Senior Graphic / Marketing Designer Job at turn in Santa Ana

We are looking for a graphic designer to join our creative team and own the design assets that carry turn across product launches, product education, sales, marketing, retail, and brand, in both digital and print. You'll work alongside our 3D designers, packaging designers, photographers, videographers, and other graphic designers to build cohesive, on-brand work, and take projects from concept all the way to production-ready file.

We are turn. A cannabis brand inspired by Red Bull, Supreme, Off-White, and Poppi.

We are a culture brand, not a commodity one, and the design has to feel like it. This is a high-output, high-standard creative department, and this role is a big part of how people first meet the brand.

One thing up front: this role is for someone with real drive. You take a direction and run with it, you form opinions, and you bring outside-the-box ideas without needing your hand held. If you want a slow, tightly scoped, wait-for-the-brief job, this is not it.

Please read carefully.

Do not apply if you do not have professional graphic design experience in retail, CPG, or consumer products. That is non-negotiable. You must also be comfortable working in-office at our Santa Ana, CA location.

what we don't want.

Do not apply if any of these describe you:

• You do not have professional graphic design experience in retail, CPG, or consumer products.
• Your work is clean and technically correct but has no point of view. Competent is not the bar here. Taste is.
• You wait for a perfectly scoped brief before you start. Here you get a direction and bring the idea.
• You need handholding. You own the quality of your own work and catch the problems before they ship.
• You only design digitally and have never prepped real files for print and production.
• You design static layouts only and have never thought about how work moves or performs in a feed.
• You want remote. This is an in-office creative environment.
• Cannabis as an industry is a non-starter for you. The design is design, but the brand is turn.

who we want.

Someone creative, organized, collaborative, and obsessively detail-oriented, who thrives when priorities shift and projects move fast.

Taste is the bar. We are inspired by Red Bull, Supreme, Off-White, and Poppi, and the work has to live at that altitude: elevated, intentional, and current, not just clean and on-brand. You know why the brands you admire feel the way they do, and you design to that standard. You also think about how the work lives in the real world and in the feed: on a shelf, in an unboxing, in a scroll. You design for motion and social, not only static layouts.

You are fluent in the fundamentals: typography, layout, composition, color, and hierarchy. You design across both digital and print and can carry a project from concept to production-ready file without someone cleaning up behind you. You see the spacing that's off by a few pixels, the padding that breaks visual trust, the hierarchy that collapses clarity. Alignment, scale, rhythm, and balance are the work, not afterthoughts.

You use AI to move faster and sharpen the work, not to replace your own eye. You can show how it makes you more efficient: more directions explored, quicker mockups, faster iteration, with the taste and the final call still yours. And you take strong creative direction from an opinionated, founder-led team while still bringing bold ideas of your own. Ego stays out of the work.

the work itself.

You create the design assets that support new product launches, campaigns, sales, retail, and brand, from first concept to final delivery.

That includes:

• Product launch and campaign assets across digital and print.
• Product education that makes features, benefits, and differentiators obvious at a glance.
• Sales and marketing materials: email, SMS, website and web banners, digital advertising, retail marketing, sales presentations and sell sheets, promotional materials, events and trade shows, in-store displays and retail collateral, social, and every channel in between.
• Social-first and motion-aware assets that perform in-feed and in-culture, not just static layouts.
• Adapting and repurposing concepts across formats, dimensions, and platforms without losing the idea.
• Production-ready files for both digital and print.

You'll hold visual consistency across every brand and marketing touchpoint, collaborate with the creative and marketing teams from idea to execution, work cross-functionally with the 3D, packaging, photo, and video specialists, sit in creative reviews and take feedback without ego, and juggle multiple deadlines without letting the details slip.

what you need.

• Professional graphic design experience in retail, CPG, or consumer products (ideally 4+ years).
• A portfolio of shipped, in-market work with your specific role on each project clearly attributed. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.
• Taste and brand sensibility calibrated to elevated, culture-forward brands.
• Formal education or professional training in graphic design, marketing, or a related field.
• Strong command of design fundamentals: typography, layout, composition, color, and visual hierarchy.
• Experience designing for both digital and print applications, including production-ready files.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• You use AI to work more efficiently, and you can demonstrate how. It should sharpen and speed up your process, not replace your craft or your judgment.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to hold brand consistency.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working in-office at our Santa Ana, CA location.

Strongly preferred:

• Motion design and social-first, animated content (After Effects or similar).
• Experience designing for retail shelves and physical print at scale.
• Luxury, fashion, streetwear, or high-end CPG experience.
• Apparel and collectible design experience.
• Experience in the cannabis or hemp industry.

compensation.

• Salary: $80,000 to $105,000, depending on experience.
• Health and dental coverage, and standard PTO.

a note from the founders.

We started turn in 2021 to change how people see cannabis. Red Bull, Supreme, Off-White, Poppi. Experience first. Design is how that vision meets the world, and this role is a big part of making it look and feel like turn everywhere it shows up.

If you execute, you earn trust, scope, and room to grow.

turn is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants regardless of background, identity, or experience. All employment with turn is at-will in accordance with applicable state law.

Please do not apply if you do not have professional graphic design experience in retail, CPG, or consumer products.