Designer (social)

Aquent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios is seeking a Designer, Social Creative to join Qualcomm’s in-house creative team. You’ll craft visually distinctive, social-first campaigns across Qualcomm’s brands, translating strategies into platform-native concepts and scalable content systems.

Reporting to the Managing Creative Director and collaborating with a Senior Copywriter, you will shape campaigns that resonate culturally and engage diverse audiences worldwide while maintaining a high standard of craft.

Qualifications

• Experience creating social-first creative for modern platforms.
• Strong visual craft and production design skills.
• Collaborative work with copywriters and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop social-first concepts and content platforms across channels.
• Translate insights into platform-native visuals and campaigns.
• Create scalable design systems and content frameworks.
• Guide visual storytelling across design, motion, and video formats.
• Collaborate with creators, production teams, and marketing stakeholders.
• Produce production-ready assets with high craft standards.
• Apply expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud.

Skills

Social-first design

Conceptual thinking

Collaborative skills

Platform-native design

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Designer, Social Creative

Aquent Studios is the creative agency that provides scalability with world-class services to Qualcomm’s in-house studio. This collaboration will help shape how one of the world’s most innovative technology brands shows up in culture and in the market. You’ll help build breakthrough campaigns and bring cutting-edge technology stories to life for audiences around the world.

About the Role

Aquent Studios is seeking a Designer, Social Creative to join our team supporting Qualcomm. They will develop visually distinctive, social-first creative across Qualcomm’s portfolio of brands, including Snapdragon and emerging growth businesses. Partnering closely with a Senior Copywriter and reporting to the Managing Creative Director, this role transforms social strategies and creative briefs into platform-native concepts, content systems, and campaigns that drive engagement and cultural relevance. A strong conceptual thinker and hands‑on creative, the ideal candidate combines exceptional visual craft with deep knowledge of social platforms, creator culture, and emerging content formats.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with a Senior Copywriter to create social-first concepts, content platforms, and campaign activations.
• Translate audience insights and social strategies into compelling visual ideas and platform-native creative.
• Develop scalable design systems, content frameworks, and visual storytelling approaches across formats and channels.
• Create and guide social content spanning design, motion, video, creator‑led, and emerging formats.
• Collaborate with creators, agency partners, production teams, and cross‑functional marketing stakeholders to deliver high-quality work.
• Bring ideas to life through production design, graphics, storyboards, and creative execution while maintaining a high standard of craft and innovation.
• Expertise in design software (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Who You Are

• Experienced in developing social-first creative for modern platforms and evolving content ecosystems.
• Strong conceptual thinker with exceptional design and production design skills.
• Deep understanding of visual culture, creator communities, and platform behaviors.
• Skilled across multiple content formats, including motion, video, design, and creator content.
• Thrives in collaborative environments and can balance multiple brands, audiences, and priorities.
• Curious, adaptable, and energized by experimentation and emerging creative opportunities.

What Success Looks Like

• Qualcomm’s social creative is visually distinctive, culturally relevant, and platform native.
• Ideas are elevated through exceptional visual craft and storytelling.
• Social work complements broader campaigns while feeling natural within each platform.
• Strong creative partnership with the Senior Copywriter consistently delivers high‑impact ideas.
• Qualcomm’s brands maintain a recognizable and engaging social presence that audiences choose to engage with.