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Sparks · 3 days ago

Graphic Designer

Washington, DC

Contract

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Proactively understanding and gaining knowledge of our brands, target audiences and competitor activities.

Develop creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the Creative Director and other Senior Designers and Copywriters.

Collaborate with the Loyalty, Enterprise and Brand marketing teams along with other members of internal creative studio to understand business objectives, marketing objectives and creative needs to support a variety of direct response marketing campaigns. Liaise with internal stakeholders to interpret creative briefs.

Develop compelling creative solutions across omni-channel touchpoints with a customer-first lens.

Responsible for graphic design and direction, seeing all projects through from concept, design, production, completion and delivery.

Present and provide business rationale for creative ideas to our internal stakeholders for approval and development.

Evolve, revise or redevelop advertisements or campaigns in response to feedback from the Creative Director, or internal stakeholders.

Assist the team with day-to-day production requests, including image selection and reformatting creative for various channels.

Balance multiple projects successfully to meet deadlines and collaborate across multiple stakeholders with different priorities.

Work closely and collaboratively with the ACD, Art Director and design/production team on all creative projects. Personally work on graphic development.

Adhere to brand identity standards and guidelines, while helping to inform the evolution and extension of the visual identity.

Interact with ACD/Art Director/Copywriter to develop creative concepts and executions.

Work closely with project manager to keep all projects on track.

Present design work at various stages to stakeholders for review and final approval.

Use campaign performance data to understand the effectiveness of campaigns and apply key learnings to future campaigns

Stay current on industry trends, particularly in the digital and social space; share ideas and recommendations for innovating new templates and design approaches

Qualification

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MarketingBusiness objectivesDirect response materialsBanner adsSocial mediaLanding pagesPrint collateralAdobe suiteProject managementResizing artStyle guidesBrand identityRich mediaOnline advertisingSocial trendsDigital technologiesProblem solvingHard workingCommunicationCollaborativeCreativeOrganizationalPositive attitudeInterpersonalAnimation & Video productionSupervision of junior designersCreativityInterest in trends

Required

Strong portfolio showing a range of experience, concepts, and visual styles.

Minimum of 5 years relative Design experience, preferably in a design firm, advertising or in-house creative department

Experience working with a marketing department, understanding of business objectives and ability to find creative solutions to help achieve objectives

Knowledge of design fundamentals, & messaging hierarchy

Experience working on direct response materials and designing for a range of marketing channels including email, banner ads, social, landing pages, print collateral

Ability to develop/present/pitch creative ideas

Strong working knowledge of Adobe Suite.

Ability to process and produce multiple projects in a short time frame- resizing art/layout accordingly to specs

Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously under the pressure of deadlines.

Strong communication skills with the ability to work in a team environment

Strong creative, organizational problem solving

Experience developing rich media and other forms of online advertising

Must be able to apply style guides creatively while upholding brand identity

Have a strong interest in social and cultural trends and emerging digital technologies

Strong attention to detail. Self-starter. A positive attitude and a collaborative personality.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Experience working at a creative agency.

Preferred

Animation & Video production experience is a plus.

Experience supervising junior designers is a plus.

Have an interest in popular culture, new trends, and styles.

Company

Sparks

Sparks is a digital experiential marketing agency that specialize in creating connection.

Founded in 1919

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

501-1,000 employees

https://wearesparks.com/

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