Top Design Jobs in Chicago, IL

Develops and executes brand creative across digital, social, print, packaging, email, and partnership applications. Directs photoshoots and social productions, establishes visual direction, manages imagery and retouching, and builds scalable design systems and toolkits. Collaborates with marketing, product, creative, agencies, and stakeholders to deliver cohesive work. Presents design rationale, maintains brand standards, and manages multiple projects with strong quality control.

Leads experiential graphic design projects from concept through documentation and delivery. Develops presentations, diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models, and animations while coordinating with consultants, clients, and interdisciplinary teams. Oversees project quality, schedules, technical compliance, and sustainable strategies. Mentors and supervises staff, supports recruiting and professional development, and contributes to firm standards, policies, and procedures.

Create marketing graphics, digital advertising creatives, responsive email templates, landing-page designs, and basic promotional videos for multiple brands. Develop conversion-focused layouts in Figma, maintain reusable brand assets and templates, optimize email and web designs for mobile accessibility, and coordinate with developers, SEO, advertising, and CRM teams. The role also includes AI-assisted image editing, design testing, developer handoffs, and ensuring brand and technical accuracy.

Creates static, video, and motion advertising assets for paid social campaigns. Translates briefs and brand guidance into polished visual concepts, storyboards, and client-ready creative; edits raw footage and imagery; maintains brand consistency across platforms; and navigates compliance and legal reviews. The role requires strong independent production judgment, rapid iteration, and expertise in performance advertising creative.

Designs high-performing ad creatives, landing page assets, and brand visuals for paid social and paid search campaigns. Owns the creative testing pipeline from concepts through performance-driven iterations, partners with media buyers and strategists, and maintains client brand guidelines. The role requires rapid, organized creative output, direct-response design expertise, and a data-informed focus on CTR, CVR, and ROAS.

Lead the creative development and execution of branded environments, integrating environmental graphics, signage, wayfinding, brand identity, storytelling, and architectural elements. Guide projects from research and concept development through documentation and implementation; present to clients, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, vendors, and contractors, oversee technical production, and mentor designers. Support site analysis, material research, specifications, construction documentation, and compliance with codes and accessibility requirements.

Creates original designs, layouts, graphics, animations, and visual assets for print, digital, social, and video media. Collaborates with marketing and creative teams to maintain brand consistency, incorporates feedback, manages multiple projects under deadlines, and stays current with design trends and technologies.

Create commercial-quality graphic assets for advertising and video production across mobile games, apps, and social platforms. Responsibilities include designing UI elements and visual materials, generating and refining assets with AI tools, maintaining consistency across creative variations, preparing layered files for animation, adapting designs for multiple formats, and collaborating with creative and production teams.

Creates and refines visual assets, illustrations, layouts, and graphics according to brand guidelines. Evaluates existing materials, documents design decisions, collaborates with stakeholders, incorporates feedback, and maintains organized deliverables. The contractor supports AI training projects through high-quality graphic design expertise, with responsibilities spanning digital, print, branding, critique, visual storytelling, and user-centered design.

Creates digital illustrations, layouts, graphics, and other visual assets according to brand guidelines. Reviews and critiques existing materials, documents design decisions, collaborates with stakeholders, incorporates feedback, and maintains organized deliverables. The role requires strong graphic design skills, communication, visual storytelling, and the ability to manage multiple projects independently in a remote contract environment.

Create sales enablement, digital marketing, presentation, event, email, social, and paid-media assets for EULER’s go-to-market efforts. Maintain brand consistency, reusable templates, and asset libraries while translating messaging into compelling visual narratives. Manage multiple projects with fast turnaround, collaborate cross-functionally, iterate efficiently, and improve the company’s visual presence. The role requires strong graphic and presentation design skills, portfolio-quality B2B marketing work, and proficiency with Figma, Adobe tools, and AI design platforms.

