VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and design agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified and independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world’s most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike and IBM.

Senior Designer

As the embodiment of design thinking, you bring ideas to life, extending visual language into functional mediums. You turn clients’ stories, visions, and voices into something tangible and real. With the strength of your conceptual thinking, your creations show us how problems can be solved, simplified, and then go on to succeed. You’ve got the whole form/function thing down pat, and you’re down to join a team that embraces Design in everything they do.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assist with the creation of visual designs, typography, visual concepts, logos, and icons.
Brainstorm creative concepts with the project team and help develop original campaigns.
Integrate ideas across multiple mediums including TV, print, and digital.
Ideally, you will get direction and run with it. We look for self-starters, go-getters, and other hyphenated-type characters.
Sell your work—not just to clients, but to your peers and colleagues, too.
Working on projects and assignments in accordance to established timelines and project briefs and expectations

QUALIFICATIONS:

4-7 years of proven experience in the agency space.
A bachelor’s degree in Design or a portfolio school education focused on Design/art direction.
You're an expert in Figma.
You’re a conceptual creative problem solver, strategically applying ideas across all channels.
Bonus: you have a strong interest and/or experience specific to print production and packaging.
You are collaborative, hardworking, adaptable, with strong initiative.
You are rational but innovative.
You have a naturally curious mind and a passion for applying pixel-perfect design to creative concepts.
You’re ready to spitball and spit-shine ground-breaking ideas with a phenomenal, hardworking group of people.
You’re receptive to constructive feedback, a quick learner and continuously looking for ways to grow.
No huge egos. Or even medium-size egos. In fact, no ego is better. Okay maybe like a teeny-tiny ego (because you ARE human after all*).
You are, right? You must be human. That is definitely a requirement.

Chicago Estimated Salary Range

$60—$80 USD

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Chicago Estimated Salary Range 60 - 80 USD

About the company

VSA Partners is a strategy and creative agency that blends consumer insights and data with human-centered design to create measurable brand experiences. It combines strategy, branding, advertising, data science, and technology, delivering tailored programs through project-based engagements or long-term partnerships. By integrating these capabilities under one roof and collaborating through the Meet The People network, it offers customized solutions aimed at delivering clear business outcomes for global brands. Its goal is to help clients grow their business and strengthen creative leadership through accountable, data-driven programs.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1982

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

FactSet launched VSA's February 2026 Fluent in Finance campaign, showing active enterprise demand.
VSA's August 2026 May Shek hire expands strategy leadership in New York.
VSA published fresh September 2026 thought leadership, signaling ongoing client-facing momentum.

What critics are saying

Client concentration around FactSet, Google Cloud, Nike, and Chime drives utilization risk.
Glassdoor reviews describe annual layoffs, signaling recurring cost cuts and unstable staffing.
Losing one major retainer could trigger layoffs and permanently shrink VSA's platform.

What makes VSA Partners unique

VSA combines branding, advertising, data science, and technology under one roof across three cities.
Its 40-year reputation includes Google, Nike, IBM, and FactSet campaign work.
May Shek joined in August 2026, sharpening strategy for human-centered, market-speed consulting.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Professional Development Budget
Performance Bonus

Company News

Ads of Brands

Aug 19th, 2026

VSA Partners welcomes May Shek as Associate Partner, Head of Strategy.

VSA Partners welcomes May Shek as Associate Partner, Head of Strategy. Aug. 19, 2026 VSA Partners, a leading brand strategy and creative agency, is proud to welcome May Shek as Associate Partner, Head of Strategy. Shek brings over 18 years of brand and campaign strategy experience and will continue to drive VSA's commitment to building brands and campaigns that break through. Her career spans New York and Hong Kong, with work in brand architecture, marketing strategy and product innovation for organizations in financial services, technology and healthcare. In her most recent role, she served as founder and CEO of Boundless, a consulting agency dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations turn strategy into action. Anne-Marie Rosser, CEO said: "May has spent her career solving complex problems in brand architecture, positioning and campaign strategy. We've worked alongside her for years in a contractor capacity and are thrilled to have her join VSA as our new head of strategy. May is someone our teams and clients already trust, and her ability to move from brand strategy to creative and campaign strategy at market speed will sharpen how we build brands that break through." Shek said: "I am beyond excited to join the strategy team at VSA. This role pulls together the things I care about most: digging into hard strategic problems, building teams and helping organizations make real change. I've always believed good strategy is equal parts humanity and rigor, and getting to do that alongside people I already like and respect is kind of the dream. I can't wait to learn from you and build something together." Outside her agency work, Shek uses her passion for strategic design to educate the next generation of strategists and designers by serving as an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute, where she teaches a course on transformation design. She also serves on the New York leadership team for Women in Innovation, a nonprofit that exists to inspire and advance women as changemakers and leading voices in innovation. Shek joined VSA in early August and is based in the agency's New York office.

Crain Communications

Mar 12th, 2025

People on the Move

VSA Partners has appointed Susan Pfeifer as Head of Operations.

Little Black Book (LBB)

Nov 19th, 2024

Boring Office Worker Has All the Facts in Factset Spot

FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has partnered with Chicago-based creative agency VSA Partners to unveil a second round of spots in its 'Not Just the Facts' campaign.

MarComm News

Oct 26th, 2023

EdgeCore Unveils New Brand Identity

VSA Partners, a strategy and creative agency, recently announced the launch of new brand identity work for client EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure.

Reel Chicago

Oct 9th, 2023

Early cancer detection for firefighters is focus of new campaign

DetecTogether has joined forces with the Chicago-based creative and strategy agency, VSA Partners, to launch its "Response Time Matters" campaign aimed at a high-risk demographic - firefighters.

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