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SolarWinds is seeking a Graphic Designer specializing in event and trade show environments. This role focuses on translating our brand into physical spaces, creating high-impact large-scale signage, interactive digital displays, and marketing collateral that drives booth traffic. The perfect candidate understands the unique constraints of print production for environmental graphics and how to create cohesive multi-sensory brand experiences.
PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Environmental Strategy: Partner with the events teams to conceptualize booth layouts, traffic flow, lighting, materials, and spatial design to ensure graphics remain legible and impactful in various environments.
• Large-Scale Production: Design and prep high-resolution files for large-format printing, including backdrops, pull-up banners, signs, and custom panels for a variety of trade show specifications.
• Digital Integration: Create eye-catching digital signage for events, such as LED walls, booth reels, and ads for digital publications. Also create pre-event promotional landing pages and banners.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Present 3D booth renderings and visual comps to cross-functional teams, incorporating feedback to ensure brand consistency across physical and digital touchpoints.
• Vendor Management: Work closely with external vendors and event coordinators to ensure print quality, color accuracy, and timely delivery of assets.
• Lead Generation Design: Develop collateral (brochures, swag, and infographics) designed specifically to meet aggressive lead-gen targets for use in-booth.
• Event-in-a-Box: Create and maintain a library of assets that are ready for event teams to take to trade shows without needing new creative requests.
• Brand Messaging: Understand the different types audiences we reach at different events. Work with the Brand Team and Copywriter to ensure the best possible messaging is reflected on booth assets.
REQUIREMENTS
• 4+ years of professional experience in graphic design, with an emphasis on environmental, experiential, or trade show design.
• Knowledge of large-format print processes, ability to deliver "press-ready" files for complex physical builds.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Experience with Adobe After Effects, or 3D rendering software is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with copywriters to create messages that are "readable from the aisle" and leave a lasting impression in a high-distraction environment.
• Effective communicator who can take direction and articulate design decisions. Some English is necessary, with fluency preferred.
• Portfolio showcasing examples of digital and print design.
SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Skills Required
- 4+ years of professional experience in graphic design
- Knowledge of large-format print processes
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
- Ability to collaborate with copywriters
- Effective communicator
- Portfolio showcasing examples of digital and print design
SolarWinds Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SolarWinds and has not been reviewed or approved by SolarWinds.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with some locations covering healthcare, dental, and vision at 100% and generally well-regarded plan quality. Feedback suggests wellness resources, counseling, and fitness reimbursements further strengthen the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and a sabbatical after five years are part of the package. Feedback suggests global parental leave minimums add meaningful family support to the overall time-off mix.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Compensation is considered solid by many, with consistent raises noted alongside base pay. Feedback suggests bonuses and structured increases contribute to a sense of ongoing pay growth.
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What We Do
SolarWinds is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software. Our products give organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—the power to monitor and manage their IT services, infrastructures, and applications; whether on-premises, in the cloud, or via hybrid models. We continuously engage with technology professionals—IT service and operations professionals, DevOps professionals, and managed services providers (MSPs)—to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures and applications. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK® community, allow us to solve well-understood IT management challenges in the ways technology professionals want them solved. Our focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for network and IT service management, application performance, and managed services.
