Senior Designer, Marketing

Material • Chicago, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role brings together the conceptual range of an art director and the craft of a seasoned graphic designer, working exclusively on Material's own brand. The Senior Designer owns the day-to-day output of the corporate brand: social imagery and video, presentation decks, website updates, thought leadership content, conference collateral, internal initiatives and branded merchandise. The work runs on taste and precision, with an exacting eye for detail across every surface. Digital fluency is required. Beyond daily output, the role co-owns how Material's Design Language System gets operationalized: building, maintaining and applying a brand token system engineered for machine readability, so people across the business can prototype and produce on-brand work with AI tools at speed, without senior cleanup at the end. The right person is a tastemaker and steward of the brand, a thought partner on campaign work and a fast, self-directed designer for whatever the brand needs week to week.

Requirements

• 6+ years of design experience spanning brand, marketing and digital, in an agency, studio, consultancy or in-house setting.
• Expert command of Figma, including variables, components, modes and token-based design systems.
• Demonstrated experience building or operationalizing a design system or DLS, with an understanding of how design tokens map to machine-readable and developer-facing formats.
• Outstanding craft and finish across composition, type, color and layout, evidenced in the portfolio.
• Detailed, current knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Digital and responsive design fluency, with working knowledge of motion for social and video.
• Strong conceptual range, evidenced by campaign or identity work, with the ability to discuss your role and the thinking behind it.
• Comfort with AI-assisted design workflows, or clear enthusiasm to build that fluency.
• A portfolio spanning brand identity and systems, marketing and social, presentation design and digital.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with animation/video editing software such as After Effects, Premiere Pro or other video platforms is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Design and produce the corporate brand's daily output: social imagery and video, presentation decks, website updates, thought leadership content, conference and event collateral, internal initiatives and branded merchandise.
• Hold a high, consistent standard for craft and detail across every format and channel.
• Move quickly and independently through a high volume of varied requests without dropping quality.
• Build, maintain and apply Material's brand token system, structured for machine readability so AI tools and non-designers can query and apply it correctly.
• Extend and protect the identity system as it reaches Material's IP and products.
• Work with the brand design team on updates and extensions to the core brand system.
• Act as a thought partner on campaign concepts, bringing big-picture thinking alongside execution.
• Develop thoughtful, strategic internal presentations and represent the marketing team with consideration and creativity.

Benefits

• Material is an outcomes focused company. We create experiences that matter, create new value and make a difference in our clients’ lives and their customers’ lives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed