Senior Brand Designer, Illustration & Graphic
At a glance
Senior Brand Marketing role at roblox. San Mateo · full-time · $146,720–$184,820 base.
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What you'll do
- Create finished illustrations for licensing, marketing and product work, turning briefs and references into polished artwork
- Build characters, environments and props, using shape, lighting and atmosphere to give each piece distinction
- Apply your illustration craft to brand identity and marketing designs, including typography and layout
- Help define illustration standards and keep visual consistency across large bodies of artwork
- Present work in progress, deliver organized production files on schedule, and mentor teammates through feedback
What you bring
- At least eight years of professional illustration and design experience
- A portfolio showing strong illustration fundamentals alongside clear graphic and visual design ability
- Skill in producing polished, painterly digital illustrations and matching an existing visual style or brand system
- Working knowledge of typography, layout and identity design, plus proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and Procreate
Who this fits
This senior role suits an illustrator who can take a brief from early concepts through finished artwork, work independently, and communicate choices to stakeholders. The position is based in San Mateo, with office attendance Tuesday through Thursday. For US-based candidates, some visa-related work authorization may limit eligibility, and future H-1B sponsorship may not be available.
From the employer
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
We're looking for a Senior Brand Designer (Illustration & Graphic) to create rich, expressive artwork that brings characters, environments, and worlds to life. You'll own illustration from concept to final and help shape the visual quality bar for our team, as well as the vision for what illustration is at Roblox. You'll also work hands-on as a designer, applying your illustration craft to Roblox's identity system and marketing creative. You'll partner with art directors, designers, and product partners, and bring a strong point of view on color, light, and storytelling.
You Will:
- Create high-quality, polished illustrations for licensing, marketing, and product content
- Translate briefs, references, and creative direction into compelling finished artwork
- Develop characters, environments, and props with strong shape language, lighting, and atmosphere
- Maintain visual consistency across large sets of artwork while keeping each piece distinct
- Apply illustration within the Roblox brand identity system, designing on-brand marketing materials across surfaces with attention to typography, layout, and craft
- Contribute to brand and illustration style guides and visual standards, helping maintain design consistency
- Partner with brand designers, product designers, motion designers, and business partners to deliver work that is strategically aligned and visually compelling
- Present work-in-progress and communicate your thinking clearly to stakeholders
- Deliver production-ready files on schedule, with clean, organized layers and assets
- Give and receive constructive feedback, mentor teammates, and help raise the craft of the team
- Explore new techniques and workflows, including tools that speed up iteration without sacrificing quality
You Have:
- 8+ years of professional illustration and design experience, ideally in games, collectibles, entertainment, publishing, or brand/agency environments
- A portfolio demonstrating strong fundamentals (anatomy, perspective, composition, color, lighting, and environment) alongside strong graphic and visual design sensibility
- Mastery of rendering rich, painterly, polished illustration in a digital workflow
- Experience adapting to and matching an established art style or brand system
- Working knowledge of typography, layout, and identity design, and the ability to apply them to marketing and brand deliverables
- Ability to take a brief and run independently, from thumbnail to final
- Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting work-in-progress and managing stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple deliverables and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working with vendors, agencies, or production partners is a plus
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Procreate
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range$146,720—$184,820 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.