Senior Graphic Designer at CityVet in Oak Lawn - Home Office

Job description

• At CityVet, kindness is at the heart of how we care for pets, pet parents, and one another. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to help shape and strengthen how CityVet and Arista Advanced Pet Care show up across every touchpoint. This is a hands-on role for an experienced designer who enjoys a high-output environment, can confidently manage competing priorities, and knows how to balance thoughtful creative with the speed and flexibility of a growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Own projects from concept through final production, bringing strong creative judgment, clear prioritization, and proactive communication to multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Develop and execute creative across digital, social, paid media, email, web, presentations, print, and other marketing touchpoints.
• Serve as a brand steward for CityVet and Arista Advanced Pet Care, maintaining consistency while evolving brand systems, templates, and campaign frameworks that can scale across locations and channels.
• Lead creative development for new clinic and hospital openings, including local marketing, launch materials, signage-related creative, digital assets, and supporting collateral.
• Partner with marketing, digital, operations, clinic teams, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into effective creative solutions.
• Create high-quality multimedia assets, including motion graphics, short-form video, and simple animation.
• Use campaign performance and channel best practices to help refine creative and improve engagement.
• Prepare production-ready files and maintain a high standard of craft, accuracy, and brand consistency across digital and print work.
• Help improve design systems, templates, and resources that make the broader marketing team more efficient.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of professional graphic design experience, ideally within an in-house marketing team, agency, multi-location brand, consumer brand, or similarly fast-moving environment.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating sophisticated work across brand, digital, social, campaign, and print design.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Strong command of typography, layout, hierarchy, color, composition, and visual storytelling.
• Experience designing within established brand systems while knowing when and how to evolve them.
• The ability to move confidently between big-picture creative thinking and detailed production work.
• Strong project-management instincts and the ability to effectively prioritize multiple requests at once.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting creative thinking, receiving feedback, and collaborating with stakeholders across different functions.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to delivering polished, accurate work.
• Experience with Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut, Figma, or similar tools is a plus.
• Experience working with multi-location, healthcare, veterinary, retail, hospitality, or other consumer-facing brands is a plus.
• A genuine appreciation for pets, people, and the role kindness can play in creating meaningful brand experiences.
• Please include a link to your portfolio when applying.

Skills

Required

• Brand system design and evolution
• Project management and prioritization
• Communication and presentation
• Attention to detail

Preferred

• Premiere Pro
• After Effects
• CapCut
• Figma
• Motion graphics
• Short-form video
• Simple animation

Benefits

• We know that caring for people and their pets requires energy, empathy, and resilience, so we make it a priority to care for our people by investing in programs, resources, and benefits that support their professional and personal well-being. Eligible Team Members may choose from a range of benefits that help support them and their families through every stage of life.
• Investment in Your Future. A 401(k) retirement savings plan with a 4% employer match, a Health Savings Account option, and growth opportunities.
• Work-Life Balance. Enjoy paid time off and floating holidays, flexible schedules, and paid parental leave.
• Exceptional Health and Supplemental Benefits. Health, Dental (+Adult Ortho option!), Vision, Disability, & Life Insurance, Personal Pet-Care Program, Employee Discount Program.
• Care When You Need It. We provide free telemedicine for all full-time team members and their families, as well as comprehensive in-the-moment mental health benefits through our robust Employee Assistance Program.
• For other CityVet roles, visit our careers page. Follow the growth of CityVet on LinkedIn!