Designer, Brand

Highwire’s creative team sits within the agency’s digital practice. We lead the creative strategy, design and execution of powerful, valuable, and impactful ideas that drive business impact for our clients. We weave insights into ideas, make ideas real, and combine creativity with strategic storytelling so our clients stand out from competitors. We believe the biggest ideas don’t have to be the most complex and in the importance of matching creative delivery with strategic motivation. Key Responsibilities: We are seeking a talented Designer, Brand to join our team and make a meaningful impact through high-quality design solutions that address our clients' challenges and elevate their brand presence. Specializing in brand design, brand transformations, and content design, this role will also embrace the powerful potential of how motion design helps bring brands to life across diverse platforms. This role also supports brand systems work, ensuring creative output across mediums stays grounded in established brand guidelines as those systems evolve. As a Designer, Brand you’ll be instrumental in driving agency growth by crafting engaging, strategic, and visually stunning content that aligns with existing client brand identities while pushing creative boundaries. You’ll collaborate closely with internal teams and clients, ensuring that every piece of work contributes to compelling brand experiences and meaningful customer journeys. What You’ll Gain You’ll work inside a dedicated, close-knit team built for high-volume production. You'll build deep expertise across brand systems, content design, and motion, with a steady, significant volume of work to sharpen your craft against. You’ll be part of a growing investment in Creative in a brand and video capacity at Highwire, joining at a point where innovation is central to how the agency delivers for clients. About You Develop cohesive creative storytelling across different mediums, always keeping creative strategy at the core. Produce motion work, including short-form social animation, brand video support, and template-based motion assets, that strengthens brand identity and enhances brand storytelling. Balance brand integrity with experimentation, demonstrated through a portfolio that shows both adherence to brand systems and original creative exploration within those systems. Understand and differentiate between social-first creative and brand-first creative, tailoring content accordingly. Ensure consistency in static and motion projects to maintain a unified brand experience. Work within established brand systems and design guidelines, flagging when client brand standards need updating or expansion as new platforms or content types emerge. Proactively solve process challenges to streamline workflows across integrated teams. Take a 360-degree approach, considering all potential customer touchpoints and brand interactions. Ask clarifying questions about client goals during briefing and translate those goals into specific creative decisions, rather than working from the brief alone. Brainstorm and develop creative concepts independently and in collaboration with account teams and the creative team. Identify opportunities to enhance creativity within existing client workflows, researching and presenting new ideas. Present design work internally and externally, effectively communicating both creative vision and strategic rationale to designers and non-designers alike. Provide peer-level creative feedback to interns and junior designers, and, when needed, help non-creative collaborators understand the reasoning behind design decisions. Success Factors: 3-5 years of professional design experience (agency or in-house tech company experience preferred). Visual, graphic, or motion design degree or equivalent experience. A compelling portfolio showcasing a range of professional work in visual design and motion design, demonstrating a solid understanding of design principles and web design be…