Employment type: Full-time (beginning with initial 3-month contractor trial period)
Level: Mid-level
Location: Anywhere/Remote; Hybrid for Los Angeles or NYC
About Day Job: Website, Instagram.
Day Job is a creative studio headquartered in Los Angeles with around 20 full time employees. We conceptualize brands from the beginning, and launch them into the world. We work largely in consumer spaces, branding or rebranding for companies like Recess, Fly By Jing, David, Grindr, A24, and The BBC..
About the Role: We’re looking for a Mid-Level Designer who delivers high-quality, brand-consistent design across digital and marketing channels, balancing refined aesthetics with performance goals. This role requires strong core design skills, attention to detail, and confidence working within established brand systems in a fast-paced, digital-first environment. Collaborating closely with marketing and product teams, the designer translates briefs into effective creative solutions with minimal supervision, producing work that looks premium, functions well, and supports business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Core Design Craft: strong typography, hierarchy, spacing, and grid systems; ability to work within and subtly evolve brand type systems; create clean, intentional layouts across digital, print, social, and UI-adjacent formats; demonstrate refined color sensibility, attention to detail, and consistently polished, pixel-perfect execution, with a focus on taste and consistency over flashy trends.
- Brand & Visual System Thinking: applies brand guidelines thoughtfully rather than mechanically; understands how a brand translates across websites, app or platform UI adjacents, marketing campaigns, social and content, and sales, investor, and internal decks; quickly identifies off-brand execution and corrects it independently; comfortable working within established design systems.
- Performance & Commercial Awareness: understands conversion-led design principles, clear CTA hierarchy, and prioritizes clarity over cleverness; experienced designing landing pages, paid social ads, email visuals, and product-led marketing assets; able to balance premium aesthetics with usability and performance. You don’t just make it beautiful — you make it work.
- Digital-First Execution: thrives in a fast, multi-channel environment; highly proficient in Figma (components, styles, and collaboration); able to design effectively for web, mobile, and social (static and motion-ready layouts)
- Workflow & Autonomy: able to take a brief, ask the right questions, propose thoughtful solutions, and deliver high-quality work without constant supervision; comfortable managing fast turnarounds, and iterative feedback; maintains well-organized files, clear naming conventions, and reliable version control.
- Taste Level: brings strong visual references and cultural awareness, with familiarity across high-end tech, performance, CPG, and platform brands, as well as editorial and digital culture; consistently keeps work simple, confident, and intentional, aligning with the expectations of premium brands.
Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of experience in graphic, brand, or digital design working at an agency or in a fast-paced creative environment
- Strong portfolio demonstrating refined taste, brand consistency, and attention to detail
- Strong understanding of digital-first design principles
Compensation & Benefits
Salary Ranges based on relevant work experience and proficiency.
Salary Range: $90,000–$110,000
After a successful contractor trial period, candidate be offered full-time employment including:
Health insurance (100% paid by employer)
Unlimited PTO (scheduled in coordination with your supervisor)
Day Job is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.