing touchpoints
Contiguously refine the visual identity and brand guidelines
Identify opportunities to strengthen destination storytelling and differentiation
Design visual content supporting the marketing calendar across social, web, email, and paid media
Translate campaign concepts into high-impact, conversion-oriented creative and iterate based on performance
Edit and manage video assets for use across marketing channels
Create, update, and build all marketing emails as responsive, on‑brand designs
Organize and maintain design files, media libraries, and asset archives
Manage multiple projects aligned to marketing campaign priorities and deadlines
Produce multiple creative variations to support campaign testing and optimization