Remote Graphic Design intern producing social media creatives, banners, presentations, website visuals, illustrations, and infographics. Ensure brand consistency, iterate on feedback, organize design assets, and collaborate with marketing, product, and content teams. Three-month unpaid internship with mentorship and potential paid/full-time conversion.

Edit video content, create motion graphics and visual effects, manage multiple creative projects, meet deadlines, and collaborate remotely while producing Arabic-language visual content.

Volunteer graphic designer creating digital and print design assets aligned with the organization's mission. Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications Board Member to produce visuals for campaigns, social media, and promotional materials while managing multiple projects and ensuring brand consistency.

Design packaging, brand identities, and marketing materials for print and digital media. Create dielines, layouts, and print-ready files while managing color profiles, bleed, and structural specifications. Collaborate with sales, production, clients, and stakeholders to deliver technically feasible designs within budget and material constraints. Maintain brand standards, monitor packaging and printing trends, and manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Remote unpaid 20-hr/week graphic design internship supporting marketing: create social, presentation, web, and multimedia assets; maintain brand consistency; iterate on designs; collaborate with teams; learn design and digital marketing best practices.

Create branded visual assets for digital and marketing channels supporting Topstep’s Prop Trading team. Responsibilities include designing campaigns, landing pages, web graphics, emails, social content, advertisements, presentations, and templates; applying brand guidelines; collaborating with UX, marketing, development, copywriting, and project teams; presenting concepts; incorporating feedback; and contributing to creative brainstorming.

Creates production-ready graphic design across brand identity, presentations, print, digital, environmental graphics, large-format signage, and event collateral. Prepares files for vendors and fabricators, maintains brand consistency, develops concepts and mockups, manages multiple deadlines, and collaborates with Art Direction, Production, Creative, and Growth teams. The role also presents work, incorporates feedback, maintains organized files, and supports experiential marketing projects in a fully remote environment.

Create visually engaging social media graphics, infographics, illustrations, and animated videos aligned with brand identity. Collaborate with marketing to develop campaign assets, manage multiple projects and deadlines, and support branding materials like brochures and banners. Stay current with design trends and tools to keep content fresh and effective.

Design user interfaces for web and mobile applications, create social media content, marketing creatives, presentations, and brand assets, and develop wireframes, user journeys, prototypes, and UI designs. Collaborate with marketing, product, and content teams across multiple brands while maintaining design consistency. Contribute creative concepts for campaigns and branding, stay current with design trends, and build a portfolio through real-world projects.

Create and deliver graphic designs across print and digital channels, including packaging, catalogs, social media, web, email, and brand materials. Manage projects from concept through production, optimize files for print and digital use, maintain brand consistency and organized asset libraries, collaborate with marketing and leadership, and develop campaigns for outdoor audiences.

Freelance Graphic Designer creating company profiles, corporate presentations, editorial publications, and other visual materials. Responsibilities include developing layouts with strong typography, composition, and hierarchy, while supporting branding, social media, infographics, and campaign design. The role is remote, output-based, and project-oriented, requiring independent work, clear communication, relevant portfolio experience, and reliable delivery against agreed timelines.

Create bilingual English and Chinese visual assets across digital advertising, social media, sales collateral, events, product education, video, and employer branding. Maintain brand consistency, design systems, templates, and asset libraries while supporting marketing, sales, customer success, and product teams. Prepare print-ready materials, collaborate with vendors, manage design requests, and use performance data and AI tools to improve creative output.

Design static 2D graphics, illustrations, typography, layouts, title cards, infographics, and branded imagery for video content. Collaborate with video editors, motion graphics designers, and creative teams to create polished, animation-ready assets while maintaining brand consistency. Organize layered design files, manage multiple projects, incorporate feedback, and deliver production-ready work on schedule.

Design and execute creative assets across packaging, retail, trade, out-of-home, ecommerce, paid media, PR gifting, and campaigns for multiple consumer brands. Develop packaging concepts, scalable visual systems, mood boards, and brand guideline applications. Manage revisions, collaborate with project managers and stakeholders, organize assets, and deliver high-quality work on schedule across digital and print channels.