Senior Designer, CDMX (Mexico City)

Matte Projects; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 850,000 - 1,050,000; Full time

Job summary

MATTE is seeking a Senior Designer to join our Mexico City team. You will own design projects from concept through delivery, shaping visual direction and remaining hands-on through execution.

You will work across branding, campaigns, experiential, content, and digital projects for diverse clients. This hands-on role emphasizes production quality and roll-out of design systems.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional design experience in an agency, creative studio, or brand environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build mechanicals and prepare final artwork to vendor specifications.
• Strong file setup and quality control to catch production issues before handoff.
• Portfolio showing strong conceptual thinking and high craft across branding, digital, print and experiential work.
• Advanced proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Figma.
• Fluent in English and Spanish; based in Mexico City.

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and lead visual execution across brand identities and campaigns.
• Design across digital, print, social, and experiential touchpoints with consistent craft.
• Lead and support project teams across multiple clients and workstreams.
• Present design concepts and defend creative decisions to internal teams and clients.
• Collaborate with New Business to develop pitch decks and visual narratives.
• Prepare production-ready deliverables for handoff.

Skills

Years of design experience

Conceptual thinking

Typography and layout

Communication and presentation

Project management

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Motion design / AI workflows

Job description

• $850,000–$1,050,000 MXN, depending on experience, portfolio quality, and qualifications

Location

• Mexico City, Mexico Employment Type
• Full-time employee Work Model
• In-person Gross Annual Salary
• $850,000–$1,050,000 MXN, depending on experience, portfolio quality, and qualifications

Who We Are

MATTE is a 360° full-service creative studio at the convergence of hype, storytelling, and design. We bring people together to inspire new ways of engaging, drive long-term progress, and entertain audiences around the world. We help forward-thinking brands and institutions do the same. Our capabilities span strategy and insights, creative development, branding and identity, experiential, web design and development, campaigns, content creation, and full-scale production.

Role Overview

MATTE is seeking a Senior Designer to join our growing Mexico City design team. Reporting to the Associate Design Director, you'll own design projects from concept through delivery, shaping visual direction and staying hands‑on throughout execution.

You'll work across branding, campaigns, experiential, content, and digital projects for a range of clients. You'll collaborate with strategists, copywriters, producers, and creative leadership to translate strategic insights into compelling design and carry that thinking through to the details of the finished work. This is a hands‑on design role with a strong emphasis on technical execution. You'll take approved concepts and design systems through rollout, building mechanicals, adapting artwork across sizes and formats, and preparing precise, production-ready files for print, digital, and experiential work.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and lead visual execution across brand identities, campaigns, branded content, and experiences.
• Design across digital, print, social, and experiential touchpoints, adapting visual systems to different brands and audiences while maintaining consistency and a high standard of craft.
• Lead and support project teams across multiple clients and workstreams, contributing to brainstorms, creative reviews, and critiques.
• Present design concepts and articulate creative decisions to internal teams and clients as needed.
• Partner with New Business to develop pitch decks, mockups, and visual narratives that help win new work.
• Design presentations that reflect MATTE and client brand standards.
• Prepare organized, production-ready deliverables for handoff.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional design experience in an agency, creative studio, or brand environment.
• Demonstrated experience independently building mechanicals and preparing final artwork to vendor specifications, including working with dielines, bleeds, scale, color profiles, and export requirements.
• Strong file setup and quality control skills, with the ability to catch and resolve production issues before handoff.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and a high level of craft across branding, digital, print, campaigns, and experiential work.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, as well as Figma.
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, visual systems, color theory, and art direction.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining close attention to detail.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain design decisions clearly.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Currently based in Mexico City.
• Professional fluency in both English and Spanish is required.
• Experience with motion design, animation, AI-assisted creative workflows is a plus.