Brand Designer — Hybrid Role for Impactful Storytelling

Energy Innovation Corp; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Comprehensive insurance

Hybrid work flexibility

Job summary

Retail Technologies, based in Irvine, CA, is seeking a storyteller-designer Brand Designer to carry ideas from napkin to launch. The mid-level role offers hybrid flexibility, trust, and real influence after 3 years on the team.

You will shape the unboxing moment, research trends, and push a single visual idea across web, print, and the Irvine storefront while partnering with copywriters to align visuals with tone.

Qualifications

• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements.
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating.
• Hands-on command of Illustration, with Decision Making as a close second.
• Equal parts Layout Design depth and Design Thinking curiosity.
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working understanding of both Illustration and Layout Design in real-world settings.

Responsibilities

• Shape the unboxing moment Irvine buyers screenshot and share unprompted.
• Research trends and competitor work to keep Retail Technologies's output ahead of the curve.
• Pull through one deeply-curious visual idea across web, print, and the Irvine, CA storefront.
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone.
• Frame each design decision in terms the Irvine, CA sales floor can repeat.
• Translate Affinity Diagramming research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on.
• Translate a founder's gut feeling into a system someone else can extend.
• Wring narrative clarity from a feature list three product managers fought over.

Skills

Illustration

Layout Design

Design Thinking

Communication

Adaptability

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Storytelling

Job description

Retail Technologies, based in Irvine, CA, is seeking a storyteller-designer Brand Designer to carry ideas from napkin to launch. The mid-level role offers hybrid flexibility, trust, and real influence after 3 years on the team.

You will shape the unboxing moment, research trends, and push a single visual idea across web, print, and the Irvine storefront while partnering with copywriters to align visuals with tone.