Creative Designer Strategist

This is a remote-based position

The Creative Designer Strategist will work to concept and design creative elements ranging from display ads, animated graphic elements, to video. The designer must have experience designing advertising elements for both social media platforms and display channels. Additional work to build out creative visions for white glove accounts and RFP’s will also fall under this role. An ability to share a creative vision with clients in meetings and sales pitches will be expected in this role. Analyze current campaign creative to suggest optimizations and adjustments to boost effectiveness and performance.

What you'll be doing:

• Work directly with customers, both in person and remotely, to fully understand their needs and objectives.
• Create digital design solutions that meet clients’ needs and objectives.
• Present polished creative solutions to clients and sales team and promote their value in meeting the stated goals.
• Coordinate with sales team and ad ops to develop creative timeline and deliverables to support the success of the overall campaign.
• Maintain strict adherence to established deadlines and turnaround times.
• Cultivate and maintain collaborative, productive relationships with design colleagues, local media group staff and advertising clients.
• Review current client creative and provide optimizations and feedback to enhance performance.

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Minimum two years’ related advertising design experience, preferably in an advertising agency environment.
• Demonstrated foundational knowledge of advertising sales strategy and current digital and print display creative products.
• Proficiency with multiple design types including, social media, digital display, email, web.
• Ability to work collaboratively and creatively with others to solve problems and deliver superior customer service.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Teams, Outlook, Sharepoint, Excel and Word required.
• Experience and proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and InDesign proficiency required; Animate and Premier experience preferred).
• Proficient with video editing software such as Adobe Premiere.
• Experience with HTML5 platforms and WordPress preferred.
• Excellent presentation and persuasion skills with experience presenting and promoting designs and solutions to stakeholders (including sales reps, clients, etc.).
• Ability to recommend effective creative strategy and produce high quality comprehensive creative designs in a timely manner that supports the overall campaign goals.
• Ability to communicate directly, and as part of a team, with clients to assess and understand marketing needs at both a broad campaign level and with specific attention to creative needs.
• Ability to quickly learn and use new technology, including web-based applications.