Graphic Designer & Photographer

Salary: $42,000–$45,000 per year, based on experience and portfolio

Reports To: Creative Operations Manager

J29 Creative Group is looking for an early-career Graphic Designer and Photographer

with strong design fundamentals, a creative eye behind the camera and a clear

understanding of social media culture.

Graphic design and photography are the priorities of this position:

• Approximately 65% graphic design
• Approximately 25% photography
• Approximately 10% supporting creative work, including website layouts, short-form content and AI-assisted workflows

You will design social media content, campaign assets, print materials and brand

applications while capturing professional photography for businesses throughout the

Kansas City area.

The right person understands that designing for social media is different from designing

a traditional brochure or advertisement. Social content must earn attention quickly,

communicate clearly on a mobile screen and feel natural to the platform where it

appears.

Because this position includes client-site photography and collaborative content

creation, you should be comfortable communicating directly with clients and

occasionally appearing on camera. You do not need to be a professional on-camera

personality, but you should be willing to participate when the creative concept calls for it.

This is an opportunity to build a diverse portfolio, work with real clients and grow

alongside an experienced creative team.

J29 Creative Group is a boutique, digital-first marketing agency serving growing small

and mid-sized businesses.

Our in-house team combines strategy, social media, branding, graphic design,

photography and video to help businesses communicate clearly and grow.

We believe marketing should feel human.

Our values are Give, Love, Team and Transform. We care about producing strong

creative work, but we also care about the people behind the work, the clients we serve

and the business objectives we are helping them accomplish.

• Design social media graphics, carousels, digital advertisements, thumbnails and campaign assets.
• Create brochures, flyers, signage, presentations and other print and digital materials.
• Support branding projects through research, concept exploration, layouts and brand applications.
• Extend approved brand identities across social media, websites and marketing materials.
• Work within established brand guidelines while keeping creative work fresh and engaging.
• Prepare organized, accurate and production-ready files.
• Incorporate internal and client feedback efficiently.
• Balance creative quality with client goals, budgets, platforms and timelines.
• Manage multiple assignments while meeting deadlines.

• Design content for the intended platform, audience and desired action.
• Create visuals that capture attention quickly and remain clear on mobile devices.
• Understand how hooks, visual hierarchy, pacing, readability and format influence whether someone stops, watches, swipes or engages.
• Stay current on social media culture, visual trends, platform changes and emerging content formats.
• Maintain a working understanding of how factors such as retention, watch time, saves, shares, comments and meaningful engagement affect content performance.
• Adapt creative work across Instagram, Facebook, Linked In, Tik Tok and You Tube instead of simply resizing the same asset for every platform.
• Recognize when a trend fits a client’s brand and when it does not.
• Collaborate with the Social Media Manager to translate content strategies, client priorities and performance insights into stronger visual content.
• Use available performance data and team feedback to improve future creative work.

• Photograph people, products,…