Senior Graphic Designer

Lyft; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 82,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor program

Benefits

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer for our Houston, TX headquarters. You will lead motion, illustration, and interactive media projects, building a scalable After Effects toolkit and mentoring teammates to sustain design quality from brief to delivery.

The role emphasizes collaborative leadership, cross-functional communication, and a culture where curiosity is rewarded and questioning why is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Empathy to receive hard feedback and turn it into better design decisions.
• Eye for detail that elevates from rough to finished work.
• Ability to translate complex jargon into plain English for collaborators.

Responsibilities

• Grow an Adobe After Effects toolkit into a documented system for the team to inherit
• Leave a documented trail so the next creative inherits judgment and files
• Iterate quickly on feedback while protecting design quality and intent
• Support senior designers through critique, mentorship, and best practices
• Bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media
• Generate concepts for campaigns across paid, owned, and earned media
• Turn rough briefs into polished deliverables the team can ship
• Pressure-test headlines against real audience reactions before launch

Skills

Empathy

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

You think in systems but feel in moments, and that tension is exactly the engine Lyft wants in a Senior Graphic Designer. The creative charter, the $82,000 - $116,000, the 6-year ask — all of it points to a Lyft role built for owners, not order-takers.

Key Responsibilities

• Grow a scrappy Adobe After Effects toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits
• Leave a documented trail so the next creative inherits judgment, not just files
• Iterate quickly on feedback while protecting design quality and intent
• Support senior designers through critique, mentorship, and shared best practices
• Bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media
• Generate concepts for temporary campaigns spanning paid, owned, and earned media
• Turn rough briefs into polished Flexibility deliverables the creative team can ship
• Pressure-test headlines against real audience reactions before anything goes live

What You'll Bring

• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• An eye for the ego-light detail that separates fine from finished
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Cross-functional ease, from Adobe Illustrator engineers to Information Architecture marketers

As a collaborative leader in creative, Lyft draws top talent to its Houston, TX headquarters. Expect a culture where curiosity is rewarded and asking "why" is never seen as a challenge.

Get $82,000 - $116,000, get a mentor, get benefits, and get the freedom to grow your Adobe Illustrator without anyone watching the clock.

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