Senior Designer Job at Premier Press, Portland, OR

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  • Premier Press
  • Portland, OR

Job Description

Create Work That Doesn't Stay on a Screen.

At Premier Press, we believe the best ideas deserve more than a presentation.

We're a Creative Production Company where creativity meets production. We partner with national brands to create premium packaging, branded merchandise, retail experiences, and print that people see, touch, and remember.

By blending creative strategy, manufacturing, technology, logistics, fulfillment, and marketing under one roof, we help brands bring ideas to life from concept through production.

We're looking for a Senior Designer who is passionate about creating meaningful brand experiences and excited to collaborate with an exceptional creative team.

If you love solving creative challenges, exploring new ideas, and seeing your work become reality, we'd love to meet you.

Visit our website to see our great work!

Our Mission: Bring order to the chaos of creative production and distribution, making it easy to bring your brand to life.

Our Vision: Create a world free from dull marketing.

Our Values

  • Go Beyond
  • Discover New Ways & Ideas
  • Respect Ourselves, Each Other, and Our Community
  • Deliver the Best Client Experience

Senior Designer

Classification: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary: DOE

Reports to: Creative Director

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am- 5pm

Location: In-Office (no remote), 5000 N Basin Ave., Portland, OR 97217

Why Premier?

You'll join a team of talented creatives who genuinely enjoy collaborating, pushing each other creatively, and producing work they're proud of.

You'll have the opportunity to work on everything from premium packaging and branded merchandise to retail programs and integrated marketing campaigns—seeing your ideas move from concept to finished product.

If you're looking for a place where your creativity can have a real impact, where you'll continue to grow, and where your work will be experienced in the real world—not just on a screen—we'd love to hear from you.

Who You Are

You're curious.

You notice great design everywhere.

You enjoy sketching ideas as much as refining the smallest details.

You thrive in collaborative environments where ideas are shared, challenged, and improved.

You care deeply about typography, composition, craftsmanship, and storytelling—but you're equally excited to learn how great design becomes exceptional production.

Most importantly, you're someone who wants to create work that makes people stop, notice, and remember.

Requirements

What You'll Do

Working alongside our Creative Director and an experienced team of designers, you'll help shape creative work for national brands across a wide range of projects.

  • Develop creative concepts from idea to execution.
  • Design premium packaging, branded merchandise, retail experiences, print, and integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Present work confidently to clients and internal teams.
  • Collaborate with Creative, Sales, and Production to ensure every idea is beautifully executed.
  • Mentor junior designers and contribute to a collaborative creative culture.
  • Explore new materials, technologies, AI tools, and production techniques to continually push creative thinking.
  • Create compelling presentations, brand systems, and visual storytelling that inspire clients and elevate brands.
  • Other duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Supervisory Responsibility : This position has no supervisory responsibility.

Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of professional design experience.
  • Exceptional portfolio showcasing branding, packaging, merchandise, and integrated design.
  • Strong conceptual thinking and visual storytelling skills.
  • Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud.
  • Experience presenting ideas and collaborating with clients.
  • Strong communication, organization, and project management skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Premium packaging or CPG
  • Branded merchandise and promotional products
  • Retail or experiential design
  • Illustration or art direction
  • SketchUp, Fusion 360, or other 3D visualization tools
  • Motion graphics, video, or digital design
  • AI-assisted creative workflows

Additional Details

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and sit; walk; use hands and fingers, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and push carts. The employee is occasionally required to stoop or kneel. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Alcohol and Drug-Free Policy: We are an alcohol and drug-free workplace. Offers are contingent on the successful completion of background checks and drug screenings. (While we prohibit impairment on the job, our policy does not restrict lawful, off-duty marijuana use.)

EEO: Premier Press provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any time without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Local area, Remote work, Monday to Friday

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