Visual Designer, Global Brand

Aquent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios, embedded with Qualcomm in San Diego, seeks a Visual Designer, Brand to join a compact creative team shaping the company’s visual identity. You will craft typography, layout and assets across the Qualcomm master brand and its sub-brands in collaboration with photographers, art directors, and designers.

You’ll contribute to templates, visual guidelines, and scalable assets while ensuring on-brand execution and high‑quality craft across campaigns and product storytelling.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in visual or brand design, in-house, agency, or embedded team
• Strong typography and layout skills with attention to detail and consistency
• Experience working within established design systems and brand guidelines
• Comfort working with photography—direction, selection, cropping, retouching
• A portfolio showing range across brand touchpoints (not just one deliverable)
• Proficiency in standard design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
• Strong collaboration skills and comfort receiving and applying creative direction

Responsibilities

• Design within and maintain Qualcomm’s design systems, applying typography and visual identity guidelines across projects
• Produce key visuals, campaign assets, templates, and brand collateral for Qualcomm master brand and sub-brands
• Work with photography to source, direct, crop, and retouch images to fit brand guidelines
• Partner with Creative Director, Brand to translate direction into polished execution
• Build and update templates, guideline documents, and asset libraries for brand usage
• Collaborate with designers to maintain quality and consistency
• Iterate quickly based on feedback from reviews
• Stay current on typography and visual design trends relevant to the brand

Skills

Typography

Layout

Brand design

Design systems

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Visual Designer, Global Brand

Location: San Diego (Position requires to be onsite in San Diego, 5 days a week) No relocation offered.

Department: Aquent Studios

Aquent Studios is the creative agency that provides scalability with world-class services to Qualcomm’s in-house studio. This collaboration will help shape how one of the world’s most innovative technology brands shows up in culture and in the market. You’ll help build breakthrough campaigns and bring cutting-edge technology stories to life for audiences around the world.

Visual Designer, Brand

Aquent Studios — Embedded with Qualcomm San Diego, CA (Onsite) | Full-Time W2

About the Role

Aquent Studios is seeking a Visual Designer, Brand to join a small embedded creative team supporting Qualcomm’s brand portfolio, including the foundational corporate brand and product brands Snapdragon, Dragonwing, and Dragonfly. Reporting to the Creative Director, Brand, you’ll bring design systems, typography, and visual identity to life across a wide range of brand touchpoints, from key visuals and photography-driven layouts to templates that scale across the organization. This is a hands‑on execution role for a designer who cares deeply about craft and consistency.

What You’ll Do

• Design within and help maintain Qualcomm’s design systems, applying typography, layout, and visual identity guidelines consistently across projects
• Produce key visuals, campaign assets, templates, and brand collateral across the Qualcomm master brand and its Snapdragon, Dragonwing, and Dragonfly sub‑brands
• Work with photography, sourcing, art directing, cropping, and retouching images to fit brand guidelines and key visual language
• Partner with the Creative Director, Brand to translate creative direction into polished, on‑brand execution
• Build and update templates, guideline documents, and asset libraries that help the broader organization apply the brand correctly
• Collaborate with other designers on the team, sharing feedback and maintaining a consistent quality bar
• Take feedback from creative and stakeholder reviews and iterate quickly and thoughtfully
• Stay current on typography, layout, and visual design trends relevant to the brand’s category

What You Bring

• 3–6 years of experience in visual or brand design, ideally within an in‑house, agency, or embedded team setting
• Strong typography and layout skills, with an eye for detail and consistency
• Experience working within established design systems and brand guidelines
• Comfort working with photography — direction, selection, cropping, and basic retouching
• A portfolio that shows range across brand touchpoints (not just one type of deliverable)
• Proficiency in standard design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
• Strong collaboration skills and comfort receiving and applying creative direction

Nice to Have

• Experience designing for technology, semiconductor, or consumer electronics brands
• Experience working across a multi‑brand or sub‑brand portfolio
• Familiarity with maintaining brand asset libraries or design system documentation (e.g., Figma libraries, brand portals)

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