Designer & Client Partner

Weareyourcompass; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Weareyourcompass in Topeka, Kansas is seeking a Designer & Client Partner to enhance client relationships and drive creative projects forward. This role blends client interaction with hands-on creative support, ideal for candidates with 5+ years in client service and design.

The successful candidate will coordinate various projects, maintain brand consistency, and utilize tools like Canva and Adobe Creative Suite to produce marketing materials. Join a dynamic team committed to building lasting connections and delivering impactful solutions for clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in client service, marketing, communications or graphic design.
• Strong design skills to create polished marketing materials.
• Experience in agency or marketing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day point of contact for assigned clients.
• Build strong, positive relationships with clients.
• Help manage expectations around timelines and feedback.

Skills

Client service

Graphic design

Communication

Relationship building

Project management

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft 365

WordPress

Job description

At Compass Marketing & Advertising Partners, we help clients find clarity, build momentum and tell their stories in ways that connect. Our work includes strategy, branding, digital marketing, social media, public relations, websites, content, campaigns and creative support. We are looking for a Designer & Client Partner who loves people, understands marketing and can bring creative ideas to life. This role is part client relationship builder, part project guide and part hands‑on creative support.

How To Apply

Submit your resume, portfolio, and a brief cover letter explaining why you’re a great fit for this role to [e-mail].

The Designer & Client Partner serves as a trusted guide for our clients and an important connector for our internal team. This person helps clients feel supported, informed and confident while also helping create and manage the marketing materials that move their work forward. You will support client communication, track deliverables, prepare updates, ask good questions and help turn client conversations into clear next steps and polished creative work. This role is a great fit for someone who is organized, relationship‑driven and creatively skilled. You should be comfortable balancing client communication, project coordination and design support in a fast‑moving agency environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a day‑to‑day point of contact for assigned clients.
• Build strong, positive relationships with clients.
• Attend client meetings and help lead conversations when appropriate.
• Prepare agendas, meeting notes, recap emails and status updates.
• Track client requests, deliverables, deadlines and approvals.
• Coordinate with internal team members to keep projects moving.
• Help manage expectations around timelines, feedback and next steps.
• Collect client assets, information, content and approvals.
• Prepare reports, summaries and client‑facing updates.
• Support marketing plans, campaigns and project execution.
• Identify opportunities to better serve clients and strengthen relationships.
• Help connect client goals with the work being completed by the Compass team.
• Keep internal systems updated so everyone knows what is happening and what comes next.
• Create and update social media graphics, flyers, presentations, one‑sheets, digital ads and other marketing materials.
• Resize and repurpose creative assets for multiple platforms.
• Support brand consistency across client materials.
• Assist with basic website updates, content uploads and image swaps.
• Prepare creative materials for team review.
• Organize client files, creative assets, photos, logos and brand materials.
• Support light production needs for campaigns, events, social content and client presentations.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years of experience in client service, marketing, communications, graphic design or a related role.
• Experience in an agency or marketing environment preferred.
• Strong design skills with the ability to create polished marketing materials.
• Portfolio or work samples showing design, marketing or campaign support experience.
• Strong understanding of marketing channels, including social media, websites, email, digital advertising, public relations, print and content marketing.
• Experience using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint or similar design tools.
• Excellent writing, communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple clients, projects and priorities at one time.
• Strong follow‑through and attention to detail.
• Ability to translate conversations into clear action items.
• Comfortable working with creative, digital and strategy teams.
• Familiarity with tools such as Microsoft 365, Google Analytics, social media platforms, project management systems or similar tools is a plus.
• WordPress experience is a plus.

You may be the right person for this role if you:

• Enjoy building relationships and earning trust.
• Are a strong communicator in meetings, emails and follow‑up.
• Know how to keep people and projects moving.
• Have a good eye for design and brand consistency.
• Can create clean, professional marketing materials.
• Are comfortable working in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar design tools.
• Can bring clarity when there are a lot of moving pieces.
• Are comfortable asking questions and solving problems.
• Understand marketing enough to connect the dots for clients.
• Can balance warmth with accountability.
• Like being the person clients know they can count on.
• Can stay organized without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Enjoy working with creative people and helping ideas become real.