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Visual Designer
role at
Tavern Research
Location:
Chicago, IL (or remote for extremely well‑qualified candidates)
Office:
3 days/week in South Loop office
Reports to:
Client Delivery Lead
Starting Salary:
$87,000-$106,400 and equity
About Tavern Research Tavern Research is a political tech startup that builds tools and insights to help our customers win elections and make better decisions. We specialize in scaling expert human work, like content generation and survey research. We're a venture‑backed, mission‑driven, fast‑moving, mostly technical team focused on supporting winning campaigns.
About You You’re a creative Swiss army knife — skilled at video production, but versatile across visual design. You're part editor, part designer, part systems thinker. You spot what’s off, fix it, and build the process that prevents it from slipping again. You like clean lines, clear logic, and work that tells a clear story.
You’re scrappy and motivated, ready to grow in a role. You think about templates, file organization, and how to scale good creative judgment. You like building repeatable systems that still leave room for taste.
You’re fluent in design and editing tools and fast at incorporating feedback. You thrive under deadlines, take critique well, and know how to elevate something from good to great. Experience in political or policy spaces is a plus, but what matters most is your ability to communicate complex ideas visually and clearly.
About the Role This is a hybrid role that blends video editing, graphic design, and slide deck development, with a core focus on refining and elevating machine‑generated content. You’ll work across Tavern’s visual output — ads, websites, decks, campaign materials, and internal docs.
You'll collaborate with research and strategy, working within our delivery team to transform data and messaging into sharp, compelling visual communications. You’ll partner with our Client Delivery Lead and communicate directly with clients about scope, timelines, and technical constraints.
You’ll help build the creative systems we rely on for our core business: defining aesthetic standards, developing templates, organizing file libraries and b‑roll, and strengthening the company's overall visual backbone.
In short, you’re part designer, part editor, part systems builder. You set the creative standard, uphold it across every project, and build the processes that help the whole team reach it.
Responsibilities
Edit and refine machine‑generated and assembled videos, graphics, and layouts, adding human judgment and polish.
Design and refine visual materials across ads, websites, decks, memos, campaign deliverables, and internal communications.
Develop and maintain templates, design systems, and repeatable frameworks that help the team produce high‑quality creative quickly and consistently.
Build, organize, and maintain our creative asset libraries.
Create original data visualizations, diagrams, and graphics that translate research findings into clear visuals for clients.
Collaborate with researchers and strategists to bring polling, content‑testing results, and messaging insights to life visually.
Define and uphold Tavern’s aesthetic standards for ads, decks, and videos.
Leverage AI to automate and improve creative consistency and speed.
Manage quick‑turn creative needs while contributing to longer‑term system building and infrastructure improvements.
Communicate with Client Delivery Lead and clients around project scope, timelines, limitations, and revisions.
Ensure all creative deliverables meet Tavern’s quality bar and support our mission.
Qualifications
2+ years of experience in video production, visual design, or similar creative roles.
Strong video editing skills using Final Cut, Premiere, or comparable tools.
Proficiency with design and presentation tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, or PowerPoint.
Comfortable using AI tools in creative workflows.
Strong instincts around layout, typography, visual hierarchy, and overall design quality.
Comfortable communicating with clients and managing expectations around scope, timelines, and revisions.
Able to collaborate with technical engineers to inform product decisions, troubleshoot limitations, and translate design needs into actionable feedback.
Scrappy, resourceful, and independently driven, with a strong desire to grow and try new things.
Experience developing templates, style systems, or scalable design frameworks.
Bonus: experience in political, advocacy, or other fast‑paced, high‑stakes environments.
No degree required.
Benefits
Premium health insurance
Unlimited PTO
Office closed for all federal holidays
401k match
Equity
Seniority Level Entry level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries Research Services
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Visual Designer
role at
Tavern Research
Location:
Chicago, IL (or remote for extremely well‑qualified candidates)
Office:
3 days/week in South Loop office
Reports to:
Client Delivery Lead
Starting Salary:
$87,000-$106,400 and equity
About Tavern Research Tavern Research is a political tech startup that builds tools and insights to help our customers win elections and make better decisions. We specialize in scaling expert human work, like content generation and survey research. We're a venture‑backed, mission‑driven, fast‑moving, mostly technical team focused on supporting winning campaigns.
About You You’re a creative Swiss army knife — skilled at video production, but versatile across visual design. You're part editor, part designer, part systems thinker. You spot what’s off, fix it, and build the process that prevents it from slipping again. You like clean lines, clear logic, and work that tells a clear story.
You’re scrappy and motivated, ready to grow in a role. You think about templates, file organization, and how to scale good creative judgment. You like building repeatable systems that still leave room for taste.
You’re fluent in design and editing tools and fast at incorporating feedback. You thrive under deadlines, take critique well, and know how to elevate something from good to great. Experience in political or policy spaces is a plus, but what matters most is your ability to communicate complex ideas visually and clearly.
About the Role This is a hybrid role that blends video editing, graphic design, and slide deck development, with a core focus on refining and elevating machine‑generated content. You’ll work across Tavern’s visual output — ads, websites, decks, campaign materials, and internal docs.
You'll collaborate with research and strategy, working within our delivery team to transform data and messaging into sharp, compelling visual communications. You’ll partner with our Client Delivery Lead and communicate directly with clients about scope, timelines, and technical constraints.
You’ll help build the creative systems we rely on for our core business: defining aesthetic standards, developing templates, organizing file libraries and b‑roll, and strengthening the company's overall visual backbone.
In short, you’re part designer, part editor, part systems builder. You set the creative standard, uphold it across every project, and build the processes that help the whole team reach it.
Responsibilities
Edit and refine machine‑generated and assembled videos, graphics, and layouts, adding human judgment and polish.
Design and refine visual materials across ads, websites, decks, memos, campaign deliverables, and internal communications.
Develop and maintain templates, design systems, and repeatable frameworks that help the team produce high‑quality creative quickly and consistently.
Build, organize, and maintain our creative asset libraries.
Create original data visualizations, diagrams, and graphics that translate research findings into clear visuals for clients.
Collaborate with researchers and strategists to bring polling, content‑testing results, and messaging insights to life visually.
Define and uphold Tavern’s aesthetic standards for ads, decks, and videos.
Leverage AI to automate and improve creative consistency and speed.
Manage quick‑turn creative needs while contributing to longer‑term system building and infrastructure improvements.
Communicate with Client Delivery Lead and clients around project scope, timelines, limitations, and revisions.
Ensure all creative deliverables meet Tavern’s quality bar and support our mission.
Qualifications
2+ years of experience in video production, visual design, or similar creative roles.
Strong video editing skills using Final Cut, Premiere, or comparable tools.
Proficiency with design and presentation tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, or PowerPoint.
Comfortable using AI tools in creative workflows.
Strong instincts around layout, typography, visual hierarchy, and overall design quality.
Comfortable communicating with clients and managing expectations around scope, timelines, and revisions.
Able to collaborate with technical engineers to inform product decisions, troubleshoot limitations, and translate design needs into actionable feedback.
Scrappy, resourceful, and independently driven, with a strong desire to grow and try new things.
Experience developing templates, style systems, or scalable design frameworks.
Bonus: experience in political, advocacy, or other fast‑paced, high‑stakes environments.
No degree required.
Benefits
Premium health insurance
Unlimited PTO
Office closed for all federal holidays
401k match
Equity
Seniority Level Entry level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries Research Services
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Tavern Research by 2x.
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