Overall really disappointing experience with a major red flag. I interviewed for a designer role in San Francisco and after interviewing with a total of 8 people and presenting a brochure assignment and being told I was doing really well throughout the process by the HR recruiter who shared the benefits package with me after my final interview and checked in between interviews too many times, I was given a BAIT AND SWITCH and asked to take an associate role with less pay despite my ~5 years of design experience. The recruiter was full of air and couldn't exactly tell me why I was being asked to take a lower role. When I finally got a response about what the actual difference between an associate and a designer is, I was told "we delegate projects based on bandwidth not title" which didn't make any sense at all. What's the point of the title exactly? I mean I was pretty gobsmacked by how this turned out. I was truly excited about the company beforehand but after this, wouldn't recommend them at all. To add to this, not a single designer, associate, or manager I spoke to during this process sounded excited about the projects they are working on. Everyone seemed stressed out and uninspired which isn't surprising when you consider that they are designing variations of the same black and white monograms, flyers, and brochures for agents all day. I had to follow my gut and walk away from the demoted offer. They seem like they don't value their 100+ designers (a number I was told during my final interview) and there seems to be some chaos within the organization. The SF office is very subpar as well, I was surprised by that. It's across from Adobe's HQ and has ZERO windows. It felt very basement-like.