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Are you a talented graphic designer who’s passionate about bringing great creative ideas to life? Do you pride yourself on creating stunning designs that captivate and engage audiences? Are you a systems thinker who can both build a brand and wield it?
Cool, because we’re looking for a Designer like that to join our creative studio at SimpsonScarborough.
Duties / Responsibilities
- The Designer brings conceptual thinking and original ideas to the brand and campaign work our creative team delivers.
- You’ll work closely with our talented and growing team of designers, copywriters, and Creative Directors while collaborating with brand strategists, media planners, research analysts, project managers, and account leaders at SimpsonScarborough — all of whom share your passion for developing effective brand communications that solve problems for our clients.
On any given day as a Designer at SimpsonScarborough, you will:
- Design brand experiences for a wide range of creative products, including media campaigns, social media content, printed materials, environmental branding, and graphics.
- Support the design production needs of existing brand identities that our team has developed for clients.
- Infuse brand activation work with infectious creative energy and ‘off-the-beaten-path’ experiential ideas.
- Create presentations for the creative team that help sell the underlying idea of a brand or campaign concept to the client and stakeholders.
- Learn new skills, concepts, programs and features as needed to keep yourself and the creative team as competitive in the industry as we all want to be.
- Maintain a broad curiosity about culture and the ‘creative industry’ at large, with a focus in new and emerging media — social, video, etc.
Qualifications
- 2-5 years of experience of relevant design experience in Branding/Digital/Advertising; creating both digital (web + social) and print materials.
- A two- or four-year degree in Graphic Design, Communication, Design, Fine arts, or a related field.
- Highly proficient with design software including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), PowerPoint, and Figma.
- Ability to sketch, visualize and communicate storylines and concepts (animation skills are a BIG plus).
- A competitive portfolio of design work (brand systems and campaign concepts) with examples of real-world project outcomes.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and escalate deviations and changes when appropriate.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and, at times, stressful environment.
- Comfortable collaborating with remote project teams nationwide.
At SimpsonScarborough, we believe diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are central to our core values, cultural norms, and critical to our long-term success. We believe this work is a continual effort that requires consistency, intentionality, vulnerability and accountability for ourselves and others. Through our efforts we strive to make impact in our work, in our workplace and in our industry.
SimpsonScarborough is an equal opportunity employer. We have a strict anti-harassment policy and a no tolerance non-discrimination policy. We welcome employees of all backgrounds regardless of nationality, race, religion, gender identity, veteran status, and all characteristics protected by state and federal law.