Senior Designer Hybrid | Chicago, IL

C.A. Fortune is a national consumer-centric integrated commerce agency built to help brands win  deliver sales strategy, in-store execution, full-service marketing, and digital commerce through a single, fully integrated partner. Our capabilities span the full shelf: from getting brands on it, to getting them off it.

We’re passionate, energetic, and deeply motivated by one thing: helping brands win over customers and consumers. We bring together sales experts, marketers, e-commerce specialists, data analysts, and creatives. Different backgrounds, one mission.

C.A. Fortune is built on the belief that great people build great brands.

We'rea national consumer-centric integrated commerce agency. We show up every day to help brands of all sizes grow, compete, and lead. From emerging challengers toestablishedmarket leaders, we bring the sales horsepower, marketing firepower, and integrated thinking to move the needle at retail.

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The Senior Designer brings a sharp design eye and ensures a high standard of craft across a range of projects for SRW | C.A. clients in the better-for-you CPG world.

They're the go-to for elevating creative design, whether they're conceptualizing a brand identity, putting the final layer of polish on a packaging comp or contributing to the build-out of integrated campaign assets.

They juggle multiple client needs and deliverables at once, leading design on some independently and partnering closely with Creative Directors on others. Either way, they're confident presenting and selling their ideas directly to clients, from high level design rationale through executional elements.

Visually appealing, effective design aesthetics is their priority, but they don't stop at making things look pretty. The Senior Designer brings ideas to the table, contributes to creative brainstorms, and helps shape work that's as smart as it is beautiful. One moment they're using AI to generate quick comps, and the next they're participating in a branding exercise or lending an eye on set to help direct a product shoot.

Location: hybrid to Chicago, IL (3 in-office days per week)

Salary: $75,000 - $95,000 based on experience, qualifications and skills.

• Design and execute high-quality, on-brand creative across brand identity, packaging, digital, social, print and campaign work (concept through final files)
  • Own layouts, typography, color, and overall visual execution, holding every deliverable to a high standard
• Manage design work across multiple client accounts at once, balancing priorities and deadlines with a strong sense of ownership
  • Lead design and creative execution independently on select accounts, while supporting Creative Directors on others
  • Contribute original ideas and creative territories in brainstorms and ideation sessions that ladder up to campaign strategy
  • Translate strategic briefs and audience insights into compelling visual concepts and design solutions
  • Collaborate closely with creative counterparts and cross-functional teams to bring ideas to life
  • Present creative concepts and design rationale directly to clients with clarity, confidence, and a point of view that builds trust
• Own branding and identity exercises including logo design, color palettes, typography systems, and photography style to help define how a brand looks and feels
• Lead packaging design projects from early concepts through production-ready files
• Support the execution of photo and video shoots, and be present on-set to help art direct when needed
• Use AI tools to generate comps, explore directions faster, and produce a high volume of versioned executions as needed
• Stay current on design trends, tools, pop culture, competitor brands, and best practices to keep work fresh and efficient

• 7+ years of graphic design experience, ideally within an agency setting
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional design skills across a range of applications (packaging, print, digital, social, web, etc.)
• Experience working on CPG + brand identity, logo and packaging design required (food or better-for-you brands highly desired)
• Confidence and polish presenting creative concepts and executions directly to clients
• Ability to conceptualize ideas, not just execute them
• Comfort managing multiple projects and accounts at once, shifting gears with ease
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Working…