Graphic Designer

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

Do you want to work on thumb-stopping social media content, original campaign creative, and even the occasional broadcast commercial? Do you like the idea of working with celebrity athletes from the NFL, FIFA, Olympics and Formula 1? AND would you like to do all that for one of the world’s most recognizable brands and our fortune 500 clients? If yes, then introductions are in order. 

We are Ad Hock. Visa's internal creative agency. Just as Visa founder Dee Hock revolutionized the way we pay, Ad Hock is taking a new approach to the internal creative team by developing a fully functional advertising agency in-house. We create high-visibility content to support every layer of the funnel starting with brand awareness. Approximately 75% of our efforts support Visa’s core brand and sponsorships. The other 25% of our work is dedicated to supporting Visa’s partners and clients as an external creative agency. It’s the perfect mix of client-side and agency life! 

Our agency is rapidly expanding, and we’re looking for a graphic designer to help craft, develop, and deliver projects from brief to execution. You could be designing art for a tradeshow booth in Iowa one day and making Super Bowl content the next. Really.

The ideal candidate is one part dreamer and one part doer. You can conceptualize outrageous ideas and then find ways to ground them in reality AND you can take an ordinary idea and make it extraordinary! You’ve got strong design skills, a passion for creating beautiful work, and a desire to constantly improve your work. You’ll be joining an expanding team of creatives to produce content for digital, social, OOH, email, landing page, videos, commercials and even the occasional print ad.

This role sits on the creative team and reports to a Creative Director and is an opportunity to join the Go-to-Market team within Visa’s North America Marketing organization. You’ll be working with the best and brightest marketing, brand, and advertising teams the industry has to offer. Come join us! 

Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with teams of creatives, marketers and external agencies and stakeholders to create a high volume of work on time, on budget and on point

• Support and work cross-functionally with agency partners and internal Visa teams from briefing to production. 

• Participate in brainstorms, and deliver thoughtful creative that exceeds client objectives while utilizing existing brand elements correctly 

• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to develop on-brand, results driven creative 

• Creative: Brainstorming. Revising. Executing. You’ll be asked to do all these things and must know when to use the creative process to deliver fresh work and when to re-skin a template. 

• Brand: Become a subject matter expert on the nuances of a complicated global brand and its visual language. 

• Paying the bills: You will create a lot of social posts, occasional banners, some videos, a few environmental designs, landing page mockups and depending on skill-level or needs light motion graphics. 

• Leadership: Act as a creative and design subject matter expert, guiding clients through creative best practices and design elements 

• Project Collaboration: Create compelling work while considering the needs of multiple stakeholders (internal marketers, legal, external clients, etc.) and work cross-functionally to problem solve issues. 

• Support the sell-in and execution of B2B and/or B2C marketing campaigns and one-off projects by coordinating with Visa’s cross-functional teams, clients, and external agency partners.

• Ability and desire to work directly with campaign leads, legal, and creative team to interpret briefs, identify insight gaps & build strategic frameworks for campaigns of all sizes. 

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Permanent Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment for this position. Visa will not sponsor applicants for work visas in connection with this position.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD)
Preferred Qualifications

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
• A strong portfolio of work demonstrating your knowledge of advertising and design principles.
• 2-5 years experience working with multiple types of clients in advertising, digital or brand marketing, graphic design or strategy.
• BFA/BA or relevant experience
• A fundamental understanding of social media and digital marketing
• Strong project management skills and experience coordinating cross functional, end-to-end projects that included a high level of detail
• Team player able to work on multi-part projects across teams and able to ensure project deadlines and budgets are met during all stages of the creative process
• Work efficiently on quick timelines while still maintaining high standards of quality but also be able to work independently on creative brand projects when timelines are less tight.
• Experience working across all mediums from digital to OOH to TV and print and how to weave ideas across them
• Positive relationship management skills and ability to influence decision makers both internally and externally
• Act as a champion of brand standards and guidelines
• Proficiency in Adobe products such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign as well as MS PowerPoint and Excel.

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 105,800.00 to 149,550.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.