Senior Designer — Washington, DC

Who we are

SJGpaM jfmCpqBeQ is a creative studio working across brand, web, digital product, and marketing. We are a team of 14 across four disciplines, serving a portfolio of related companies in financial services, benefits, technology, and research, plus select external clients. Our work runs from visual systems and positioning to campaigns, events, and shipped platforms.

Design @ SJGpaM jfmCpqBeQ

A small studio with a large surface area. One day the work is an identity system for a new business, the next it is a homepage build, a microsite, or a deck going in front of institutional investors. The designers who do well here hold craft and speed at the same time.

Job summary

The Contract Senior Designer owns workstreams with limited oversight and presents work internally and to ecosystem stakeholders. They move comfortably between brand and digital and keep multiple projects on schedule in a fast-moving environment.

This is a full-time contract role from December 2026 through the end of Q1 2027. The designer works as an embedded member of the team during standard business hours, attends all required meetings, and is available on Microsoft Teams during the work day.

Responsibilities

• Act as a guardian of brand standards across a family of related companies

• Develop concepts and design directions from a brief with minimal supervision

• Produce deliverables across brand identity, web, campaign, and marketing assets

• Collaborate with web and marketing leads, and bring a point of view to reviews

• Lead internal reviews when the Creative Director or Associate Creative Director is unavailable

• Attend all required team and stakeholder meetings and remain reachable on Teams during working hours

Basic qualifications

• Brand agency experience (required)

• A portfolio, hosted on a personal website or in Figma, showing brand-building work and execution

• Availability for full-time hours (40 hours a week) for the duration of the contract

Preferred qualifications

• 6 to 8 years of design experience at an agency or design company

• Experience leading a workstream within a larger engagement

• Clear understanding of the difference between brand systems and campaign work

• Fundamental motion design skills

• Expert in Figma; strong in the Adobe suite

• Exacting attention to detail and follow-through

• Able to work independently in a distributed team

Compensation

• $85 an hour.

• Hourly rate is negotiable based on experience and location.

How to apply

• Email your resume to •••••••• with “Studio Designer Q1” in the subject line and include a link to your portfolio (website or Figma).

• A cover letter is not needed.

• Applications without a portfolio link or without the correct subject line will not be reviewed.

• Applications through LinkedIn will not be considered.