Visual Designer

Tavern Research•Chicago, IL

35d•$87,000 - $106,400•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a hybrid role that blends video editing, graphic design, and slide deck development, with a core focus on refining and elevating machine-generated content. Youâll work across Tavernâs visual output â ads, websites, decks, campaign materials, and internal docs. Most projects will start with AI-generated drafts. Your job is to apply the human judgment, design instincts, and taste that turn raw output into work that feels intentional, persuasive, and alive. Youâll collaborate with our research and strategy, working within our delivery team to transform data and messaging into sharp, compelling visual communications. One day, you might be editing a short video; another day, you might be designing a graphic or refining a visual framework that helps the team move faster while maintaining high quality. Youâll partner with our Client Delivery Lead, communicating directly with clients about scope, timelines, and technical constraints. Youâll help build the creative systems we rely on for our core business: defining aesthetic standards, developing templates, organizing file libraries and b-roll, and strengthening the company's overall visual backbone. When demand for our video ads is lighter, youâll shift into broader design work, ensuring youâre consistently contributing across our full creative pipeline. In short, youâre part designer, part editor, part systems builder. You set the creative standard, uphold it across every project, and build the processes that help the whole team reach it. Experience working with polling data, content testing, or campaign messaging is a plus, but not required.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in video production, visual design, or similar creative roles.
Strong video editing skills using Final Cut, Premiere, or comparable tools.
Proficiency with design and presentation tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, or PowerPoint.
Comfortable using AI tools in creative workflows.
Strong instincts around layout, typography, visual hierarchy, and overall design quality.
Comfortable communicating with clients and managing expectations around scope, timelines, and revisions.
Able to collaborate with technical engineers to inform product decisions, troubleshoot limitations, and translate design needs into actionable feedback.
Scrappy, resourceful, and independently driven, with a strong desire to grow and try new things.
Experience developing templates, style systems, or scalable design frameworks.

Nice To Haves

Experience in political, advocacy, or other fast-paced, high-stakes environments.

Responsibilities

Edit and refine machine-generated and assembled videos, graphics, and layouts, adding the human judgment and design polish that turn raw output into persuasive, intentional, creative work.
Design and refine visual materials across ads, websites, decks, memos, campaign deliverables, and internal communications.
Develop and maintain templates, design systems, and repeatable frameworks that help the team produce high-quality creative quickly and consistently.
Build, organize, and maintain our creative asset libraries, including templates, b-roll, stock footage, licensed content, and brand elements.
Create original data visualizations, diagrams, and graphics that translate research findings into clear, persuasive visuals for clients.
Collaborate with researchers and strategists to bring polling, content-testing results, and messaging insights to life visually.
Define and uphold Tavernâs aesthetic standards for ads, decks, and videos, ensuring everything we ship feels intentional and on-brand.
Leverage AI to automate and improve creative consistency and speed.
Manage quick-turn creative needs while also contributing to longer-term system building and infrastructure improvements.
Communicate with Client Delivery Lead and clients around project scope, timelines, limitations, and revisions.
Ensure all creative deliverables meet Tavernâs quality bar and support our mission of making complex ideas clear, engaging, and effective.