Visual Designer, Global Brand [AQ-14274]

Visual Designer, Global Brand

Location: San Diego (Position requires to be onsite in San Diego, 5 days a week)

No relocation offered.

Department: Aquent Studios

Aquent Studios is the creative agency that provides scalability with world-class services to Qualcomm’s in-house studio. This collaboration will help shape how one of the world’s most innovative technology brands shows up in culture and in the market. You’ll help build breakthrough campaigns and bring cutting-edge technology stories to life for audiences around the world.

Visual Designer, Brand

Aquent Studios — Embedded with Qualcomm

San Diego, CA (Onsite) | Full-Time W2

About The Role

Aquent Studios is seeking a Visual Designer, Brand to join a small embedded creative team supporting Qualcomm’s brand portfolio, including the foundational corporate brand and product brands Snapdragon, Dragonwing, and Dragonfly. Reporting to the Creative Director, Brand, you’ll bring design systems, typography, and visual identity to life across a wide range of brand touchpoints, from key visuals and photography-driven layouts to templates that scale across the organization. This is a hands-on execution role for a designer who cares deeply about craft and consistency.

What You’ll Do

Design within and help maintain Qualcomm’s design systems, applying typography, layout, and visual identity guidelines consistently across projects Produce key visuals, campaign assets, templates, and brand collateral across the Qualcomm master brand and its Snapdragon, Dragonwing, and Dragonfly sub-brands Work with photography, sourcing, art directing, cropping, and retouching images to fit brand guidelines and key visual language Partner with the Creative Director, Brand to translate creative direction into polished, on-brand execution Build and update templates, guideline documents, and asset libraries that help the broader organization apply the brand correctly Collaborate with other designers on the team, sharing feedback and maintaining a consistent quality bar Take feedback from creative and stakeholder reviews and iterate quickly and thoughtfully Stay current on typography, layout, and visual design trends relevant to the brand’s category

What You Bring

3–6 years of experience in visual or brand design, ideally within an in-house, agency, or embedded team setting Strong typography and layout skills, with an eye for detail and consistency Experience working within established design systems and brand guidelines Comfort working with photography — direction, selection, cropping, and basic retouching A portfolio that shows range across brand touchpoints (not just one type of deliverable) Proficiency in standard design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite) Strong collaboration skills and comfort receiving and applying creative direction

Nice to Have

Experience designing for technology, semiconductor, or consumer electronics brands Experience working across a multi-brand or sub-brand portfolio Familiarity with maintaining brand asset libraries or design system documentation (e.g., Figma libraries, brand portals)

Client Description

Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studio team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!

Other Requirements

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $110k-$115K However, final compensation level will be determined based on experience and scope alignment