Product & Brand Designer

About Patent Awards

For more than 33 years, Patent Awards has specialized in recognizing innovation through custom Intellectual Property awards and services for corporations, law firms, universities, and inventors around the world. Our products celebrate the ideas, patents, and achievements that help shape industries and improve lives.

As a small, family-oriented business with a global customer base, we combine craftsmanship, creativity, and exceptional customer service to deliver meaningful recognition experiences. We take pride in producing high-quality awards using a variety of materials and fabrication techniques, while continually seeking new ways to improve our products and services.

At Patent Awards, we value teamwork, open communication, continuous improvement, personal accountability, and a willingness to embrace new ideas. Every member of our team plays an important role in helping us deliver exceptional products and experiences to our customers.

Unlike many larger organizations, our employees have the opportunity to make a visible impact. Ideas are welcomed, creativity is encouraged, and team members often contribute across multiple areas of the business. We believe the best solutions come from people who are willing to learn, collaborate, and take ownership of their work. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to see your work move from concept to finished product while helping shape how our company presents itself and serves customers around the world.

About The Role

We are looking for a proactive and versatile Product & Brand Designer who enjoys both digital and physical creation. This role blends marketing design, custom client artwork, product development, and the creation of sales tools that help our products and services stand out.

You’ll design everything from product sell sheets, brochures, catalogs, and social media graphics to custom proofs and new product concepts, while also having the opportunity to test and refine those ideas using our in-house equipment and fabrication processes.

Beyond executing requested projects, we’re looking for someone who can identify opportunities, improve how we communicate visually, and take ownership of developing creative assets that support our sales team and overall business growth.

This is a great fit for someone who enjoys variety, creative ownership, problem-solving, and the opportunity to work beyond the screen in a customer-focused small business environment.

Key Responsibilities

Brand, Marketing & Sales Support

• Create sales tools and visual assets that clearly communicate product options, materials, features, and capabilities
• Help improve how products and services are visually presented across marketing and sales channels
• Collaborate with sales and leadership to develop effective presentations, sales proposal visuals, and customer-facing resources
• Design and maintain product sell sheets, brochures, flyers, catalogs, social media graphics, and other customer-facing marketing materials
• Maintain visual consistency across branding, marketing, and product presentation materials

Custom Artwork & Customer Proofing

• Create custom artwork, proofs, mockups, and layout concepts based on customer requests
• Collaborate with the sales team to translate rough ideas or customer direction into polished visual concepts and production-ready artwork
• Prepare clean vector artwork and organized production files for manufacturing
• Manage revision-based custom work while maintaining quality, accuracy, and attention to detail

Product Design & Development

• Refresh and evolve existing product offerings into new styles, applications, and configurations
• Develop new product concepts using available materials, fabrication methods, and production capabilities
• Design with manufacturing in mind, balancing creativity with production realities and material constraints
• Explore new ideas, materials, finishes, and applications that support future product growth

Collaboration & Production Awareness

• Work closely with production to ensure designs translate effectively into finished products
• Gain hands-on familiarity with fabrication processes including UV printing, laser etching, and sandblasting
• Participate in prototyping, testing, and sample creation as needed
• Contribute ideas and identify opportunities to improve visual communication, product presentation, and workflow efficiency

What We’re Looking For

• A self-starter who can manage priorities independently and move projects forward without constant direction
• Someone who understands how visual presentation directly impacts sales, customer perception, and product understanding
• Strong design skills with the ability to create clear, polished visual assets that effectively communicate products, services, and ideas
• Someone who takes initiative to identify opportunities and improve how products, services, and information are visually presented
• Ability to take rough ideas, customer input, or general direction and quickly turn them into effective visual concepts and finished assets
• Someone who can balance creativity with real-world constraints including materials, production methods, timelines, and business needs
• Interest in physical products, materials, fabrication processes, and how things are made
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and consistency across multiple projects and deliverables
• Someone who is comfortable wearing multiple hats and switching between marketing, product, and customer design work as needs arise
• A collaborative mindset with a willingness to contribute ideas, solve problems, and support both marketing and product efforts
• Someone who enjoys figuring things out, improving systems, and building better ways to present products and ideas
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications
• Experience with CorelDRAW & Corel PHOTO-PAINT (not required, will train)

Helpful Experience

• Hands-on experience with UV printing, lasers, sandblasting, or similar production processes
• Experience with basic photography, capturing product photography or basic visual content for marketing or sales use
• Prior experience working with custom client requests, proofs, or revision-based design work

Minimum Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating relevant design work or creative projects
• Experience creating visual assets using design software (Adobe Creative Suite preferred)
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work independently
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work full-time in-office in Warsaw, Indiana

Preferred Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in graphic design, marketing design, product design, or a related creative field
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Industrial Design, Visual Communications, or related field OR equivalent professional, freelance, personal, or portfolio-based experience
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Familiarity with CorelDRAW, fabrication processes, or production workflows
• Experience creating customer-facing materials, proofs, catalogs, or sales support assets

This is a full-time, in-office position located in Warsaw, Indiana and offers:

• $18.00 to $21.00/hour starting wage based on experience, skills, and qualifications
• Full time, in-office (40 hours/week)
• Flexible weekday schedule Monday-Friday with no evenings or weekends
• Medical, dental, and vision Insurance
• Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Monthly sales-based incentive opportunity
• Opportunity to make a direct impact in a collaborative small-business environment where ideas are valued and creativity is encouraged

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, applicants should submit a resume and portfolio showcasing relevant design work through Indeed.

Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Language:

• English (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Warsaw, IN 46582 (Required)

Work Location: In person