Junior Graphic Designer — Remote + Growth & Training

Stella Contracting, Inc; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Stella Contracting, Inc is seeking a Junior Graphics Designer on a full-time contract to support branding, marketing, and digital campaigns. The role focuses on translating creative concepts into polished visual assets under guidance from senior designers and cross-functional teams.

You will help create graphics for social media, presentations, brochures, emails, and websites, while ensuring brand guidelines and quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Digital Media, Fine Arts, or related field.
• 0–2 years of professional or equivalent experience in graphic design, visual communications, marketing design, or related field.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating foundational experience with digital design, print, branding, marketing, social media, or corporate communications.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Working knowledge of typography, color theory, composition, visual hierarchy, layout, and fundamental design principles.
• Experience creating graphics for websites, social media, email campaigns, presentations, advertising, or other digital channels is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing original graphic concepts and visual designs for digital, print, marketing, and corporate communications projects.
• Create social media graphics, presentations, advertisements, brochures, newsletters, reports, flyers, promotional materials, and branded content.
• Design and update visual assets for websites, email campaigns, digital platforms, internal communications, and marketing initiatives.
• Collaborate with marketing, communications, product, and business teams to understand project requirements and creative objectives.
• Translate creative briefs, campaign messaging, and business concepts into clear and visually effective design solutions.
• Apply established brand guidelines consistently across typography, color, imagery, layouts, and other visual elements.
• Edit, retouch, resize, and optimize images and graphics for various digital and print applications.

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud

Typography

Layout

Figma

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Canva

Motion graphics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Figma

Job description

Stella Contracting, Inc is seeking a Junior Graphics Designer on a full-time contract to support branding, marketing, and digital campaigns. The role focuses on translating creative concepts into polished visual assets under guidance from senior designers and cross-functional teams.

You will help create graphics for social media, presentations, brochures, emails, and websites, while ensuring brand guidelines and quality standards are met.