Visual Designer — High-Impact Motion & Campaigns

Sxsw Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Company-Subsidized Medical Plans

Paid Time Off

401K

Job summary

SXSW is seeking a talented Visual Designer to join the marketing team in Austin, TX. This hands-on role spans graphic design, motion, and video, producing high-impact creative for paid campaigns and collaborating with the paid team to optimize performance.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in graphic/visual design, expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, and a passion for innovation in the arts, tech, and media spaces.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience in graphic design, visual design, advertising creative, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and produce a minimum of 15–20 high-impact creative pieces per month, including videos, images, and animations, for paid marketing campaigns across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, and CTV platforms.
• Maintain a strong and consistent visual expression of the SXSW and SXSW EDU brand guidelines while developing fresh, channel-appropriate creative.
• Use campaign performance insights to inform creative iterations and identify opportunities for new concepts and approaches.
• Present new creative concepts on a regular cadence to keep our creative marketing approach fresh and up to date.
• Partner closely with the paid team to develop creative strategies, testing plans, and campaign priorities
• Adapt creative for different platforms, aspect ratios, audiences, messages, and stages of the marketing funnel.
• Create and maintain templates and scalable creative systems that improve efficiency and support high-volume creative production.
• Prepare, organize, and quality-check production-ready files and deliverables according to platform, accessibility, and vendor specifications.
• Manage multiple creative projects, deadlines, revisions, and priorities while maintaining a high standard of craft and attention to detail.

Skills

Graphic design

Visual storytelling

Motion graphics

Video editing

Digital advertising

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Job description

SXSW is seeking a talented Visual Designer to join the marketing team in Austin, TX. This hands-on role spans graphic design, motion, and video, producing high-impact creative for paid campaigns and collaborating with the paid team to optimize performance.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in graphic/visual design, expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, and a passion for innovation in the arts, tech, and media spaces.