Social Media Designer
Tonic3 is looking to hire a Social Media Designer for one of our Fortune 500 clients. We re looking for a social media subject matter expert to join the in-house creative agency and design and deliver a great user experience across multiple platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented designer to have their work seen by thousands of people across the US!
Location: Hybrid (3 days in office) from one of the following locations:
New York City, NY
Charlotte, NC
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Jacksonville, FL
St. Louis, MO
Atlanta, GA
Wilmington, DE
Schaumberg, IL
Salary: $85,000 - $95,000
Salary varies by location and experience.
The key characteristics of this position are:
- Social Media SME - Using marketing, graphic design, and social media knowledge to create engaging content for social media platforms.
- Innovative Designer Applying a rich background of design fundamentals in creative ways to elevate our deliverables.
- Client Advocate Approaching projects with the needs of the internal client partner at the front of mind.
- Continuous Learner / Influencer Curious and constantly learning design trends/enhancements that set our digital communications apart.
- Collaborative Partner Partnering with internal team members to drive creative thought and with client partners to harness insights and develop solutions that are best for the customer and align with our client's mission.
- Brand Strategist Maintaining a keen eye and strategizing the most effective methods of implementing brand guidelines to ensure a consistent look and feel that promotes our client's core principles.
Position Overview: The primary responsibility of our client's creative team is to provide their client partners with innovative and visually appealing creatives that adhere to brand guidelines, our client's central messaging, and ADA compliance.
What You'll Do:
- Creating and managing visual content for social media platforms and designing various deliverable types (i.e. landing pages, e-mails, web banners, interstitials, print inserts) in keeping with our client's mission and values and the customer experience in the forefront.
- Utilize social media and design tools, including Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and HTML/CSS.
- Follow current social media trends and innovations for new planning.
- Owning creatives throughout the lifecycle of the job (from concept through release).
- Implementing comprehensive guidelines into deliverables to ensure 100% ADA compliance.
- Brainstorming in a team setting to continually improve creative application and overall procedure.
- Collaborating with client partners to achieve strategic, innovative, and digitally driven communications.
- Reflecting core principles of curiosity and boldness in your approach to projects and demonstrating a determination to achieve a successful conclusion.
- Presenting your work during internal reviews and client presentations, providing sound research, and citing best practices to explain your architecture, design, and interaction decisions.
Who You Are:
- 5+ years of experience as a Visual / Graphic Designer with a strong background in social media design and marketing.
- A BA or higher in design or a related field.
- Experience creating and managing visual content for social media platforms (i.e. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok).
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud: especially After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
- A proven history of design fundamentals (including typography, color theory, brand adherence, and critical thinking about creative application).
- Knowledge of ADA compliance as it pertains to digital deliverables.
- Strong presentation skills and the ability to clearly and effectively discuss projects.
- Successful experience partnering with internal clients and external developers.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to keep track of multiple concurrent job statuses (experience with workflow tools is a plus), meet project deadlines, and adhere to a process calendar.
- Ability to successfully communicate and collaborate with local and remote team members.
- Mac literacy.
- Must have a rich, online portfolio website of previous work.
- Must have agency experience.
Feeling a little unsure if you ticked all the boxes? No worries, my friend! Your unique skills and experiences are truly valuable. So why not take the leap and apply anyway if this opportunity excites you? We are rooting for you!
Why Join Us?
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid Vacation, Sick Time, Holidays
- Equipment provided
- A great learning environment and a substantial training budget for you to develop.
- A chance to learn about cutting-edge projects including VR/AR and work with some of the best User Experience and Insights leaders anywhere.
- Multicultural and horizontal team that always has your back.