Senior Creative, Graphic Design
Senior Creative, Graphic Design Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Department: Kepler Creative
Reports to: Associate Creative Director
About Kepler Creative
Kepler is a leader in digital marketing, shaping the future with data, creativity, and intelligent automation. As part of the kyu Collective, Kepler brings The Future in Focus by executing engineered marketing across paid media and data-driven CRM channels. Kepler Creative extends this mission by combining brand insight, advanced creative tools, and generative design workflows to deliver high-performance creative for leading brands.
Role Overview
The Senior Creative, Graphic Design plays a key role in concepting and producing exceptional work across digital and traditional formats. This is a hands-on design role for someone with strong aesthetic instincts, advanced design skills, and a strategic mindset. Candidates should demonstrate independent judgment, an eye for detail, and the ability to work fluidly across platforms, formats, and brand systems.
This position is ideal for a designer who thrives in cross-disciplinary environments and is curious about new tools and approaches to visual storytelling. Candidates should be comfortable using — or learning — creative workflows that integrate generative tools such as Midjourney, Runway, Adobe Firefly, or similar. Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Gemini is also expected. While deep or extensive AI experience is not mandatory, candidates must demonstrate comfort with AI-assisted tools and provide work samples that reflect real-world use.
Key Responsibilities
- Concept Development & Execution Develop best-in-class visual work across static and motion formats, including display ads, social content, websites, branding assets, and presentation design.
- Creative Production & Iteration Collaborate with art directors and motion designers to develop visuals using a combination of traditional design tools and generative technologies.
- Brand Systems & Consistency Apply and evolve visual identities across campaigns and formats, maintaining consistency while adapting to platform needs and performance goals.
- Creative Problem-Solving Bring clarity and structure to open-ended design challenges. Know how to explore, simplify, and polish work to meet both creative and business goals.
- Collaboration & Communication Partner with Art Directors, Copywriters, Motion Designers, and Creative Directors to bring ideas to life and ensure cross-functional alignment.
- Mentorship & Feedback Provide clear and constructive critique to junior designers, and contribute to a collaborative creative culture.
- Project Ownership Manage time and tasks across multiple assignments, meeting deadlines with work that balances experimentation and polish. Must be able to work independently and maintain a high level of attention to detail, including quality-checking all work before handoff.
Skills & Qualifications
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Figma, and other relevant design tools.
- Understanding of core design principles: typography, layout, composition, color theory, and brand systems.
- Experience creating multi-channel assets across social, display, email, and video formats.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted tools (e.g., Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Runway) and LLMs (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini), with a readiness to integrate them into design workflows.
- Ability to maintain brand consistency while adapting creative to evolving campaign needs.
- Strong visual instincts and an ability to explain design decisions clearly.
- Collaborative, detail-oriented, and self-motivated, with a clear understanding of production realities.
Experience
- 4–6 years in a creative, advertising, or in-house environment.
- A degree in Graphic Design or related field is preferred but not required.
- An outstanding online portfolio demonstrating visual strength across branding, digital, and motion is required.
Why Join Kepler Creative?
- Work at the edge of creative production, combining design excellence with emerging technology.
- Be part of an award-winning team recognized for breakthroughs in AI & Emerging Technology.
- Access a generous benefits package, including unlimited PTO, learning stipends, and health coverage.
- Collaborate in a culture that values curiosity, craft, and creative momentum.
Apply with your resume and portfolio. We look forward to seeing how you think and what you’ve made.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive health and dental benefits
- Tuition reimbursement and training stipend
- Hybrid Office/WFH Schedules: office supplies, internet, and phone stipend
- “Work from Anywhere” 4 weeks per year
- Stocked kitchen, and other team outings
- Collaborative and friendly work space, easily commutable location
- Volunteering & altruism opportunities
- Team building lunches and events, and company celebrations: Summer, Halloween, Holidays, and many multicultural holidays recognized/celebrated
- If something is important to you that’s not listed here, let us know!
Career & Development Focus
- Ongoing learning and development for education opportunities such as webinars, books, classes, relevant conferences and events
- Opportunities to pursue business related side projects and Hackathons
- Environment of learning from peers, including 30+ class training program, Kepler University, powered by Center of Excellence and Tiger Team subject matter expert groups
- Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology and industry thought leaders
- Kepler Rocket Mentorship Program: beneficial for the development of both mentors and mentees
**All applications must include a Resume & Cover Letter in English to be considered.
Kepler is a people first organization. If this roles piques your interest but you may not check every box, we still encourage you to apply! Studies show that imposter syndrome can prevent women and people of color from applying unless they meet every single qualification. We welcome all who are interested to apply, you just might be a great candidate for this role or others.
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