Lead Graphic Designer

Let’s Create Something Legendary! Lock Labs, a reputable, Las Vegas-based manufacturer and master distributor serving the American locksmith industry, is seeking alead graphic designer. Are you a design leader who thrives on collaboration and knows how to bring bold ideas to life? Lock Labs is hiring alead graphic designerto manage our creative team and drive high-impact visuals that set the standard for our industry. You’ll turn vision into execution while balancing leadership, strategy, and creativity. We’re not here for corporate fluff. We build powerful brands, break design boundaries, and move fast. If you bring style and substance, keep reading. What You’ll Do As our Lead Graphic Designer, you’ll: • Work closely with product managers and graphic designers to align messaging with business goals.We have multiple subject matter experts on staff to help provide you with the context you'll require to make our products shine. • Take ownership of day-to-day creative leadership, guiding a team of talented designers to execute projects with precision and flair. • Act as the bridge between big-picture strategy and pixel-perfect execution, ensuring our brand voice shines in everything we produce. • Design stand-out materials for print and digital assetsincluding packaging, trade show displays, sell sheets, web graphics, social media, and so much more. • Bring fresh ideasto the table while staying aligned with brand direction and business goals. • Mentor your team and provide constructive feedbackto foster growth and innovation. • Juggle multiple projects and timelineslike a pro, ensuring nothing gets left behind. What You Bring to the Table • 4+ years of professional design experience, with at least 1 year in a leadership role. • A killer portfolioshowcasingreal-world commercial work—not academic samples. (Portfolios that contain mostly school projects will not be taken seriously. We get it... you know how to make a logo wrap around the edge of a box). • Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign—you’re fluent). • The ability tomanage projects, juggle feedback, and collaboratewith cross-functional teams. • Familiarity with Microsoft Office365(yep, sometimes we have to adult). • Aknack for building trustand inspiring your team to do their best work. • Excellent organization, communication, and time management—we like creative chaos, but only if it’s part of a design. • Willingness to participate in a brief skills workshopas part of the interview process. It's not that we don't believe you're awesome—we just want to give you a couple minutes to show off! • Extra Credit:Familiarity with AI design tools like Stability AI or ComfyUI (we love innovators, but we’ll train the right candidate!). Even a mastery of Photoshop's integrated AI tools is a huge plus. Why You’ll Love This Role: • You’ll work closely with a visionary team (aka us) to bring big, bold ideas to life. • Competitive pay:$25–$30/hour depending on experience, with room to grow as you grow our brands. • Full benefits package: Health, dental, vision, PTO—we’re all about balance. • The chance tolead and develop a design teamthat’s hungry for creativity and success. • Room to grow:As we grow, so will your role, whether that means building out a larger design team, taking the lead on high-impact branding projects, or stepping into creative leadership at the director level. • A fun, collaborative team:You’ll work with people who love what they do and want to see you thrive. Caveat If you've never taken the time to learn how toproperly design and export a file in order to obtain the maximal image quality and resolution, you're definitely not the right candidate for this position. A lead designer should be familiar with how to mitigate jpeg artifacting and creating lossless file conversions, and have a working knowledge on how to deploy prints across a multitude of mediums. Designing for a 10" flyer and a 20' backdrop are not the same. If this wasn't a repeated pain point for us, this paragraph wouldn't exist and we wouldn't have this job opening. Just sayin'. To Apply If you’re a design leader who thrives on collaboration and can turn creative visions into reality, we want to hear from you. Apply now with your portfolio, and let’s make something amazing together. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour Benefits: • 401(k) • Dental insurance • Employee discount • Health insurance • Paid time off • Vision insurance Application Question(s): • Submit a link to your portfolio or email your portfolio to us! Applicants who do not submit a portfolio will not be considered. Email:[email protected] Experience: • Graphic design: 4 years (Required) • Leadership: 1 year (Required) Language: • Spanish (Preferred) Ability to Commute: • Las Vegas, NV 89118 (Required) Work Location: In person