Landor

Chicago

Freelance Senior Designer

FULL TIME ON-SITE SENIOR
Posted 3 days ago

Quick Summary

Role Overview

Landor is seeking a brand-focused Freelance Senior Designer to join their Chicago studio to deliver memorable storytelling and innovative design strategies. This role involves creating and evaluating competitive design plans while ensuring project continuity across diverse creative capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver memorable storytelling and evolve presentation techniques for the future
  • Create innovative ideas and assist in developing competitive design strategies
  • Evaluate design plans using a sophisticated understanding of aesthetics
  • Collaborate with peers and partner groups to ensure project design continuity
  • Solve complex business problems through the strategic lens of brand
  • Connect brand design work directly to client business outcomes

Requirements Snapshot

  • Five or more years of experience working in professional design environments
  • Proven experience building brands from scratch or executing brand refreshes
  • Strong technical skillset in packaging design and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Familiarity with current design trends and new media technology software
  • Comprehensive portfolio demonstrating creative solutions that support project goals

Expected Impact

You will help make brands more valuable and less vulnerable by strategically joining the dots between design and business outcomes. Your work will contribute to the transformational growth of world-leading clients by navigating change and capturing new opportunities through creative excellence. By delivering high-quality design and strategic thinking, you will strengthen Landor's position as a leader in the brand consultancy category.

This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

Landor is looking for a Freelance Senior Designer to join our Chicago studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor, part of WPP.

World-leading brand experts, 
underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.

We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.

We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes. 

Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine (3D motion design).

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

What you’ll do
You will deliver memorable storytelling, continuing to evolve and develop presentation techniques for the future. You demonstrate strategic and innovative thinking, creating ideas and assisting to develop and evaluate competitive design strategies and plans using your sophisticated understanding of aesthetics.  As a Designer, you will collaborate with peers, design counterparts and partner groups to ensure project design continuity across all areas of focus.

What you’ll need 

What we're looking for

  • A brand focused Senior Designer
  • 5+ years of experience working in design environments
  • Experience building brands either from scratch or as a brand refresh
  • Ability to identify and deliver exceptional creative design
  • Strong skillset in packaging design
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Outstanding technical skills with Adobe Creative Suite
  • Current design trend knowledge and skills
  • Familiarity with new media technology/software
  • Ability to collaborate confidently with team members
  • Passion for cracking tough strategic and design problems
  • Evidence of creative solutions that supports project goals.
  • A comprehensive portfolio

The freelance hourly rate for this position at the time of this posting may range from $50/hr-100/hr. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details. 

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We build brands. We build futures. Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.



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