The posting
Job Description:
Miller Electric is building an internal creative team capable of producing world-class work for one of the most respected brands in welding. That means moving beyond reactive task execution and becoming a trusted creative partner to the business.
The Graphic Designer creates thoughtful, distinctive, and highly accurate work across print, digital, environmental, and campaign applications. This person must care equally about the strength of the idea and the quality of the execution. Good work is not finished until it communicates clearly, supports the business objective, reflects the Miller brand, and is technically ready for its intended use.
We are looking for a designer who is curious, accountable, receptive to feedback, and motivated to continually improve. This person should bring energy and passion to the work while remaining dependable, mature, and composed when timelines tighten or priorities change. This is an onsite position located in Appleton, WI.
How We Work
Our goal is not simply to make things look good or complete a list of requests. We expect every member of the creative team to:
- Understand the purpose, audience, and business objective before beginning the work.
- Ask why, challenge assumptions respectfully, and bring a recommendation—not only a question.
- Take ownership of the outcome from initial concept through final delivery.
- Communicate the true status of work and raise risks, missing information, or deadline concerns early.
- Treat feedback as part of the creative process and separate personal ego from critique of the work.
- Maintain professional composure and a solution-focused attitude when projects become difficult.
- Care about typography, hierarchy, imagery, spacing, consistency, production details, and every element that affects quality.
- Respect brand, legal, compliance, and production requirements while still pursuing original creative solutions.
- Share information, help teammates, and contribute to a positive, accountable team environment.
- Stay curious about our products, customers, markets, competitors, culture, and the broader creative industry.
- Bring passion and enjoyment to the work without sacrificing focus or discipline.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop creative concepts and finished designs for campaigns, product launches, catalogs, brochures, sales materials, trade shows, environmental graphics, packaging, presentations, digital content, and other brand applications.
- Translate creative briefs, business objectives, audience needs, and brand strategy into effective visual communication.
- Develop work that feels specific to Miller, its customers, and its markets rather than relying on generic design solutions.
- Apply established brand standards consistently while using sound judgment to determine when a project requires a new or adapted solution.
- Present design recommendations clearly and explain the reasoning behind creative decisions.
- Prepare accurate, production-ready files for print and digital use, including dimensions, bleeds, safe areas, links, resolution, color modes, typography, and output settings.
- Review and preflight every deliverable before release to identify errors, inconsistencies, and production risks.
- Manage multiple projects, maintain accurate status, and communicate changing priorities or concerns early.
- Incorporate feedback constructively and demonstrate that lessons from one project have been applied to the next.
- Collaborate with marketing partners, business divisions, printers, vendors, agencies, and other creative team members throughout development and production.
- Maintain organized working files, packaged final files, and clear handoff documentation.
- Help improve templates, workflows, asset libraries, and production processes.
- Develop a working knowledge of Miller products, customers, markets, channels, and the welding industry.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Three or more years of professional graphic design experience preferred.
- A portfolio demonstrating strong typography, composition, visual hierarchy, brand application, and production execution.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- Strong understanding of print production, file preparation, color management, image resolution, bleeds, and vendor handoffs.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments, establish priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering accurate finished work.
- Ability to receive direct feedback professionally and use it to improve the work.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting an established consumer, industrial, manufacturing, or business-to-business brand.
- Experience with catalogs, trade-show graphics, packaging, environmental graphics, or other complex print applications.
- Experience working with outside printers, production vendors, agencies, photographers, or illustrators.
- Familiarity with digital design, presentation design, asset-management systems, and project-management platforms.
- Genuine interest in products, customers, and the environments in which the brand is used.
What Success Looks Like
- Work is consistently thoughtful, distinctive, brand-appropriate, and production-ready.
- Projects move forward with clear status, realistic commitments, and early escalation of risks.
- Design decisions reflect the audience, business objective, channel, and Miller brand.
- Deliverables require less corrective review because details are addressed before release.
- Feedback produces visible improvement across future projects.
- Files and handoffs are organized so teammates and vendors can use them without avoidable rework.
- The designer develops a strong creative point of view while remaining collaborative and open to direction.
- The designer strengthens the team through reliability, curiosity, accountability, and a genuine commitment to excellent work.
Portfolio Required: A portfolio is required and must be submitted with your application. It should demonstrate strong concept development, typography, art direction, visual systems, and finished execution across multiple applications. Please include a portfolio URL or PDF with your application. Applications submitted without a portfolio will not be considered.
ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
