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About the Role
The Senior Designer brings a sharp design eye and ensures a high standard of craft across a range of projects for SRW | C.A. clients in the better-for-you CPG world. They are responsible for elevating creative design, conceptualizing brand identity, polishing packaging comps, and building integrated campaign assets. This role involves juggling multiple client needs, leading design independently on some projects, and partnering with Creative Directors on others, while confidently presenting ideas directly to clients.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute high-quality, on-brand creative across brand identity, packaging, digital, social, print and campaign work.
- Own layouts, typography, color, and overall visual execution, holding every deliverable to a high standard.
- Manage design work across multiple client accounts, balancing priorities and deadlines.
- Lead design and creative execution independently on select accounts, while supporting Creative Directors on others.
- Contribute original ideas and creative territories in brainstorms and ideation sessions.
- Translate strategic briefs and audience insights into compelling visual concepts and design solutions.
- Collaborate closely with creative counterparts and cross-functional teams.
- Present creative concepts and design rationale directly to clients.
- Own branding and identity exercises including logo design, color palettes, typography systems, and photography style.
- Lead packaging design projects from early concepts through production-ready files.
- Support the execution of photo and video shoots, and help art direct on set when needed.
- Use AI tools to generate comps, explore directions faster, and produce a high volume of versioned executions.
- Stay current on design trends, tools, pop culture, competitor brands, and best practices.
Requirements
- 7+ years of graphic design experience, ideally within an agency setting.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional design skills across a range of applications (packaging, print, digital, social, web, etc.).
- Experience working on CPG + brand identity, logo and packaging design required.
- Confidence and polish presenting creative concepts and executions directly to clients.
- Ability to conceptualize ideas, not just execute them.
- Comfort managing multiple projects and accounts at once, shifting gears with ease.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
- Working knowledge of AI design and image-generation tools and how to use them to speed up the creative process.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, no hubris approach.
Skills
- Graphic design
- Brand identity
- Packaging design
- Digital design
- Social media design
- Print design
- Campaign design
- Layout
- Typography
- Color theory
- Visual execution
- Creative concepting
- Client presentations
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- AI design tools
- Image generation tools
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
- Motion design
- On-set art direction
- AI workflows
Location
- Chicago, IL
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $75,000 - $95,000
Benefits
- PTO and sick days
- 11 paid company holidays
- 1 Floating holiday
- 2 paid volunteer days per year
- 3 months fully paid parental leave
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid company life insurance
- 401k with company match
- Bonus eligible
- Summer hours (half day Fridays from Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
- Work from home flexibility
About the Company
- C.A. Fortune is a national consumer-centric integrated commerce agency built to help brands win at retail.
- We deliver sales strategy, in-store execution, full-service marketing, and digital commerce through a single, fully integrated partner.
- Our capabilities span the full shelf: from getting brands on it, to getting them off it.
- We’re passionate, energetic, and deeply motivated by one thing: helping brands win over customers and consumers.
- We bring together sales experts, marketers, e-commerce specialists, data analysts, and creatives.
- C.A. Fortune is built on the belief that great people build great brands.
- We're a national consumer-centric integrated commerce agency.
- We show up every day to help brands of all sizes grow, compete, and lead.
- From emerging challengers to established market leaders, we bring the sales horsepower, marketing firepower, and integrated thinking to move the needle at retail.
Equal Opportunity
- C.A. is committed to making our company more inclusive.
- Diversity fuels our innovation and better connects us to our clients, our colleagues, and our communities.
- Based on research, we know that women and other marginalized groups tend to apply to roles only when their experience perfectly matches the job description.
- That said, we encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of qualifications, especially if this role aligns with your career trajectory.