Graphic Designer II

About Raw Engine Media

Raw Engine Media is a full-service automotive marketing and production company built for the performance aftermarket. We create branded content, campaigns, and commercial work for brands that live and breathe horsepower — from tires and wheels to full vehicle builds. Our team is small, fast, and obsessive about craft. If you know the difference between a Flat Six and an LSX without Googling it, you'll fit right in.

The Role

We're looking for a seasoned Graphic Designer II with serious automotive instincts — someone who's spent years designing for car brands, aftermarket parts companies, motorsports, or enthusiast media and can deliver agency-quality work without hand-holding. You'll work alongside our Creative Director and production team to design across digital, print, social, packaging, and broadcast deliverables for performance aftermarket clients.

This is not a junior role. You should be able to take a creative brief, interpret a brand system, and come back with polished, presentation-ready work.

What You'll Do

• Design print collateral, POP displays, and large-format graphics — trade show booths, banners, signage, packaging, and retail merchandising for automotive and aftermarket brands
• Create digital campaign assets across web, social, email, and display advertising
• Produce original vector illustration — technical product art, badging, apparel graphics, and custom artwork built clean in Illustrator
• Design logos, brand identities, and style guides from concept through final lockup
• Execute high-end photo manipulation and compositing, especially vehicle and product imagery — retouching, cutouts, environment swaps, and finished key art
• Prep flawless production-ready files for print vendors and large-format output: dielines, bleeds, color separation, and prepress
• Build pitch decks and client presentation materials that sell creative concepts
• Collaborate with photographers, videographers, and editors to maintain visual consistency across deliverables
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and hit deadlines in a fast-moving production environment

What You Bring

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or a related field.
• Background: 5+ years of professional design experience, including at least 3 years specializing in automotive design and brand backgrounds (such as motorsports, powersports, or performance aftermarket).
• Automotive-Focused Portfolio: A strong body of work showcasing automotive projects—think wheels, tires, parts, vehicle builds, racing, or enthusiast brands.
• Software Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite, with Illustrator and Photoshop as your daily drivers, plus InDesign for layouts and collateral.
• Illustration & Branding: Strong vector illustration skills (you can draw original artwork, not just arrange stock assets) and proven logo/identity design experience with real shipped examples.
• Photo Editing: Advanced retouching, compositing, and manipulation skills, especially with vehicle imagery.
• Print Production Know-How: Deep familiarity with dielines, color separations, prepress, and large-format/POP specifications.
• Core Design Skills: Strong fundamentals in typography, layout, and composition that meet high agency standards.
• Industry Fluency: A genuine understanding of car culture and enthusiast audiences, ensuring your work feels authentic rather than generic.
• Autonomy & Collaboration: Self-directed approach—you ask the right questions upfront and then execute smoothly without needing constant supervision, while easily taking feedback, iterating quickly, and defending your creative choices with solid reasoning.

Nice to Have

• Motion graphics experience (After Effects, basic animation)
• 3D or rendering experience (Blender, Cinema 4D, KeyShot)
• Vehicle wrap and livery design experience
• Familiarity with trade show environments (SEMA, PRI)
• Video Editing

Pay: From $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience launching new products for brands - elaborate?
• Do you have Automotive Brand Experience - if so, elaborate.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Agency: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person