Brand Designer

Collectivus is home to some of the most prestigious brands in the Collecting, Trading Card Game, and Hobby industries. With a century’s worth of collective experience in driving product and service innovation, high-end quality standards, and elevated customer experience, Collectivus brands are among the most recognized and loved throughout the world by the communities they serve. Job Title: Senior Brand & Communications Designer, Collectivus Reporting Line: Director Communications Location: Remote - US The Collectivus portfolio of brands includes Dragon Shield, Southern Hobby, Merchant Guild, Sales First, and Sorted. As the group scales, there is a growing need for dedicated design capacity at the corporate level: leadership presentations, board and investor materials, marketing design support, brand templates, and cross-brand collateral. This role fills that gap. The designer will work across the entire Collectivus portfolio, primarily supporting leadership and Collectivus shared services teams with high-quality presentations, corporate materials, and reusable brand assets. The role requires strong judgment in translating rough briefs and complex business information into polished visual communication. Marketing collateral, merchandise, and light digital design will also be part of the scope based on priority and business need. Key Responsibilities Executive Presentations & Corporate Materials Design and produce board decks, investor presentations, and other supporting visual communication for leadership audiences. Turn complex business information into structured narratives with clear visual hierarchy, not just slide polish, but storytelling. Build and iterate on reusable presentation templates for recurring leadership meetings and quarterly reviews. Support ad-hoc design requests from senior stakeholders across the group, often working from rough outlines or verbal briefs. Manage version control and organize final assets so materials are easy to find and reuse. Brand Systems & Template Management Create and maintain brand templates, style guides, and asset libraries for the Collectivus brand, as well as the brands within the portfolio, as needed. Ensure visual consistency across corporate and brand-level materials, working within each brand’s existing identity. Adapt existing brand guidelines to new formats and use cases as the group evolves. Produce email templates + newsletter content, ad creatives, social media assets, and campaign visuals when required by marketing teams. Work with marketing leads across brands to ensure assets are delivered on time and on brief. Coordinate with brand and marketing teams on launch campaigns, promotional materials, and priority initiatives. Design merchandise and print-ready collateral for corporate activations or events. Prepare production-ready files following print specifications and vendor requirements. Light Digital Design Create simple digital assets: corporate website support, landing page mockups, email layouts, promotional web graphics, and digital banners. This is not a product design, UI, or web development role. Digital scope is limited to static or near-static visual assets. Qualifications Required 5-10 years of professional graphic design experience, with a strong portfolio showing range across presentation design, corporate materials, and at least one of: print, merchandise, or marketing collateral. Strong candidates will come from presentation design, corporate communications design, or in-house brand design environments where they have regularly supported senior leadership. Demonstrated ability to translate rough or incomplete briefs into polished, structured visual output, not just execute clean files from finished specs. Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign). Proficient in PowerPoint and/or Google Slides, with the ability to produce executive-quality presentation decks. Strong typography, layout, and visual hierarchy skills. Experience preparing print-ready files and working with production specifications. Comfortable managing multiple concurrent requests from different stakeholders and prioritizing effectively. Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain brand consistency across varied outputs and brands. Good communication skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders who may provide ambiguous direction. Nice to Have Experience in gaming, collectibles, or hobbyist/enthusiast industries. Familiarity with motion graphics or basic animation (After Effects, Lottie). Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and workflows. Interest in trading card games or collecting. Summary Become the go-to design partner for leadership: stakeholders come to you because your output raises the quality and clarity of their communication Deliver board-ready materials on time and to a quality bar that requires no rework from leadership. Build a library of reusable templates and brand assets that the group can use independently for routine needs within the first 6 months. Handle competing requests from multiple brands and stakeholders without dropping quality or missing deadlines. Demonstrate the judgment to turn rough, incomplete inputs into structured, polished deliverables without needing constant direction. Leadership and board materials delivered on time and to quality bar with minimal rework cycles Reusable templates established for all major recurring materials (board decks, quarterly reviews, brand presentations) within the first 180 days. Reduction in turnaround friction and ad-hoc rework for common design requests. Template and asset library adoption: major brands actively using shared assets instead of ad-hoc solutions. Reduction in external design vendor spend as internal capacity covers previously outsourced work. Stakeholder satisfaction reviewed quarterly: Are leadership and brand teams getting what they need? #J-18808-Ljbffr