The Position: Designer
We’re looking for a Designer with strong illustration skills to join our team to create design systems for brands spanning consumer packaged goods, spirits and craft beer, hospitality, outdoor adventure, elite motorsports, footwear, and more.
This is a full-time role, based in Austin, Texas.
To be successful in this role you must be able to take key strategic brand tenets and convey those stories visually through design and illustration. You'll be responsible for developing creative for several brands at a time, working under the direction of senior-level designers and creative directors.
The primary responsibilities of this job involve producing exceptional, strategically sound, and unique designs and illustrations. This includes a full range of project types, including brand identity, packaging, merchandise, signage, interactive web experiences, and more. Secondary responsibilities include working with team members from multiple departments to execute design extension and production.
Requirements
- Experience creating exceptional brand identity and design systems
- Illustrating in a range of styles and for a variety of project needs
- 2–5 years of agency work experience
- Ability to interpret brand strategy, research, and client feedback to create visual solutions and meet project needs
- Must be able to articulate and present design thinking amongst the internal team and directly to clients in a clear and thoughtful manner
- Strong use of typography and refined typesetting capabilities
- Passionate about great design, detail-oriented, and ideas-driven
- Manage multiple simultaneous deadlines and projects
- Ability to work within a variety of programs, including but not limited to Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign with a high degree of proficiency
- Ability to work collaboratively with a small and cohesive team of designers, writers, brand managers, and web developers
- Be able to listen and interpret design direction in order to execute a concept or build within existing brand vocabulary
- Experience working with packaging and print production preferred
- Procreate, Animation, Figma, and/or signage experience is a bonus
About Helms Workshop
Helms Workshop is a full-service branding agency specializing in consumer goods and hospitality since 2010. We exist to build brands that bring joy and value to people’s lives.
We are a small, tight-knit team based in South Austin. We value working hard in a fun, dynamic, and inclusive studio environment that is both exciting and challenging. We proudly give back to our community through mentorship, pro-bono work, and volunteering. We love the work we do and truly enjoy working with one another and our clients.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Hybrid in-office work environment with WFH flexibility
- Employee profit share program
- Flexible Paid Time Off & Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Continuing education program
- Annual studio summer day
- Monthly team happy hours
Applications
We encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.
Helms Workshop is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.
