Discord
Graphic Designer & Illustrator
San Francisco Bay Area · Mid · Full-time
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About the role
- The Discord Creative Studio Team is seeking a versatile graphic designer and illustrator with strong conceptual skills and a knack for working across styles.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Responsibilities
- Design and illustrate a wide range of social and community content, from platform graphics and campaign assets to reactive, in-the-moment illustrations, across a variety of styles, including characters, visual effects, objects, and environments.
- Partner closely with the Social team to translate ideas, copy, and campaign concepts into visually compelling graphic design and illustration.
- Collaborate with other creatives, including illustrators, motion designers, and brand designers, to maintain a consistent and expressive visual voice across platforms.
- Manage multiple concurrent requests, prioritizing and communicating proactively as timelines shift.
- A portfolio demonstrating expressive, high-craft illustration and graphic design work across a range of styles, ideally including fast-turnaround or social and content-driven work.
- 2+ years of design or production experience at an in-house creative team, social or content studio, or agency, ideally in tech, gaming, or entertainment.
- Comfort presenting creative concepts and articulating design decisions to cross-functional partners.
- Ability to take feedback, iterate, and deliver production-ready assets that meet both creative and technical requirements.
- Animation or motion design skills, and an understanding of how static illustration and design assets translate into motion.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with a strong eye for composition, color, typography, and visual hierarchy.
- Proficiency in Figma.
- We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $116,000 to $130,500 + equity + benefits.
- Our salary ranges are determined by role and level.
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Company info
- Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
- We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses.
- Join us in our mission!
This listing is sourced directly from Discord's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.