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Designer / Art Director (Branding)

Creative Circle
Hampton, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/11/2026

Our client, a B2B food regulation company, is seeking an experienced Designer / Art Director to enhance and elevate their existing branding, and create a more expressive, scalable, and cohesive design system that can be applied consistently across the company. This fully-remote opportunity starts as soon as we've identified the ideal candidate, and continues (30-40 hours per week) for about 3 weeks.


The ideal candidate will work closely with the client's internal design resources, setting a clear creative vision and delivering thoughtful, well-documented assets and templates that empower the broader team long after the engagement ends.


Designer / Art Director Responsibilities:

  • Refresh and evolve existing brand elements, bringing new perspective and refinement
  • Expand our visual language with a strong focus on design elements beyond color and typography (e.g., layout systems, graphic motifs, iconography, imagery style, etc.)
  • Define and document a comprehensive, flexible design system for the company
  • Design reusable templates for use across all major channels, including web, marketing collateral, events, and social media
  • Ensure creative output is both elevated and practical, enabling efficient use by internal designers and stakeholders


Designer / Art Director Requirements:

  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (with a strong emphasis on InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop)
  • Working knowledge of Figma
  • Past experience working with regulatory or compliance industry is a plus (but not a must)


Nice-to-Have Experience

  • Experience leveraging AI tools for image creation to reduce reliance on stock photography
  • Ability to create simple motion graphics in After Effects
  • Alternatively, experience designing motion-ready visual systems or templated elements that can be handed off to a video editor for execution

 

 

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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Austin Callaway - Senior Recruiter

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 04/10/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

This job was posted on 04/10/2026 and is open for 60 days

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.  Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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