Graphic Designer - Pharma industry

The Fountain Group; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

W2 employment

Job summary

The Fountain Group in South San Francisco is seeking a senior graphic designer for a hybrid role combining onsite and remote work. You will lead the day-to-day execution and production of creative assets, collaborating with an Art Director, brand team, and marketers to deliver scalable, high-quality outputs across email, social ads, banners, and print materials.

Expect to apply brand guidelines, manage assets, and iterate designs quickly with regulatory input to ensure accuracy and consistency

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-7 years of hands-on professional graphic design and production experience in an agency or in-house environment is required.
• Experience in healthcare, biotech, or a highly regulated industry is a strong plus.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio showcasing typography, layout, color theory, and real-world design deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary graphic designer working directly with our Art Director and brand team on a large number of creative assets and promotional materials.
• Brand Consistency: Apply brand guidelines and design system across all deliverables, ensuring typography and layout are compliant with regulatory review guidelines.
• Asset Management and File Delivery: Prepare final files for print and digital publishing, delivering publication-ready artwork across platforms.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with project managers, copywriters, and brand teams from briefs to final execution.
• Agile Iteration: Incorporate stakeholder and regulatory feedback to meet creative and legal requirements.

Skills

Graphic design

Production experience

Brand guidelines

Regulatory compliance

Attention to detail

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Adobe Express

Figma

After Effects

Job description

This is a hybrid position - 3 days onsite, 2 days work from home. Pay: $60-71.99/hour W2 only. Duration: 1 year with extensions based on head approvals and performance.

The Opportunity

You are a detail oriented, modern designer with the foundational skillset of traditional execution. You thrive on thorough strategic briefs, taking an initial idea and turning it into a visual masterpiece. Whether it's the Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma Gen AI, or a combination of tools - you know how to properly apply platforms to create scalable deliverables with results that shine. A true team player, ready to roll up their sleeves and collaborate in our creative studio team with the opportunity to drive true impact within the client's ecosystem of commercial marketers and medical strategy leads. In this role, you will be a core "maker" on our creative team, focusing heavily on the day-to-day execution and production of creative assets. We love platform innovation on this team, and are constantly testing new tools to determine how we can deliver results faster while maintaining high quality standards of output. This position is a chance to become the design face of a strategic proof of concept supporting many formats such as email, social ads, banners, website updates, and brochures - to name a few. Working alongside a project manager, content writer, and a team of marketers you will be responsible for the creation of derivative and net-new designs as the spotlight resource of this critical initiative with the brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary graphic designer working directly with our Art Director and brand team on a large number of creative assets and promotional materials.
• Brand Consistency: Apply brand guidelines and design system meticulously across all deliverables. Ensure every asset produced is typographically sound, compliant, and strictly adheres to regulatory review guidelines.
• Asset Management and File Delivery: Prepare flawless final files for print production and digital publishing. Understand design requirements for multiple formats and deliver artwork that is ready for publication across platforms.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with project managers, copywriters, and brand teams to take creative briefs from initial layout to final, approved execution.
• Agile Iteration: Quickly and gracefully incorporate feedback from stakeholders and regulatory/compliance teams (CMLR reviews), iterating designs to meet both creative and legal requirements.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of 5-7 years of hands-on professional graphic design and production experience in an agency or in-house environment is required.
• Experience in healthcare, biotech, or a highly regulated industry is a strong plus.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or related field is required.
• Technical Proficiency: Expert-level mastery of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Adobe Express is required. Familiarity with UI/UX tools (Figma) and basic motion graphics (After Effects) is preferred but not required.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio showcasing excellent typography, layout, color theory, and a heavy emphasis on flawlessly executed, real-world design deliverables (digital, print, and presentations). Applications without a portfolio link will not be considered.
• Attention to Detail: An eagle eye for detail, from kerning and alignment to spotting inconsistencies in formatting and brand application.
• Work Style: Highly organized, proactive, and capable of managing multiple deadlines simultaneously without sacrificing the quality of the final product.