Junior Graphic Designer

Gilder Search Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Bonus

Comprehensive Benefits Package including medical, dental, and vision plans

Generous PTO and paid company holidays

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Clayco is seeking a designer for their St. Louis office to help shape their new brand identity. This role requires a sensitive eye for detail and the ability to produce high-quality layout and design work. Candidates should have a relevant academic background and a portfolio showcasing strong typography and composition skills. The designer will work on pitches, presentations, and advertising materials, contributing to collaborative projects across the company. Comprehensive benefits and a discretionary bonus are offered.

Qualifications

• A portfolio showing sensitivity to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines without compromising quality.
• Experience in collaborative and adaptive environments.

Responsibilities

• Shape and roll out the new brand identity.
• Design pitches, presentations, brochures, and digital campaigns.
• Ensure consistency in visual language during rebrand.

Skills

Attention to detail

Typography

Composition

Curiosity and open-mindedness

Communication

Education

Studied graphic design or architecture

Job description

About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $8.1 billion in revenue for 2025, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for mission critical, industrial, life sciences, power & energy, aviation, commercial, institutional, residential and sports & entertainment related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

We're looking for a designer with a sensitive eye — someone who sees the half-pixel, feels the rhythm of a page, and knows a layout is off before they can say why. The kind of person who cares about the small things because the small things are the work. You'll join us at a real moment: Clayco is rebranding across the enterprise, and this role helps shape how that new identity shows up across print, digital, and the spaces our buildings live in. It's a rare seat at the table for someone early in their career — with room to grow into bigger brand work and explore what AI-driven design can do at a builder our size.

The Specifics of the Role

• Help shape and roll out our new brand identity across the enterprise — from proposals to physical environments
• Design the things that move the business forward — pitches, presentations, brochures, digital campaigns
• Bring craft to longer-form work when it shows up: layouts, typography, narrative pacing
• Keep our visual language tight and consistent as the rebrand takes hold, internally and externally
• Partner with designers, marketing, and leadership on the work that matters most
• Build templates, systems, and standards so the new brand scales cleanly across every team
• Push into AI-driven workflows — generative tools, automated systems, agentic design — and bring back what actually works

Requirements

• Studied graphic design, architecture, or something adjacent
• Have a portfolio that shows real sensitivity to detail — typography, hierarchy, composition, the quiet stuff
• Sweat the small things and still hit the deadline
• Stay steady when the schedule tightens — proposals don't wait, and neither does great work
• Are open-minded, curious by default, and the first to try the new tool before deciding what you think of it
• Communicate well and play well with others

What we value

This part matters most, so we'll be direct: a sensitive, discerning eye is the thing. Then attitude. We want people who show up positive, stay positive when it gets hard, and lift the room rather than drain it. Skill matters — but a great attitude next to real skill is what we're actually hiring for. Add to that an open mind, a willingness to try new things (AI included, enthusiastically), and the steadiness to do good work under real deadlines.

Some Things You Should Kno w

• This position will service our clients in St. Louis, MO.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!

Why Clayco?

• 2025 Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2025 ENR Top 400 – Top Data Center Contractor (Top 3).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 3).

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.