Our association client is looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to join their team. As a Senior Designer, you will play a key role in shaping the look and feel of their magazine and other digital materials. You will partner with the Creative Director and Editorial Director to strengthen the brand and build a consistent media design system.

This position is onsite 5 days a week in Alexandria, VA.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding and portfolio of editorial and publication design. This role requires a strong balance of concept development, design excellence, and production leadership, ensuring all outputs align with brand standards while delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines.

Senior Graphic Designer Responsibilities:

-Lead the design and execution of editorial layouts and covers magazine with a clear visual voice

-Drive creative work across website and other print and digital materials

-Collaborate daily with the Managing Editor to align on content direction and visual storytelling

-Develop engaging digital content across platforms, including newsletters, longform features, and convenience.org, optimizing for usability and audience engagement

Ensure all work aligns with brand standards and quality expectations

-Build workflows that support multiple deadlines and production cycles in a fast-paced environment

-Take ownership of projects by driving progress, anticipating needs, and ensuring work moves forward without delays

-Explore new tools, including AI, to improve design and efficiency

-Bring creative solutions to stories across multiple platforms

-Stay current on design trends, digital innovations, and industry best practices, bringing forward-thinking ideas to continuously elevate the brand

-Maintain a strong understanding of the convenience and fuel retailing industry to inform relevant and effective design solutions

Have experience building and maintaining design systems and image libraries that support consistent and efficient workflows

-Bring strong knowledge of the full production cycle, including prepress, and ensure all files meet high production standards

Senior Graphic Designer Requirements:

-5\+ years of experience in editorial design, publication, or media environments

-Strong portfolio demonstrating layout design, typography, and visual storytelling across print and digital.

-Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.

-Experience collaborating with editorial, marketing, and production teams

-Strong attention to detail with a high standard for quality and execution

-Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator); familiarity with digital platforms and CMS preferred

-Experience managing or mentoring junior designers and external partners is a plus

-Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced media environment and across multiple departments

-Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously

-Strong soft skills to work with a variety of internal stakeholders under tight deadlines

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and benefits including PTO days, 401K match, annual bonus, subsidized healthcare plans, maternity/paternity leave. Approximately 10% travel, In-Office Position w/ Work From Anywhere (WFA) Days, Metro Accessible - 2 blocks from King Street metro

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Bailey O'Connell - Recruitment Strategist

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 04/09/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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Senior Graphic Designer

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