Senior Brand Designer | SLC, US

Degreed is the leading enterprise learning system for workforce transformation, bringing together everything people need to learn and advance: courses, videos, articles, projects, and real-world skill insights, matched to individual roles, skills, and goals. For businesses, Degreed builds the infrastructure for a culture of learning that attracts, develops, and retains top talent, driving performance at scale. Named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026 — alongside Google, Nvidia, and Adidas — Degreed is recognized for its AI-driven approach to closing the human readiness gap and turning learning ambition into measurable impact. We believe learning is the key to unlocking opportunity, and our mission is to discover, empower, and celebrate the next generation of global expertise. Join us in shaping the future of learning and workforce development! About the Role Degreed is looking for a Senior Designer to help bring the next chapter of our brand to life. This is a senior, hands-on creative role for someone who loves making work that is sharp, thoughtful, and useful. You’ll work across a broad range of brand and marketing touchpoints, including integrated campaigns, social, events, presentations, sales enablement, web, executive storytelling, product marketing, and motion-led content. You’ll be part of a small, high-impact creative team working closely with Brand, Communications, Events, Demand Generation, Product Marketing, Sales, and Executive Leadership. You’ll translate complex ideas about workforce transformation, skills, learning technology, and AI into work that is clear, human, and memorable. This role offers significant creative autonomy and visibility across the business. You’ll be trusted to take ambiguous, high-priority needs from initial concept through polished execution, while helping shape how the Degreed brand evolves. We’re looking for someone with exceptional design craft, high standards, strong business judgment, and genuine curiosity about where creative work is headed. You’ll work across multiple tools, formats, and channels with an AI-first mindset. Motion design is a bonus, especially if you can bring static ideas to life through animation, video, or simple storytelling sequences. Key Skills 7+ years of experience in brand, marketing, digital, or graphic design, with increasing ownership of complex, high-visibility creative work. A high-caliber portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft across brand identity, integrated campaigns, digital experiences, and marketing communications. Significant experience creating executive and board-level presentations, with the ability to translate complex or sensitive business information into clear, compelling visual stories. Experience developing creative for major events, including environmental graphics, digital experiences, presentation content, and supporting campaign assets. Proven ability to extend a central creative concept across social, web, product marketing, sales enablement, presentations, and other digital and physical touchpoints. Experience partnering directly with senior executives and navigating high-stakes, highly visible work with confidence, discretion, and strong creative judgment. Demonstrated ability to take an ambiguous business need from early concept through polished, production-ready execution. Mastery of design fundamentals, including typography, layout, hierarchy, imagery, and composition, with an uncompromising eye for detail. A sophisticated understanding of brand systems and the ability to apply and evolve them consistently across diverse platforms. Expertise in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and modern presentation tools. Demonstrated experience integrating AI into real creative workflows, including concept development, image or video generation, rapid exploration, and production. The judgment to evaluate, refine, and elevate AI-generated output so the final work remains distinctive, on-brand, and held to a high creative standard. The ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborative inputs while maintaining quality and moving work forward at pace. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain creative decisions, receive constructive feedback, and respectfully challenge a direction when it will lead to a stronger outcome. Nice-to-Have Skills A proven track record of contributing to rebrands, visual identity shifts, or comprehensive brand refreshes. Proficiency in motion design, animation, video production, or storyboarding. Hands-on experience with After Effects and Premiere Pro, along with AI-powered creative tools such as Midjourney, Runway, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, or Claude. Experience creating high-impact work for demand generation, product launches, executive communications, global events, or brand awareness campaigns. Strong familiarity with user experience principles, responsive web design, and digital design best practices. Experience building scalable design systems, presentation templates, shared asset libraries, or self-service brand tools. Knowledge of inclusive design principles and global accessibility standards. Experience collaborating with external agencies, production partners, freelancers, or other creative specialists. Key Responsibilities Create high-caliber design for brand and marketing initiatives across integrated campaigns, social, web, events, presentations, product marketing, sales enablement, and executive storytelling. Develop and extend creative concepts across multiple channels and formats without losing their originality, consistency, or quality. Distill complex B2B narratives, including workforce transformation, skills, learning technology, and AI, into clear, human, and memorable creative work that feels unmistakably Degreed. Act as a trusted creative partner to senior leaders, helping shape the story and creative direction behind high-visibility company initiatives, executive communications, board presentations, and strategic events. Take ownership of projects from initial brief and concept development through refinement, production, and final delivery. Partner with the Senior Creative Lead and Brand leadership to strengthen and evolve the Degreed visual identity across global digital and physical touchpoints. Apply brand standards with precision while identifying opportunities to make the brand more distinctive, flexible, and effective. Create scalable templates, shared libraries, and reusable assets that help the broader organization move faster without sacrificing quality or brand integrity. Use Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, presentation platforms, and other tools to produce clean, organized, and production-ready assets. Champion an AI-first approach to creative work, using emerging tools to accelerate concepting, exploration, image generation, video, layout development, and production. Help establish practical standards for AI-enabled creative work, ensuring output meets expectations for quality, originality, brand safety, transparency, and creative judgment. Stay close to emerging design technologies and practices, identify meaningful applications, and share useful learnings with the team. Collaborate across Marketing, Sales, Client Solutions, Product, and Executive Leadership to translate business objectives and ambiguous briefs into effective creative solutions. Manage multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines while balancing creative ambition with business needs, practicality, and pace. Compensation We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total pay range for this role is $110.000 - $117.000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, specific work location, and internal equity. Benefits We take care of our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and success. View full details → At Degreed, We Value 🔷 Diversity & Inclusion – We celebrate diverse perspectives and backgrounds, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and contribute. 🔷 Growth Mindset – Learning is at the heart of what we do. We empower our employees to continuously develop their skills and grow their careers in alignment with their unique strengths and aspirations. 🔷 Collaboration – The best ideas come from working together. We cultivate a culture of open communication, teamwork, and shared success. By joining Degreed, you’ll be part of a community that values learning, collaboration, and meaningful impact. If you’re passionate about driving change through upskilling and workforce transformation, we encourage you to apply and contribute to our mission. Work Environment & Physical Demands Degreed offers flexible work arrangements tailored to each role. Some positions are fully remote, while others follow a hybrid model for employees near an office. Please check the job details for role-specific requirements. For remote and hybrid roles, you’ll collaborate virtually using tools like Zoom and Slack. This role may require prolonged computer use and stationary work, with the ability to interpret written and verbal communication effectively. We are committed to creating an inclusive and adaptable work environment that enables every team member to thrive and do their best work. 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