Senior Social Media Designer - Chicago, IL

You Will

• Produce highly creative and strategic design solutions that will appear on various social channels.
• Create and approve artwork, and ensure the brand integrity is maintained
• Act on a number of rush requests that require design, animation, image preparation, and other tasks specifically tailored for social media channels
• Actively participate during brainstorm and strategy meetings with cross-functional teams
• Occasionally coordinate with Print, Photo, and Video teams so creative is aligned from conception to completion
• Coordinate closely Project Managers to work within established timelines and budgets, and strategize workflow
• Be involved in all aspects of creative production including: generating ideas to portray concepts; creating and refining those concepts; applying layout techniques, creating high fidelity prototypes, illustration of icons or infographics, animation in gif or video format, and other related tasks
• Support the Social Team in developing solutions for complex design challenges, coordinating with developers while performing visual QA; and provide solutions so project needs are delivered within appropriate deadlines
• Attend meetings with clients to workshop, understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and target audience, and obtain approval by presenting layouts, story-boards, animations, etc.
• Proactively maintain Brand Standards by utilizing the Brand Center and regularly meeting with the Brand team
• Maintain a strong understanding of color usage and design hierarchy as it pertains to ADA compliance
• Coordinate with Legal team, revise any designs with legal implications

You Have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA) emphasis on digital design
• 5 to 8 years working in a digital design role in a cross-functional team environment to produce effective results
• An understanding of technology and how it impacts design
• Experience with new media tools in a large corporate environment
• Expertise with developing creative specific to social media channels
• A Portfolio highlighting social media creative work
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Expert knowledge of design applications, including Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Animate, After Effects, and Sketch
• Desire to learn Spark AR