VISUAL IDENTITY/GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

VISUAL IDENTITY /
GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Full-time · Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time
LOCATION
Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
PORTFOLIO
Required
MOTION
Strong Bonus
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ABOUT MELT
Founded in 2000, MELT is an Atlanta-based, award-winning sports, culinary and entertainment marketing agency that creates iconic brand moments at the intersection of sports, culture, live experiences and emerging technology.

For more than two decades, MELT has worked with some of the biggest brands and properties in sports and entertainment. MELT represented The Coca-Cola Company for 22 years, activated 18 NCAA Final Fours, produced eight seasons of ESPN College GameDay, delivered five seasons of SEC Nation, and has activated thousands of events nationwide.

MELT also assisted in the creation of iconic campaigns including the AFLAC Duck and Coach Nick Saban television spots. Today, MELT continues to evolve across sports marketing, experiential, content, digital, social, AI-powered creative and brand strategy.

At MELT, creative is not theoretical.
It lives in stadiums, on broadcasts, across social platforms, in sales decks, in live environments, in communities and on some of the biggest stages in sports.

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ROLE OVERVIEW

MELT is seeking a highly creative, versatile Visual Identity / Graphic Designer with a fresh, modern eye and the ability to build bold visual systems from concept through execution.

This role is for a designer who understands that great creative has to work everywhere. You'll develop visual identities, campaigns and design systems that can scale across social media, presentations, live events, environmental graphics, digital campaigns, sales materials, email marketing, print and emerging AI-driven creative formats.

We are looking for someone who can move comfortably between big-picture creative thinking and detailed execution — someone who can take a rough idea, strategic brief or blank page and turn it into work that feels polished, relevant and unmistakably on-brand.

You should also be comfortable working in a modern creative environment where Adobe Creative Suite, Canva and AI-powered creative tools are all part of the workflow. Animation and motion design experience is a strong plus.

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WHAT YOU'LL DO

Develop and evolve visual identity systems for brands, events, campaigns, properties and new business initiatives.Create high-impact design across digital, social, print, experiential, environmental and presentation formats.Build scalable graphic systems including brand toolkits, templates, social systems, pitch decks, event packages and campaign assets.Translate strategic ideas into strong visual concepts that are easy to understand and difficult to ignore.Design assets for LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, email marketing, websites and digital campaigns.Create event-ready graphics including signage, wayfinding, credentials, venue graphics, stage visuals, hospitality elements and sponsor assets.Develop polished sales decks, presentations, one-sheets, proposals and new business materials.Collaborate with creative, strategy, social, account, production and leadership teams from initial concept through final execution.Support fast-moving live events and campaigns where creative needs may evolve in real time.Maintain strong brand consistency while continuously finding ways to elevate and modernize the work.Support MELT's internal brand, marketing and thought-leadership initiatives.Prepare and adapt creative across multiple formats and specifications without sacrificing quality.Help organize and maintain creative templates, design systems and reusable brand assets.
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AI + MODERN CREATIVE TOOLS
MELT is actively integrating AI into our creative and marketing workflow, and this role will be expected to help push that evolution forward. The ideal candidate will be comfortable using AI as a creative accelerator — not as a replacement for strong design fundamentals.

You'll use AI to:
Explore early-stage creative concepts, visual directions, mood boards and campaign territories.Accelerate ideation, versioning, image concepts and creative treatments.Support copy-to-visual workflows and rapid adaptation across formats.Test multiple creative directions quickly while maintaining brand standards.Identify new ways AI can improve creative output, production speed and internal workflows.
Tools we like to see:
ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Canva AI, Midjourney, Nano Banana, Claude or other generative creative platforms.
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CANVA

Canva is an important part of MELT's day-to-day workflow. The right candidate should be comfortable using Canva alongside Adobe Creative Suite to create scalable, editable assets for the broader team, including:

Social media templates and campaign systems.Client-facing toolkits and presentation graphics.Internal creative systems and reusable brand templates.Email and digital marketing assets.Editable assets for account, social and business development teams.
You should understand when a project requires high-end custom design in Adobe and when Canva can be used strategically to move faster without compromising quality.
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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

3–7+ years of professional graphic design experience, preferably in an agency, brand, sports, entertainment or experiential environment.A strong portfolio demonstrating visual identity, branding, typography, layout, campaign design and polished execution.Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.Working knowledge of Canva and Canva Pro.Comfort experimenting with and incorporating AI-powered creative tools.Excellent visual taste and a strong understanding of hierarchy, composition, typography and brand systems.Ability to take creative direction and independently develop strong visual solutions.Ability to work quickly without sacrificing craft or attention to detail.Experience managing multiple assignments, deadlines and stakeholders at once.Strong organizational and file-management skills.Collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset and comfort receiving feedback and iterating quickly.Interest in sports, culture, entertainment, technology and live experiences.Curiosity about new creative tools, platforms and production methods.
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BONUS SKILLS
Motion design and animation using After Effects, Premiere Pro or similar tools.Video editing and short-form social content.Experience designing for sports, live events, experiential marketing or entertainment.Environmental and large-format design.Illustration or custom graphic styles.Packaging and branded collateral.Photo retouching and compositing.Presentation design and pitch-deck development.Experience creating assets for paid social and digital advertising.Familiarity with basic web/UI design principles.Experience working with production vendors, printers or fabricators.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
You create work that is visually strong, strategically smart and built to perform.
You make the brand look better. You make ideas easier to sell. You help teams move faster.

And you bring a point of view to the table — whether you're building a full visual identity, designing a stadium graphic, creating a social campaign, developing an AI-assisted concept or turning a rough presentation into something that feels world-class.