The Senior Graphic Designer will create compelling design solutions, manage projects, mentor junior designers, and contribute to team collaborations while ensuring high-quality deliverables.
Terra’s Creative team is a tight-knit, collaborative group that thrives on solving diverse creative problems for our clients. We are seeking a Senior Graphic Designer with a strong design portfolio, agency experience, and an eagerness to grow as a strategic contributor.
This role is ideal for a designer with 3–5 years of agency experience, who is ready to take greater ownership of creative execution, contribute to client presentations, and act as a quality bar-setter within the team—without managing direct reports or owning cross-team initiatives.
Portfolio required for consideration.
What You'll Do
- Translate client briefs, brand guidelines, and project scopes into thoughtful and compelling design solutions.
- Study and understand scope of work documents, project timelines, call sheets, design briefs, and project requirements
- Conducting design research and analysis.
- Design a range of deliverables including social media graphics, digital ads, videos, presentations, white papers, and event collateral.
- Collaborate with project leads, strategists, and other designers to deliver polished, on-brand creative assets.
- Contribute to the visual strategy and execution of branding projects, including logo design, style guides, mood boards, and graphic systems.
- Participate in and guide internal reviews and client presentations; articulate rationale behind your design choices.
- Provide informal mentorship and creative feedback to junior designers as needed.
- Stay current on design trends and proactively share inspiration, tools, and process improvements with the team.
- Ensure consistency, quality, and attention to detail across all deliverables.
Who You Are
- You have 5+ years of professional experience in a graphic design role, ideally at an agency or in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.
- You are skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and have working knowledge of motion design tools like After Effects or Premiere Pro.
- You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and have a strong sense of typography, color, layout, and composition.
- You’re proactive and confident presenting your design decisions to internal stakeholders.
- You thrive in a collaborative team setting, love giving and receiving feedback, and are always looking to elevate the work.
- You can manage your own projects independently but also know when to loop in leads or cross-functional teammates.
- You’re curious, adaptable, and energized by new tools, client industries, and creative challenges.
About Terra
Terra is a digital marketing and creative agency built by an integrated and international team of content creators, strategists, designers, and developers. We help organizations reimagine and deliver their most ambitious digital projects and initiatives by acting as an extension of our clients’ teams and delivering exceptional online experiences, content, and marketing strategies.
Our team is innovative, tech-forward, and creative by nature. We are dedicated to pushing boundaries and staying ahead of the curve in today’s ever-evolving digital landscape. We believe in the power of collaboration and foster a work environment that encourages creativity and growth. And with a strong focus on work-life balance, we prioritize the well-being and career development of our team members. Finally, we are committed to promoting from within and offering meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Terra is also an equal opportunity employer.
We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote team members regardless of their race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected status (as required by applicable law).
Our top goal as an employer is to bring together a diverse mix of talented people who are excited to join our company, stay with Terra for a long time, and do their best work while they’re here. We take pride in the quality of the services and work we provide to our clients, and we know none of it is possible without the hard work and commitment of our passionate and creative employees.
Top Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
After Effects
Illustrator
Indesign
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
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