Sr. Graphic Designer

Senior Graphic Designer, Store Creative Team

We’re a nimble, high-energy Creative Team that thrives on strategy, innovation, and top-tier execution. We collaborate closely, think big, move fast, and deliver work that earns trust—and wows both our business partners and pet parents. Our mission? Become the go-to in-house team that turns creative ideas into real business impact.

You design with energy, curiosity, and a sharp eye for detail. With a strong sense of visual storytelling, you know how to bring words and imagery together to create meaningful, on-brand work. You’re tuned into creative trends and comfortable working across both digital and print formats.

As a Sr Graphic Designer, you’re a go-to collaborator who partners closely with designers, copywriters, and marketers to create compelling visuals that move fast and make an impact. You handle multiple projects with ease and deliver with speed and consistency.

You take feedback with a growth mindset, adapt quickly, and always keep the bigger picture in mind. You're not just checking boxes—you’re thinking strategically and pushing the work to be better.

You’re fluent in Adobe Creative Suite and Mac OS, and you know your way around file prep, formatting, and production.

You’re proactive, resourceful, and ready to grow. Whether collaborating with a team or working independently, you show up with ideas, enthusiasm, and a commitment to delivering high-quality creative—every single time.

Oh—and you love pets. Like, really love pets. You bring that same passion to the work because you know that when PetSmart wins, our furry friends do too.

Who do you report to?

Creative Senior Manager, Store

Responsibilities

• Concept, design, and execute for all PetSmart in-store intiatives across multiple platforms including but not limited to: signs, fixtures, presentations, printed materials.
• Carry out Visual Design Strategy through PetSmart’s brand identity and guidelines to execute engaging creative.
• Work collaboratively with fellow team members and clients to produce creatively sound solutions.
• Be a trustworthy and reliable teammate.
• Be super quick on your feet, thrive under tight deadlines and high-pressure situations to produce amazing work that is consistently on-brand.
• Proactively and bravely provide insight to new technology and design trends.
• Create and manage all-sized projects and prioritize multiple requests at any given time. Strive to hit all deadlines, beating them wins you bonus points!
• Build strong relationships, effectively communicating with other designers, CDs, VP, project managers as well as clients.
• Present/sell your work while clearly addressing the creative reasons for your design decisions.
• Demonstrate advanced understanding of the creative objectives and needs of internal clients.
• Handle post-production photography work as needed. Have a good grasp on how photography works into your design through choosing the right shot, cropping for the space and telling the best possible story.
• Contribute to all stages of creative process: from concept, through execution and some production, to delivery of final files.
• Proactively bring new and well-designed ideas to the forefront to elevate and expand our brand message.
• Ideate and execute with little oversight and iterate on your work based on feedback from creative leadership and stakeholders. Options win!
• Understand communication to your peers, your manager and Creative Ops is a mandate for success.

Required Skills and Experience

• Sr Graphic Designer/Art Director with 6+ years professional design experience
• BS/BA in graphic design or related field. Not required, but preferred. Your experience, energy, passion, collaboration and portfolio are what we’re most focused on.
• Well versed in industry-standard creative applications: Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office applications. Some experience in print & production is a plus.
• Must have an amazing portfolio that shows extreme talent in typography, layout, use of photography and color, and exceptional creativity across all platforms.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills. Meet commitments and demonstrate excellent follow-through.
• Retail experience a bonus.
• Experience working in a project management software a huge plus.
• Exhibit professionalism, flexibility and composure under stressful situations.
• Work fast and under pressure.
• Strategic and critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive individual with a positive, energetic attitude.
• Ability to take feedback and act upon it with urgency and positivity.
• Experience working with Brand Guidelines and Creative Briefs.