Life Alive Café - Freelance Graphic Designer [Contract Role]

Graphic Designer is needed in Massachusetts, United States.

Client: Life Alive Café

Location: Massachusetts

Contract: undefined

Job Description

Job Title: Freelance Graphic Designer (Contract)

Department: Marketing

Location: Boston/DC/Virginia/Maryland

Compensation: Variable hours averaging between 12-20hrs per week, Salary is hourly, negotiable based on experience.

About Us:

Life Alive Organic Cafe is the place for positive eating, where enjoying organic, crave-worthy food fuels a life filled with energy, optimism, and simply feeling good. Through each joyful interaction and scratch-prepared dish served in our unique, quick service cafes, we work toward bringing to life our higher purpose to energize the vitality of all living beings and our planet.

The Role: You’ll bring the Life Alive brand to life across a diverse range of marketing materials, including café and event signage, email campaigns, loyalty program assets, menus, promotional offers, flyers, direct mail, website updates, digital asset resizing, and branded merchandise. Working closely with our VP of Marketing, Director of Customer Engagement, Marketing Manager, and Digital & Social Media Coordinator, you’ll help develop and execute creative concepts that capture Life Alive’s authentic energy. You’ll primarily report to the VP of Marketing, collaborating in a dynamic, mission-driven environment where creativity and purpose intersect.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of professional design experience (agency, in-house, or freelance)
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Advertising, or equivalent education and experience
• Strong design skills across print, digital, branding, and merchandise
• Photo retouching and illustration/iconography capabilities
• An appreciation for great copywriting and the ability to integrate it seamlessly with visuals
• Strategic problem-solving abilities and comfort presenting to senior leadership
• Experience managing timelines, priorities, and multiple projects simultaneously
• Print production file preparation experience
• Bonus: A genuine interest in food and wellness!

More Job Highlights

Key Responsibilities:

• Design on-brand materials using Life Alive’s style guide while helping evolve our visual identity to feel modern and aspirational
• Move quickly from concept to execution in a fast-paced environment without sacrificing quality
• Create guest-focused marketing campaigns that resonate and drive engagement

Additional Information

Life Alive is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply. We look forward to welcoming a dynamic leader who will contribute to our mission of energizing the vitality of all living beings and our planet through plant-based cuisine and sustainable practices. We strive to foster a community where all feel welcome, safe, and valued, embracing all differences of age, sexual orientation, gender and its expression, race, culture and ethnicity, national origin, mental and physical health and ability, religious background, marital status, family structure, citizenship, education, and military or veterans’ status.

Life Alive invites you to bring your whole self to work.