Ad Production Designer (Contract, Part-Time)

About Ziplines

Ziplines Education is a category-leading education company that partners with universities to deliver industry-focused certificate courses that prepare professionals for today’s digital-first workforce. Each year, we have the opportunity to help thousands of career advancers build the knowledge, skills, and credentials they need to move their careers forward. 92% of learners would recommend our programs, and our net promoter score is consistently in the excellent range. Together, we empower adult learners to confidently pursue the career they’ve always wanted.

About the Role

Type: Hourly contract

Hours: ~15–25 hrs/week (variable)

Rate: $50–70/hr depending on motion proficiency and experience

Location: Remote

We're a fast-moving growth team running paid social campaigns across 30+ higher education partners. We have a strong creative foundation: brand guidelines, Figma templates, design systems and we need someone to help us produce at scale.

This is an execution-focused role. You won't be starting from a blank canvas. You'll be working inside existing templates and systems, iterating quickly on ad creative, and ensuring every partner's ads are polished and on-brand. If you're the kind of designer who thrives on throughput, precision, and shipping (not debating brand philosophy) this is a great fit.

The role is part-time and hourly with flexible weekly volume. There's room to grow into a bigger motion and video footprint as we expand into Reels and short-form formats.

What You'll Be Doing

Ad Production

• Take creative briefs and produce ad variations across static formats (feed, stories, Reels covers) using existing Figma templates

• Resize, adapt, and iterate on existing ads with new copy treatments, image swaps, format adjustments

• Hit roughly 10–20 ad variants per week

• Adapt master ad templates for 30+ partner brands using a custom Figma plugin (auto-populates brand colors, fonts, logos based on layer naming)

• Review and QA output, adjusting spacing and typography where partner brand rules require it

• Make edits on specific partner variations when requested

Motion/Video (Future state - in coming months)

• Produce simple motion treatments and animated statics for Reels and short-form ads based on creative briefs and templates

• Adapt master ad templates for 30+ partner brands

• Review and QA output, adjusting spacing and typography where partner brand rules require it

• Make edits on specific partner variations when requested

What We're Looking For

Must-haves

• Solid Figma skills not just design, but precision in layer naming, component structure, and file hygiene (automation depends on it)

• Experience producing social media ads, ideally in a performance marketing or agency context

• Comfortable working from a brief that isn't always perfectly specified. You ask the right questions and move

• Fast and organized. You can manage multiple active projects without things falling through the cracks

• An eye for detail on typography and spacing, especially when adapting layouts for different brand constraints

• Motion-capable from day one: comfortable producing simple animated statics and short-form motion treatments for Reels and feed

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Meta ads specifically. You know what a good Reels creative looks like vs. a feed ad

• Familiarity with design ops workflows or multi-brand templating systems

• Comfort working across time zones with overlap into our buying team's hours

To ensure a fair and consistent hiring process, we kindly ask that all applicants submit their applications through our job board rather than reaching out directly via LinkedIn, phone, or email. This helps our recruitment team review every application efficiently and equitably. We truly appreciate your interest in joining our team and look forward to considering your application!

Ziplines, Inc. is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other protected characteristics under applicable law.