Graphic Designer

PlatinumBlack is seeking an exceptional Graphic Designer based in Houston or Austin, TX to join our growing creative team. This role offers not only the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects but also the potential for professional growth within a dynamic and collaborative environment.

As a Graphic Designer at PlatinumBlack, you will play a pivotal role in bringing our clients’ visions to life—translating complex ideas into design solutions that are both visually compelling and strategically effective. You will collaborate closely with creative as well as cross-disciplinary colleagues to deliver work of the highest quality across a diverse range of projects, ensuring that each client’s brand identity and messaging are expressed with clarity, consistency, and creativity.

The ideal candidate is a visionary designer with a strong sense of craft, a meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to balance aesthetic excellence with practical execution. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, embraces challenges, and is driven to create work that inspires, engages, and endures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the creative team to develop innovative, visually compelling design concepts for a variety of projects, including branding, marketing collateral, digital assets, and promotional materials.
• Partner with clients to understand their goals and preferences; present design concepts, incorporate feedback, and refine deliverables to meet or exceed expectations.
• Design print materials such as brochures, posters, direct mail pieces, out-of-home, and event/booth graphics.
• Create digital assets including website layouts, landing page designs, static and animated digital and social media ads, ensuring a cohesive and consistent brand identity across all channels.
• Maintain strict alignment with client brand guidelines and PlatinumBlack’s creative standards, ensuring consistency and quality in every deliverable.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines; communicate clearly with team members to support an efficient, collaborative workflow.
• Stay current with design trends, tools, and best practices, and bring fresh ideas to projects when appropriate.
• Demonstrate strong proficiency with industry-standard software, including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Preference for candidates with additional software skills such as Figma, Adobe Animate, etc.

Qualifications

• Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field
• 3-5 years of professional experience in graphic design, preferably within an agency environment
• A comprehensive portfolio demonstrating a strong command of design principles and a variety of design projects
• Strong fluency and proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong conceptual and creative thinking abilities
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong production skills, ensuring timely and accurate completion of projects
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team
• Effective communication and presentation skills

About PlatinumBlack

For more than 20 years, we have developed market insights, improved business processes, unraveled complex market landscapes, created award-winning multi-channel marketing and advertising campaigns, and assimilated into 100+ companies. Our success is predicated on helping clients find new growth opportunities and creating the marketing programs that capitalize on them. But we can’t do it without extraordinary teammates. Our culture centers around an entrepreneurial and enterprising spirit–we empower our people to bring their highest value and most audacious ideas to work with them every day. We encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and proactive team players. We are all students, and we are all teachers. As such, we are invested in the growth and development of everyone who comes through our doors, so that each of us can make the greatest impact on the world we share.