Senior Designer with Illustration Skills

Overview

Our Opportunity:

Our client, a leading e-commerce company, is seeking a talented Senior Designer with strong illustration skills to join their fast-paced, high-impact Quick Strike pod. This agile team is dedicated to designing and delivering high-quality creative assets on 2-week timelines, producing a steady stream of work to support the evolving needs of the business. The ideal candidate brings solid e-commerce experience, flexible illustration abilities, and can work independently with minimal oversight while delivering diverse assets quickly and accurately.

What You’ll Do:

• Design & Illustrate: Split your time approximately 60% design and 40% illustration, creating visually compelling solutions that drive customer engagement
• End-to-End Ownership: Take projects from concept through final delivery, including uploading final assets—true ownership from start to finish
• Quick Strike Execution: Work within agile sprint workflows to deliver on tight 2-week turnaround cycles
• Customer Delight Projects: Support special “WOW” initiatives including greeting cards, stickers, and other illustrated touches that surprise and engage customers
• Diverse Deliverables: Create everything from email trigger flows and site banners to posters, navigational tiles, educational content, and trade show materials
• Strategic Collaboration: Partner with Site Experience teams (US and Canada), copywriters, and creative leadership to enhance digital shopping experiences
• Brand Stewardship: Work within established brand styles, templates, and design libraries to ensure efficiency and consistency
• Creative Reviews: Present work during review meetings, providing insight and rationale behind design decisions
• Adapt & Prioritize: Respond quickly to changing priorities while managing multiple projects with competing deadlines

What You’ll Need:

• 3–5 years of professional design experience in a fast-paced in-house creative team or agency setting
• E-commerce expertise: Proven experience designing for digital commerce platforms
• Illustration versatility: Strong, flexible illustration skills with ability to adapt to brand style (not a fixed personal style)
• Portfolio excellence: Strong portfolio showcasing range of both design and illustration work tailored to role requirements
• Technical proficiency: Expert skills in full Adobe Creative Suite and Figma (required) on a MacOS platform
• Detail mastery: High attention to detail and precision in layout, typography, and visual storytelling
• Independent operator: Ability to work autonomously with minimal hand-holding and strong critical thinking
• Pressure performer: Thrive under pressure in a busy, fast-paced environment balancing tight deadlines across multiple projects
• Communication excellence: Clearly articulate problems and solutions while being receptive to feedback and direction
• Time management: Strong self-management skills with ability to pace to deadlines independently
• Collaborative mindset: Positive attitude and ability to iterate designs in a highly-collaborative team environment
• Photo retouching skills a plus

Location Requirements:

• Must be based in Boston, MA or Florida to align with office hub policies
• This position requires regional presence for team collaboration

**About Aquent Talent:**
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

#LI-MM3