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Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

Senior Creative, Brand Designer

MO · Remote

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

Senior Creative, Brand Designer

OH · Remote

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

Senior Creative, Brand Designer

UT · Remote

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts Corporate

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Vail Resorts

$100K/yr

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual ...

Nen Creative

Brand Designer

New York, NY · Remote

About Nen Creative Nen Creative is an interdisciplinary studio helping tech startups launch bold ... Now we're looking for a Brand Designer to lead the creation of bold, modern brand identities and ...

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Senior Creative, Brand Designer

Senior Creative, Brand Designer

Vail Resorts

Minneota, MN • Remote

$100K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement

Posted 9 days ago

Vail Resorts rating

6.8

Company rating: 6.8 out of 10

Based on 154 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

17th of 47 rated entertainment

Job description

Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!

Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).

Job Summary:

As a Senior Creative, Brand Designer, you will define how our brands look and feel across the Vail Resorts portfolio. Design is how our brands are experienced. We care deeply about craft, visual language, and details that make ideas feel distinct, consistent, and worth remembering. This role goes beyond executional design. You lead visual systems, shape concept development, and ensure our brands show up with clarity, consistency, and creative distinction across channels, seasons, and guest touchpoints. 

You are a conceptual, systems‑minded creative who understands how modern brands express themselves visually. You know how design, art direction, and experience work together to tell a story, reinforce strategy, and elevate the work.  You bring ideas to life through strong visual concepts and know how to push them across every touchpoint with intention. Execution matters, but your impact comes from how you think, lead, and connect ideas through design. 

Job Specifications:

  • Starting Wage: $ 88,868.83 - $100,000.00 + Annual Bonus
  • Employment Type: Year Round  
  • Shift Type: Full Time hours available 
  • Minimum Age: At least 18 years of age  
  • Housing Availability: No  

Job Responsibilities:

    • Lead visual direction and brand design for Brand Centers of Excellence. 

    • Define and evolve visual design systems and look‑and‑feel frameworks that scale across channels. 

    • Concept and execute original, on strategy creative across digital, email, paid media, OOH, social, video, experiential, and physical environments. 

    • Develop and lead visual concepts that anchor campaigns, experiences, and brand moments from idea through execution.  

    • Translate briefs and business objectives into clear visual and conceptual direction. 

    • Develop mood boards, comps, and visual narratives that clearly articulate creative intent. 

    • Help shape both long-term and seasonal brand design in partnership with creative leadership. 

    • Work in close partnership with a Copywriter and Associate Creative Director to lead ideas from concept through execution, collaborating with designers, producers, account teams, and external partners along the way. 

    • Lead art direction for photo and video shoots, including pre-production, on-set direction, and post-production guidance. 

    • Present work with confidence, clarity, and a strong strategic point of view. 

    • Use visual storytelling to align partners and stakeholders around creative direction. 

    • Provide guidance to freelance designers and art directors to ensure consistency, quality, and brand standards. 

    • Stay culturally curious and visually fluent, bringing inspiration from art, design, media, culture, and technology into the work. 

    • Contribute to a high bar, collaborative creative culture. 

    • And, of course, find inspiration in the mountains. 

    What You’ll Bring 

    • Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to lead ideas visually, not just execute them. 

    • Mastery of art direction, design, typography, and visual storytelling across channels. 

    • Ability to develop and steward brand design systems that balance consistency with flexibility. 

    • Clear understanding of holistic, multi‑channel marketing and integrated brand ecosystems. 

    • Ability to bridge strategy and execution with confidence and clarity. 

    • Strong visual judgment and cultural fluency around relevance, tone, and audience context. 

    • Comfort guiding creative conversations and presenting work to partners and stakeholders. 

    • Ability to manage multiple projects, feedback, and timelines in a fast‑moving environment. 

    • Collaborative mindset with a strong point of view on creative quality. 

    • Ability to serve as a visual authority and thought partner within the creative team. 

    • Experience leading creative direction across multiple touchpoints, from campaign concepts to production execution. 

    Qualifications 

    • 7+ years of experience in art direction and design, agency and/or in-house environments. 

    • Exceptional conceptual, visual, and executional design skills. 

    • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and industry standard creative tools. 

    • Understanding or ability to learn AI tools that streamline creative development. 

    • Experience working across integrated campaigns, brand systems, and multiple channels. 

    • Familiarity with project management and creative proofing tools 

    • Portfolio demonstrating conceptual leadership, visual excellence, and a proven ability to develop and scale brand and campaign design systems. 

    Must include a link to an online portfolio of work to be considered. 

The expected Total Compensation for this role is $ 88,868.83 - $100,000.00 + Annual Bonus. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.
 

Job Benefits

  • Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
  • MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Excellent training and professional development

Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:

  • Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
  • Free ski passes for dependents
  • Critical Illness and Accident plans

Vail Resorts offers a ‘Hybrid’ work environment where employees living within 50 miles of the Broomfield office work on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and have flexibility to work off-site on Mondays and Fridays.  Employees living outside of a commutable distance can work remotely from British Columbia, Washington D.C., and the 16 U.S. states* in which we currently operate. This includes: California, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Please note that the ability to work in person or off-site, and the particulars related to such work, are subject to change at any time; and, accordingly, the Company reserves the right to change its policies and/or require in-person/in-office work or off-site work at any time in its sole discretion. 

In completing this application, and when submitting related documentation, applicants may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, and/or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. 

We follow all federal, state, and local laws including restrictions on child/minor labor. Minors hired into this position will not be asked or permitted to engage in any activities restricted to adult workers.

Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID  515022
Reference Date: 04/22/2026 
Job Code Function: Marketing  

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