Senior Designer Jobs

Riff_ is actively seeking a Senior Designer with at least 5 years of experience who has a passion for elevating digital and print experiences through brand, web, and ad design. The right candidate is fueled by leading creative collaborations, loves to capture vision through design, and prefers to tackle multiple design challenges at once.

Riff is a fun and agile creative-driven agency fueled by a small multi-talented team. We provide full service creative and strategy support for maturing start-ups and established organizations that are seeking innovation. We’re an energetic team that thrives on collaboration, problem solving, and approaching every endeavor from a storytelling perspective. Our team brings ideas to life, drives impact for our clients, and believes in continual growth.

Riff_ believes in creating community, both from an industry and regional perspective. We have a stake in a few emerging regions that are becoming centralized hubs of innovation and competitive opportunities including Vancouver, WA, Bend, OR, and Bigfork, MT. We’re excited about seizing those opportunities to partner with businesses in our communities, and nationally.

To summarize - if you have a big idea, call Riff_.

• We don’t let our teammates down
• We have big ideas
• We believe design matters
• We have entrepreneurial spirits
• We are lifelong learners
• We seek ways to serve others
• We believe life is a gift

We are full-service creative and strategy partners

• We tackle projects, but prefer long term engagements.
• We aren’t a transactional agency. We’re partnership focused.
• We build and scale startups as a full-service agency.
• We help transform mid-market and enterprise level organizations.

We are advocate-minded

• We are fueled by the success of our clients and our teammates. We’re always thinking of ways to help them win.

We are relentlessly optimistic

• Our positive outlook allows us to be fearless in our achievements, persevere through challenges, and continuously push toward what’s possible.

We are ruthlessly efficient

• We’re goal driven and care about impact over the amount of hours logged. We always look for ways to improve processes, save time, and increase ROI.

We are looking for a Senior Designer to produce and oversee digital and print creative solutions related to branding and marketing. To be successful in this role, you will bring an in-depth knowledge of and strong enthusiasm for graphic design, brand work, styles and layout techniques. You should have specific and demonstrated experience in branding, including moodboards, logo concepting, designing from a strategic perspective, and client engagement. You should be comfortable leading client meetings and project-related communication. You should also have experience executing marketing projects from conception to production, including websites, marketing materials (business cards, brochures, etc), product packaging, and vendor coordination. Ultimately, you will help to ensure that the design team delivers high quality design work through your own expertise while also being responsible for oversight and management of junior design team members. In addition to these technical skills, you will bring a level of collaborative energy and excitement to a growing team working to expand our creative impact and pipeline of opportunity that constantly challenges our skills and abilities.

• Design original pieces, including logos, labels, iconography, and infographics
• Generate ideas to portray concepts and advertise products/services
• Liaise with client and design teams to ensure deadlines are met
• Review junior designers’ work to ensure high quality; provide mentorship for development of technical skills and client-facing communication skills
• Support and engage in ongoing business development efforts seeking out new clients and projects that align with Riff’s goals, values, and expertise
• Increase user friendliness in digital products
• Oversee design projects for yourself and others, from conception to delivery
• Interface with clients regarding the creative process and design work
• Work closely with Riff leadership in the development and execution of broader client strategy
• Translate client vision into creative concepts
• Maintain brand consistency throughout a client’s various assets, platforms, materials
• Stay up-to-date with industry developments and tools
• Collaborate with development team on website projects and user experience considerations

• Proficient in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Illustration skills are preferred but not required
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback from a place of humility
• Ability to meet deadlines, maintain budget awareness, assist with project scoping, and collaborate with a team
• Strong sense of aesthetics and drive to push work further
• Excellent people skills
• Proficient in Figma
• Proven work experience as a Senior Designer, Graphic Designer or similar role
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong client and project management
• High ability to problem solve
• Portfolio of completed design projects
• High attention to detail

Salary:

• $60,0000 to $75,000 annual salary BOE
• Commission and profit sharing opportunities

Benefits:

• 5% 401K match (after 60 days)
• Continued education reimbursement
• 100% Riff_ covered medical and dental insurance (after 60 days)
• Team activities
• 100% Riff_ covered Life insurance and AD&D
• Paid holidays
• 15 days of PTO a year (and we encourage you to use it)

Flexible Work Environment:

• We have an amazing office downtown Vancouver, WA, but we know everyone works in different ways. You’re welcome to work remote, drop in the office, of all of the above!

A Team Focus:

• We put the team first and always look for ways that we can improve our team support