As we continue to build our creative team, we are looking for a freelance Media Designer who reports into the Senior Art Director to join our in-house art department. The ideal candidate has a strong graphic eye, solid typography and color skills. The ideal candidate will cross collaborate with media, marketing, and our courses / education team to create on-brand, aesthetically pleasing and conceptually sound designs. This person is a self-motivator with discipline and enthusiasm to get work done—someone highly creative and who is interested in telling engaging brand stories through their craft.
Responsibilities:
This position will report to our Senior Art Director and will be working across a wide range of projects including branded content, digital, social, emails and everything in between, across our editorial / branded content business as well as our education business.
The ability to work on high visibility projects under tight deadlines, provide photo retouching and photo selection support.
Partner with Senior Art Director on executing creative for branded partner campaigns from conception to completion, ensuring all deliverables are on-brand.
Participate in creative brainstorm meetings and collaborate cross-departmentally to align design and creative ideas. Create moodboards and present ideas both visually and verbally.
Production: resize and manipulate imagery as needed. Bring a big idea to multiple assets across different media formats. Design and prep artwork for production.
Be involved in photo and video production for editorial and branded content.
Create graphics, email designs, and social advertisements for our courses / education business.
Qualifications/Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Communications or related field.
2-3 years experience in graphic design in digital media companies.
Portfolio demonstrating strong, media-diverse work.
Highly skilled in industry standard design programs including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom. Figma is a plus.
Background and experience in graphic design and photography—must have a good sense of typography, layout, color, photo editing and manipulation.
Familiarity and skills in editorial design and illustration are a huge plus.
Excellent teamwork skills, exceptional project management skills, strong work ethic, and passion.
Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and on multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to manage project workload autonomously.
Awareness and enthusiasm of emerging trends in wellness and design.
Howden Private Clients
BP
AT&T
