Senior Designer
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
About the Company
Marks is a consumer experience agency creating engaging moments across the entire brand spectrumfrom brand design and packaging to content and consumer connections. Rooted in a deep understanding of human behavior we help brands win in an age of constant change.
We are a global collaborative network of 1900 team members across 25 studios and 20 countries partnering with some of the worlds most recognized brands to solve complex business challenges through design strategy and craft.
About the Team
Our team is a multidisciplinary group working across brand design packaging and marketing communications supporting one of our largest and most dynamic clients.
The work spans multiple categories formats and touchpointsfrom shelf to screen to storerequiring systems thinking speed and a deep understanding of how brands show up in the real world.
This is a fast-paced highly collaborative environment embedded in the clients business where creative ideas must scale across portfolios and channels.
About the Role
As a Senior Designer you are a versatile conceptually strong designer who can move fluidly across brand identity packaging systems and integrated campaign work. You have the ability to think about how it comes to life across the entire consumer journey.
You bring strong CPG instincts and understand what drives impact on shelf but youre equally comfortable extending that thinking into retail digital social and campaign storytelling.
This role requires a designer who is:
- Conceptually driven: able to generate and evolve big ideas not just execute
- Omnichannel in thinking: understands how design systems extend across touchpoints
- Systems-minded: able to build and scale across portfolios and categories
- CPG & retail savvy: understands shelf hierarchy and shopper behavior
- Fast and flexible: thrives in high-volume high-velocity environments
On Any Given Day You Might work on:
Brand Packaging & System Design
- Translate briefs into compelling strategically grounded design solutions
- Develop brand identities and packaging systems across categories and product lines
- Extend and evolve existing brand worlds with consistency and creative integrity
- Think beyond single SKUs to cohesive portfolio-level design systems
Campaign & Content Development
- Contribute to and develop campaign ideas and visual territories that extend beyond packaging
- Apply brand systems across retail in-store digital social and motion
- Create cohesive visual storytelling across multiple consumer touchpoints
- Support the development of presentations and narratives that bring ideas to life
Photography & Visual Direction
- Develop visual direction and pre-production documentation (shot lists guidelines)
- Art direct photography to support both packaging and campaign needs
- Guide composition styling lighting and storytelling decisions
- Partner with photographers stylists and retouchers to ensure quality and consistency
CORE CREATIVE SKILLS
Conceptual Thinking & Idea Development
- Ability to generate strong strategic creative ideasnot just execute against direction
- Translates briefs and insights into compelling visual territories and design systems
- Thinks beyond single outputs to connected brand ecosystems
Craft & Execution
- Demonstrates exceptional design craft across typography layout color and composition
- Executes work with precision consistency and strong attention to detail
- Builds organized production-ready files across packaging and campaign deliverables
- Balances speed and quality in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment
Systems Thinking & Omnichannel Design
- Understands how brand systems scale across packaging retail digital and campaign touchpoints
- Applies consistency while adapting designs across formats SKUs and channels
- Thinks holistically about how a brand shows up across the full consumer journey
The Ideal Person
- Has a portfolio that shows range: brand identity campaign work and packaging
- Brings strong CPG experience but isnt limited to packaging-only thinking
- Understands how brands live across retail digital and physical environments
- Thinks conceptually but executes with precision
- Is confident collaborative and proactive
- Thrives in fast-paced high-volume environments
- Balances creative ambition with real-world constraints
You Bring
- Degree in Graphic Communication or Packaging Design (or related field)
- 6 years of experience across brand design packaging and/or marketing communications
- Strong portfolio demonstrating systems thinking and omnichannel execution
- Experience working across multi-SKU / multi-category portfolios
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator Photoshop InDesign)
- Familiarity with digital design tools like Figma
- Strong presentation and storytelling skills
- Solid understanding of packaging production and print processes
About Propelis: Propelis is a portfolio of global marketing services and technology companies with a combined legacy of 150 years 2000 clients 9000 employees and operations across 30 countries. Propelis provides the scale and support of a global organization while preserving the unique culture and identity of each company in its portfolio.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $76500 USD - $86500 USD annually plus bonus eligibility. Ultimately in determining pay we will consider the successful candidates location experience and other job-related factors.
Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage dental plan vision plan basic and supplemental life insurance a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Fuelled by two connected specialist teams, Marks and SGS, we empower acceleration on a global scale, bringing the world’s biggest brands to life.