Senior Designer (Temporary)

Thesis; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Thesis, a Portland-based hybrid agency, seeks a Senior Designer to craft brand systems, campaigns, and digital experiences across channels. You’ll balance concept and execution, mentor junior designers, and lead design tracks within broader programs.

A 3–5+ year track in an agency or creative environment is ideal. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, with a strong portfolio in brand identity and campaigns, is required. We value craft, collaboration, and a curiosity for emerging tools.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in agency or creative environment.
• Portfolio with brand systems across channels.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop brand, digital, campaign, and packaging design deliverables with polish and craft.
• Independently translate briefs and strategy into execution-ready visual solutions across channels.
• Maintain meticulous attention to detail, ensuring consistency and visual storytelling across touchpoints.
• Lead smaller design tracks or workstreams and mentor junior designers.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors, Associate Creative Directors, Copywriters, Strategists, Production teams.
• Provide constructive feedback and guidance to junior designers to elevate craft.

Skills

Brand design

Campaign design

Visual storytelling

Mentorship

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design/visual communications

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Figma

3D tools

Job description

Thesis is an independent agency working at the intersection of creativity, strategy, and technology. We partner with ambitious brands to solve complex business and marketing challenges and create ideas, experiences, and systems built to scale. We're evolving how we work to bring thinking and making closer together, build more accountable teams, and use technology and Al to expand what's creatively possible.

Role Overview

As a Senior Designer at Thesis, you are a multidisciplinary creative who executes thoughtful, refined design solutions across channels. You balance conceptual thinking and technical execution, contributing meaningfully to campaigns, brand identity systems, and digital experiences while beginning to mentor more junior designers. You turn creative concepts into execution-ready design deliverables with a high level of polish, working both collaboratively and as an independent workstream lead. You bring a meticulous eye for detail and craft, consistently delivering precise, high-impact visual solutions that elevate our clients' brands.

Key Responsibilities

Visual Design Excellence & Execution

Develop brand, digital, campaign, and packaging design deliverables with a high level of polish and craft.

Independently translate creative briefs and strategic direction into impactful, execution-ready visual solutions across multiple channels.

Maintain a meticulous eye for detail, ensuring consistency, precision, and visual storytelling across all touchpoints.

Creative Collaboration & Conceptual Contribution

Partner closely with Creative Directors, Associate Creative Directors, Copywriters, Strategists, and Production teams to bring ideas to life.

Actively contribute original ideas and conceptual thinking during brainstorms and early-stage creative development.

Translate overarching creative concepts into clear design frameworks and execution-ready assets.

Lead smaller design tracks or workstreams, operating independently or solo when required.

Provide thoughtful feedback, guidance, and informal mentorship to junior design team members to help elevate their craft.

Who You Are

A multidisciplinary designer with 3–5+ years of experience delivering strong campaign and brand system execution in an agency or creative environment.

A creative thinker and maker with a portfolio demonstrating depth, range, and visual storytelling across digital, social, print, and brand identity systems.

Highly skilled in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and fluent in Figma; working knowledge of 3D or experiential design tools is a plus.

Experienced in working collaboratively with multidisciplinary creative teams while being comfortable owning design tracks independently within broader programs.

Driven by a strong sense of craft, technical precision, and curiosity for emerging tools and design techniques.

Collaborative, low-ego, accountable, and eager to help develop emerging creative talent.

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communications, fine arts, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Relationships

Reports to: Creative Director or Associate Creative Director

Direct Reports & Teams: Provides informal mentorship and guidance to junior design team members.

Internal Cross-Functional Partners: Collaborates closely with CDs, ACDs, Copywriters, Strategists, Production, and Account leads.

External Partners: Collaborates with external partners and clients on design workstreams and track deliverables as needed.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The following capabilities are required in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden on the agency are available to address the following requirements:

Using standard office equipment, computers, and related technology.

Certain activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.

Bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 25 pounds.

Thesis operates on a hybrid work model, with in-office collaboration Tuesday through Thursday and remote work on Mondays and Fridays.

As a proud B-Corp, Thesis prioritizes candidates based in the Portland Metro area to allow for a hybrid working set-up in our beautiful office in NW Portland.

No travel is anticipated for this role.

Inclusion and Encouragement

We know that experience can show up in many ways, and we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications. If you're passionate about strategy, eager to grow, and excited to contribute your perspective, we'd love to hear from you.

At Thesis, we believe the best ideas come from bringing together diverse voices, experiences, and ways of thinking. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are not checkboxes-they are essential to how we work, collaborate, and create.

We are committed to fostering an environment where all employees can thrive and where every individual is treated with respect and dignity.

Thesis is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. We provide reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail] .

As part of our commitment to equitable hiring practices, we do not request or consider applicants' salary history when making hiring decisions.