Contract Graphic Designer

About Spotlight For fourteen years, Spotlight has helped ambitious software companies win the coverage that makes them famous through the practice of Analyst Relations. Over the past year, we have expanded our offerings to include customer engagement, B2B influencer relations and AI influence to build a new category in the market that we call Influence Orchestration. This offer is resonating with B2B businesses and we are growing quickly. We are a founder-led firm based in Kansas City's Crossroads neighborhood. About the Position As a contract Graphic Designer at Spotlight, you’ll be helping out the team with their design needs during the absence of the Creative Director during her Maternity leave. This position would be contracted from January through June and would have 30 - 40 hrs of work each week. During this time, you’ll work to bring the 2027 Marketing Strategy vision to life from a visual standpoint. This will include and is not limited to, monthly marketing reports featuring thought leadership pieces coordinated throughout the business, digital campaign promotional assets through LinkedIn and email, internal and external collateral that stakeholders will take value in. You’ll work closely with our Director of Marketing while our Creative Director is out. You will also collaborate with our broader marketing team, who care about craft, fresh ideas, and love a good brainstorm. This role has the potential for full-time hire upon the return of the Creative Director.

What You’ll Do

• Design and create monthly thought leadership reports
• Design social, email, web and digital campaign assets paired with our report pieces that stop the scroll
• Maintain brand standards for Spotlight and our clients, keeping every piece consistent (internal and external)
• Lay out presentations, research reports, infographics and data visuals that make dense information easy to scan and tell a compelling story
• Produce printed pieces (reports, flyers, collateral, awards, etc.) and get files print-ready when necessary
• Create assets & content around our 2027 events (including internal all-hands meetings, and potential external marketing/sales events)
• Create assets & content for our internal stakeholders (including monthly event tv graphics, email headers/inserts, internal slide decks, etc.)
• Take a project from brief to final files: concept, iterate, take feedback, refine & complete
• Keep our templates, asset libraries and file hygiene in great shape so the whole team moves faster
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders & create content for their overall needs
• Embrace Spotlight’s Core Values: Collaboration, Persistence, Honorable, and Kavorka

What You’ll Bring

• 2-4 years of professional design experience at an agency, in-house or both
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, emphasis in B2B marketing preferred
• Solid knowledge of design principles and technical proficiency in design software with a keen eye for typography, hierarchy & detail
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), plus knowledge working in Google Slides, Asana, AI Tools (Claude) & Hubspot
• A portfolio that shows range across digital, print, brand cohesiveness and layout-heavy work
• Ability to work both independently and within a team to accomplish goals
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment & work with multiple different projects at once
• Clear communication with non-designers, and an open attitude toward feedback
• The ability to bring fresh & creative ideas to the table that push our content outside of the box yet remain within brand standard

Nice to have

• Experience designing for B2B tech, SaaS or professional services
• Data visualization or infographic chops
• Basic motion design skills (After Effects or similar), video editing or curiosity about AI design tools

Why you'll like it here

• Company Culture. Spotlight takes pride in the care of our employees.
• Real Ownership & Trust. We are the experts within our craft.
• Variety. At Spotlight, being the sole content creators, there are many different things we get to work on.

We are a fun, smart, growing firm in Kansas City's Crossroads neighborhood, and a consistent recipient of the KC Business Journal's Best Places to Work award. Learn more at spotlight-io.com. Spotlight is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.