Designer

The Designer is responsible for the execution of visual design deliverables while actively contributing to the successful implementation of design solutions for marketing/communication campaigns and digital experiences that benefit people and clients. By creating design deliverables and solutions that align strategic direction and user needs, providing support to other team members, having passion for design and keeping high standards, the Visual Designer contributes to project success, client satisfaction and to strengthen our creative culture.

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You Will:

• Create storyboards, mood-boards, initial visual concepts, design layouts, photo-retouching, illustrations for digital, functional design solutions, site grids and UI demos under Design Lead supervision.
• Contribute on visual design projects in the following areas: Print, Marketing Campaign, Social Media, Motion and Illustration.
• Provide reliable quality assurance on all visual design deliverables. Anticipates issues and flags situations that might impact quality or delivery success.
• Participate in calls and client meetings, handles IM and e-mail communication. Presents work during internal presentations.
• Communicate effectively with design team members, project managers and design leads.
• Think creatively and justify concepts to team members and Design Leads.
• Understand and apply the design thinking cycle to projects when appropriate.
• Balance strategic development with client objectives.
• Stay up to date with recent design trends and new technologies.
• Build and maintain a rapport with creative team, project managers and developers.

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You Have:

• 2+ yrs. experience in advertising agencies, digital agencies, design agencies, and/or startups.
• English proficiency - B2+.
• Experience working with design teams in at least 2 of these areas: on print, visual design, digital marketing, social media, illustration and motion areas, preferably for international clients and global brands.
• Solid understanding of interactivity and animation principles and best practices.
• Solid understanding of visual design principles, trends, and systems.
• Solid understanding of UX principles, trends and theory.
• Understanding of digital marketing, online advertising and business strategy concepts.
• Experience creating user interfaces for digital products.
• Knowledge in Storytelling.
• Extensive knowledge of FIGMA
• Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other Adobe Creative Suite products
• Solid knowledge of Keynote, PowerPoint, After Effects.
• Understanding of Firefly and other Gen AI Image tools.
• B2B experience is a plus.
• Comfortable on the iOS environment.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with After Effects and Motion Design to create engaging visual assets.

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly._

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