Brand/Graphic Designer needed to create brand visual system

Who we are: Hi! We’re Zest, a creative communications agency blending advertising, marketing, and PR, which means we spend 99% of our time making our clients look brilliant. Now, it’s our turn. We’re expanding our own visual universe, and we need a killer designer to help us build out the system. The setup: We aren't starting from scratch. We already have a logo mark, color palette, and love our typography. What we don't have is the connective tissue. We need the extra design elements, secondary marks, textures, or layouts that make a brand feel alive rather than static. What we actually need you to do: Look at our logo, colors, and fonts, figure out the vibe, and invent the visual language that goes with them. Create a flexible toolkit of supporting assets (think shapes, patterns, icons, grid systems, or whatever else you cook up) that our team can use across our website, decks, social, and swag. Push us. Seriously. We don’t want safe, and we don’t want a generic tech-agency aesthetic. We want something that feels intentional, fun and/or funny, modern, tapped into culture, high-design, unique, and well…zesty. Get it? Because we're Zest? And so the brand should be, y'know, energetic and... you get it. Anyways. Who you are: - You think in entire brand systems, not just one-off graphics. - Your portfolio shows you know how to build a cohesive visual world, and you’ve got a distinct creative eye and/or style. - You are highly collaborative. You want to riff on ideas with us, iterate quickly, have an eye for detail, and build something we’re all obsessed with. - You’re a pro in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma. (If you can make stuff move in After Effects, tell us immediately). How to Apply: If you’re ready to inject some serious zest into our brand system, we want to see how your brain works. Apply here and include: - A link to your portfolio (specifically highlighting brand systems, visual identities, or experimental design work). - A brief note on why you think you’re the perfect creative partner for Zest. - Your standard project rate or hourly rate. We are SO excited to hear from you!! Thank you for your time. Zest Creative Agency is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate creativity, diversity, and bold ideas.