Study Hall is a multidisciplinary design agency based in Oakland, CA. We practice the unconventional applications of conventional disciplines to create distinctive, effective, and irresistible creative. We’re looking for a Senior Designer to help develop ideas, build identity systems, and push the level of craft across everything we make.

At Study Hall, the Senior Designer is a core creative contributor. You are responsible for developing ideas, building identity systems, and shaping how brands work, move, and show up across systems. You lead with taste, curiosity, and execution, contributing to both the thinking and the output. You work closely with Creative Directors and design leadership to take projects from concept through execution. This role is deeply hands-on. You will spend the majority of your time designing while helping elevate the work and the team around you.

• Creative Development:
  
  • Generate strong ideas and contribute to concept development
  • Translate strategy into clear, compelling design systems
  • Bring references, taste, and point of view into the work
  • Help define how brands come to life visually and experientially
• Design & Execution:
  • Design brand identities across typography, color, layout, and systems
  • Build toolkits, guidelines, and scalable design frameworks
  • Contribute to motion, digital, and campaign extensions where relevant
  • Stay close to detail including composition, hierarchy, rhythm, and polish
• Craft & Output:
  
  • Produce work that is distinctive, considered, and high quality
  • Push beyond expected solutions into something more original
  • Maintain consistency across systems and touchpoints
  • Step in where needed to elevate the work
• Collaboration & Team Integration:
  
  • Work closely with Creative Directors and design team
  • Support and elevate junior designers
  • Contribute to critiques and internal reviews
  • Take direction well while contributing your own perspective
• Client Readiness:
  
  • Help prepare presentations and design narratives
  • Support articulation of ideas visually and verbally
  • Occasionally present or speak to your work

• 4 to 8+ years of experience in brand design
• Strong portfolio demonstrating identity systems and brand work
• Clear understanding of typography, layout, and visual systems
• High attention to detail and strong executional ability
• Experience across industries including tech, culture, CPG, and startups
• Proficient in Figma, Adobe Suite, and Keynote
• Comfortable working in a collaborative studio environment

• $100k to $150k base
• Performance bonus
• Killer benies
• Location: SF preferred, NYC/Bk secondary
• Open to remote for exceptional candidates
• Some travel expected