Senior Designer (Temporary)

Thesis • Portland, OR

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Thesis is an independent agency working at the intersection of creativity, strategy, and technology. It partners with ambitious brands to address business and marketing challenges and create scalable ideas, experiences, and systems.

The Senior Designer is a multidisciplinary creative who develops thoughtful, polished design solutions across channels. The role contributes to campaigns, brand identity systems, and digital experiences, balancing conceptual thinking with technical execution. The designer translates creative concepts into execution-ready deliverables, leads smaller workstreams independently when needed, and provides informal guidance and mentorship to junior designers.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience delivering campaign and brand system execution in an agency or creative environment.
• A portfolio demonstrating depth, range, and visual storytelling across digital, social, print, and brand identity systems.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, and fluency in Figma.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary creative teams and independently owning design tracks within broader programs.
• Strong craft, technical precision, and curiosity about emerging tools and design techniques.
• Collaborative, low-ego, and accountable approach, with interest in helping develop emerging creative talent.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communications, fine arts, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of 3D or experiential design tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop polished brand, digital, campaign, and packaging design deliverables.
• Translate creative briefs and strategic direction into execution-ready visual solutions across multiple channels.
• Ensure consistency, precision, craft, and visual storytelling across design touchpoints.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors, Associate Creative Directors, Copywriters, Strategists, Production teams, and Account leads.
• Contribute original ideas and conceptual thinking in brainstorms and early-stage creative development.
• Translate creative concepts into clear design frameworks and execution-ready assets.
• Lead smaller design tracks or workstreams, working independently or solo when required.
• Provide feedback, guidance, and informal mentorship to junior design team members.
• Collaborate with external partners and clients on design workstreams and deliverables as needed.

Benefits

• Hybrid work model, with in-office collaboration Tuesday through Thursday and remote work on Mondays and Fridays.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior