Graphic Designer (Louisville)

We’re Hiring! Graphic Designer at Hawthorn Innovations

If you’re a plate-spinning creative force who can shift from designing a billboard or digital ad to refining a product design before lunch, we want to talk.

At Hawthorn Innovations, we’re a dynamic, high-energy team of designers, builders, and strategists pushing creative boundaries every day. Our work spans digital advertising, product and industrial design, print, OOH/BTL campaigns, billboards, retail mechanicals, animation, illustration, and beyond—and we need a well-rounded Graphic Designer who thrives in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

Join our Design Dojo, collaborate with our video, photo, build, and supply chain teams, and help turn bold ideas into reality. If you’re looking for not-your-average graphic design job—one where you’ll be challenged daily to unlock new design modalities—this might just be the role for you.

This is a full-time, on-site position at our HQ in downtown Louisville, KY.

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What You’ll Do

Design Across Mediums: Jump between digital, print, OOH, industrial design, and animation projects—sometimes all in the same day.

Brand Builder: Work on everything from luxury packaging to jaw-dropping ad campaigns that make people stop scrolling (or driving).

Motion and Illustration Bonus: If you’ve got skills in industrial design, animation, illustration, or 3D rendering, we’ll put them to good use.

Web & UX Pro: Experience with Figma, Elementor, and web design is a huge plus—bonus points if you can bring digital experiences to life with interactive elements.

Production-Ready Pro: Prep files for large-scale print, retail mechanicals, and physical builds with precision and care.

Creative Problem Solver: Collaborate with our creative directors and art directors on video, photo, build, and supply chain teams to push boundaries on what’s possible.

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Who You Are

A Creative Chameleon: You can flex between high-end luxury aesthetics, gen z target advertising ideas , and everything in between.

Adobe Suite Master: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign—non-negotiable. After Effects, Blender, or Cinema 4D? Huge bonus points.

Detail-Oriented but Big-Picture Thinker: You care about pixel-perfect execution while keeping an eye on the overall campaign vision.

Fast, Flexible, Fearless: Thrives in a fast-paced environment where every day is different. We move fast and our clients move us to move faster sometimes.

A Designer Who Can Think: Not just executing briefs—you’re bringing your own creative ideas to the table. We are looking for someone who can bring fun ideas to our projects !

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Why Hawthorn?

Creativity with No Ceiling: Work with global brands, luxury spirits, and forward-thinking companies that want to push boundaries. Be apart of round tables on brand direction, new product design and ideas that can make it to the real world.

A Studio-Agency Hybrid: Design in collaboration with photo, video, and industrial build teams—no silos here.

Fun, Fast-Paced Culture: If you love a high-energy, creatively stimulating environment, you’ll feel at home.

Tools, Tech, and Toys: Access to state-of-the-art equipment, software, and collaborative studio space. 3D printers, edible printers, UV printers, vacuum molds, screen printing etc

Growth and Opportunity: Hawthorn is on the rise, and so are the people who work here.

If you’re looking for a role that keeps you on your creative toes, we’d love to see your work. Apply on LinkedIn and let’s make magic together.

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Of course generous PTO, 401k, health-care allowance are included for all of our employees.

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Meet Hawthorn : A dynamic cross functional innovation company !

Hawthorn Innovations is a multi-faceted powerhouse built on innovation and creative excellence in the beverage alcohol and NA space. We thrive on being dynamic and nimble, thanks to our vertically integrated creative departments that deliver a spectrum of services to clients—from dream to reality, concept to execution.

Hawthorn Supply : The supply chain arm of Hawthorn is where creativity meets logistics. With global partnerships, we execute the design, manufacturing, and delivery of custom food and beverage tools, small-wares, and activation elements for brands and restaurants. Managing millions of items annually and operating our own warehouse for distribution and packaging, this is one of our fastest-growing departments. Help concept and design our next build with our creative team ! Help concept and design our next POS tool we make a million units of, with our creative team !

Hawthorn Build : Where artistry meets craftsmanship, Hawthorn Build specializes in luxury wood and metal creations. From high-end bar carts to custom brand activation tools, our artisan team—armed with lasers, 3D printers, and CNC capabilities—works with the world’s leading whiskey, wine, and spirits brands to craft one-of-a-kind, functional art pieces designed to wow. Help concept and design our next build with our creative team !

Hawthorn Creative : Our creative services department is a hive of illustrators, designers, industrial experts, and web wizards. Whether it’s designing a full-scale ad campaign, crafting one-of-a-kind products for manufacturing, or building a website to launch it all, our multi-talented team brings client ideas (or their lack of ideas!) to life—in both digital and physical forms.

Hawthorn Studios : A creative playground spanning 15,000 sq. ft., Hawthorn Studios is where magic happens. With full-time photographers, videographers, editors, set builders, and stylists on board, we create everything from billboard ads to TV commercials and global product launches. Whether building custom sets or leveraging our pre-designed “set worlds,” we’re equipped with top-of-the-line gear and the creative synergy of an integrated agency-studio model. Help be apart of the pre-production and creative ideation for our next shoot !

Hawthorn Beverage : For over 20 years, our beverage division has been the secret ingredient behind some of the most iconic beverage programs. From menu strategy development and analysis to operational execution and training, we’ve helped independent, national, and global accounts achieve bar brilliance. Recognized as a leader in bar consulting, we’re proud to toast to countless client success stories. Help be apart of the creative team that helps name cocktails and build decks to present our creations to clients !