Graphic Designer (Creative - Focused)

Job summary

FASTSIGNS is hiring a creative graphic designer to help customers turn rough ideas into strong visual communication.

This role is different from a purely production-focused design seat. We already have team members who are strong at preparing files, managing production details, and moving work through the shop. This position is intended to add more creative strength to the team: better concepts, stronger layouts, cleaner branding, more polished customer presentations, and more visually compelling signs, graphics, wraps, displays, and environmental graphics.

The right person has strong design taste, understands how to communicate visually, and can still work within the realities of deadlines, materials, fabrication, installation, budgets, and customer revisions.

What you'll do

You will design signs, graphics, and visual communication solutions for businesses, organizations, events, and commercial spaces. Projects may include storefront signs, wall graphics, window graphics, vehicle graphics, banners, dimensional signs, wayfinding, trade show displays, interior branding, and other custom signage.

Your work will include

Creating original design concepts based on customer goals, brand standards, site conditions, and project requirements
Turning rough ideas, notes, sketches, photos, or customer-provided artwork into professional layouts and proofs
Developing visually strong sign and graphics concepts that are both attractive and realistic to produce
Preparing customer presentations, mockups, and design proofs that help customers understand the finished result
Collaborating with sales, project management, production, and installation teams to make sure designs can be built correctly
Reviewing logos, artwork, files, dimensions, colors, materials, and installation considerations before production
Balancing creativity with speed, accuracy, and real-world production constraints
Helping improve the overall visual quality and professionalism of our customer-facing design work

What success look like

A strong designer in this role will:

Make our customer proofs look more polished and intentional
Improve the creative quality of signs, wraps, wall graphics, and branded spaces
Reduce back-and-forth by asking good questions and thinking through the design before sending proofs
Create concepts that customers get excited about and salespeople can confidently present
Understand that good design is not just decoration — it should help the customer communicate clearly and look professional
Work well with production-focused teammates without creating designs that are impossible, inefficient, or unnecessarily expensive to build

What we're looking for

We are looking for someone with a strong eye for layout, typography, color, spacing, branding, and visual hierarchy.

Tools & Experience

Proficient in Adobe Illustrator (required)

Preferred, But Not Required

Experience in the sign industry
Experience with large-format print design
Experience designing vehicle graphics, wall graphics, window graphics, or dimensional signage
Familiarity with print-ready file setup
Experience working with brand standards
Experience creating customer mockups or presentation proofs

This may be a good fit if you

Enjoy creating visually compelling designs, not just moving files through a queue
Can take vague customer input and turn it into a clean, professional concept
Have good design judgment and can explain why a layout works
Are comfortable receiving feedback and making revisions without taking it personally
Can balance creativity with deadlines and business realities
Want your work to be seen in the real world on buildings, vehicles, offices, events, and commercial spaces
Like working with a team where sales, design, production, and installation all have to work together

This is probably not the right fit if you

Only want to do logo design, illustration, or brand identity work with no production constraints
Do not enjoy customer revisions or deadline-driven work
Prefer open-ended creative projects with no budget, material, or installation limits
Are uncomfortable working in a fast-moving small business environment
Do not want your designs judged by whether they can actually be produced and installed

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee discount
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

Provide a brief note on why this role fits your experience and goals.

Work Location: In person