Senior Graphic Designer

About the Role
We're seeking a Senior Graphic Designer who can seamlessly take projects from concept through execution in a fast-paced, collaborative, Mac-based creative environment. This role is fully embedded with the internal creative team, working directly with stakeholders, vendors, and the Sr Creative Manager to deliver high-quality, on brand design solutions across a wide range of print and environmental applications.

This is a 40 hour a week role for 3-6 months that requires onsite presence at their Downtown Kansas City office.

The ideal candidate is a problem solver, critical thinker, and conceptual creative. This is a highly collaborative role with full visibility into team meetings, strategy sessions, and client touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

Work directly with internal clients to review project needs, clarify goals, and define deliverables.
Collaborate closely with the Sr Creative Manager to ensure all design work aligns with brand standards before presenting to clients.
Own projects from concept to final production, including design, refinement, prepress setup, and vendor coordination.
Manage creative rotation, refresh cycles, and executional structure across multiple asset types.
Partner with external vendors of your choosing (full autonomy) examples include bindery vendors, large format printers, custom fabrication partners, signage vendors, apparel vendors, and promotional item suppliers.
Prepare production ready files for a variety of substrates and formats, including:

Flyers & booklets (bound pieces)
Trade show graphics
Magazine ads
Billboards & exterior banners
Outdoor fencing graphics
Custom installations & environmental graphics
Apparel & company store merchandise
Stickers, decals, hardhat graphics, coins, branded event items

Must-Have Skills & Experience

Senior level design experience with a strong conceptual foundation.
Ability to work end-to-end: ideation, design, production, execution.
Mac environment proficiency.
Strong prepress knowledge including substrates, printing setups, file prep, and vendor specs.
Experience working with and managing external vendors.
Comfortable communicating directly with clients; able to explain creative decisions and guide them through solutions.
Understanding of structural design and project flow; able to jump into a project and quickly get up to speed.
Knowledge of project management tools; familiarity with Monday.com is a plus (trainable).

Traits That Lead to Success

Innovative thinker who excels with limited resources or tight budgets.
Problem-solver with strong critical thinking skills.
Conceptual, curious, and comfortable exploring new ideas.
Organized, proactive, and able to anticipate needs.
Collaborative, team-oriented, and eager to engage.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits