Designer, Accolades

Forbes is seeking a Designer to join the Brand, Sales & Marketing Design team in support of our Accolades business, with a primary focus on production design and new product development. This role will partner closely with the Accolades, Studio, and Marketing teams to execute high-volume post-sale deliverables while helping bring new Accolades products to market. This designer will play a critical role in scaling the Accolades business – owning the execution of core templates, marketing assets, and emerging products – while enabling senior design leadership to focus on creative direction, strategy, and brand evolution.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working within established brand systems, while also contributing to the creation and refinement of new templates and products.

Forbes Accolades identifies, celebrates, and elevates top-performing individuals, companies, and organizations across industries through data-driven rankings, curated lists, and editorially vetted honors. Unlike generic awards, Forbes Accolades blends rigorous methodology with trusted Forbes journalism to create credibility and prestige that resonates with audiences, partners, and markets. These accolades serve as a powerful marketing asset for honorees—enhancing visibility, validating excellence, and driving engagement with key stakeholders—while reinforcing Forbes’ authority as a benchmark for success.

Responsibilities:

This role supports Accolades design across lists, award logos, display products, marketing assets, and reports, with the linked look-book providing a visual overview of the products and touchpoints this designer will support.

Production & Execution 

• Execute high-volume, post-sale Accolades deliverables efficiently and accurately, ensuring brand consistency and quality across all outputs. 
• Own the production of templated assets including: PowerPoint-based product templates (e.g., order forms, sell sheets) 
• Social media cards for product purchase and social marketing Forbes cover for-purchase products 
• Data reports and methodology white papers supporting Forbes lists 
• Manage multiple concurrent requests with varying timelines, maintaining a high bar for accuracy, polish, and on-brand execution.

New Product Support

• Support the development and rollout of new Accolades products, collaborating with Studio leadership and stakeholders to translate product concepts into scalable design systems. 
• Create and refine templates that balance efficiency, flexibility, and brand integrity. 
• Partner with cross-functional teams to adapt creative for new formats, platforms, and use cases. 

Collaboration & Brand Stewardship 

• Work closely with Studio designers, the Art Director, and Accolades stakeholders to ensure alignment on creative direction and execution. 
• Apply Forbes brand guidelines consistently across all deliverables, while helping identify opportunities to improve systems and workflows. 
• Provide clear, organized design files and documentation to support smooth handoffs and long-term scalability.

The Ideal Candidate:

• 1-3 years of professional design experience across digital and print; production design experience strongly preferred. 
• Portfolio demonstrating strong execution, typography, layout, and attention to detail across templated and marketing-driven work. 
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma
• Strong working knowledge of PowerPoint; experience designing scalable PPT templates is a plus. 
• Comfortable working within established brand systems while maintaining visual quality and consistency. 
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage high-volume workflows in a fast-paced environment. 
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams. 
• Ability to balance speed, accuracy, and quality across both ongoing production and new initiatives. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Art, or a related field.

The annual base salary range for this role is $60,000 - $70,000

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith.  The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate.  In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so.  Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions.  We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. 

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