Production Designer, Creative Lab

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$75K/yr – $93K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end creative production across digital channels, then scale with templated workflows and AI-accelerated asset creation, while maintaining brand integrity through QA and production discipline.

  • Own end-to-end production and on-brand creative across digital, social, paid, email, and presentation channels.
  • Build scalable design systems, templated workflows, and HTML5 assets to speed up campaigns without sacrificing craft.
  • Coordinate with Art Directors and Production Leads to flag issues early and push for output quality across platform specs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute high-quality, on-brand creative assets across digital, social, paid media, email, and presentation channels, building from established concepts, templates, and brand systems with precision and care.
  • Design and animate paid social and digital assets across platform-specific placements, applying strong fundamentals in layout, typography, hierarchy, spacing, and visual consistency throughout all production work.
  • Resize, adapt, version, and scale campaign creative across formats, specs, and aspect ratios — maintaining design integrity from original concept to final file.
  • Support dynamic creative, design systems, and templated production workflows that allow campaigns to scale efficiently.
  • Build and traffic HTML5 display banner ads to platform specifications for Google, Meta, and programmatic channels, with a solid understanding of animation, file weight, and technical requirements.
  • Leverage AI tools and generative workflows to accelerate asset creation, explore visual options, and expand production capacity without sacrificing craft.
  • Partner closely with Art Directors, Designers, and Production Leads throughout the process — flagging inconsistencies, raising quality concerns, and contributing ideas that strengthen the final output.
  • Maintain organized, well-structured file systems and asset libraries through consistent naming, archiving, and versioning that makes the whole team faster.
  • Manage a high volume of concurrent projects with clarity and accountability, proactively communicating timelines, progress, and risks that could affect delivery.
  • Incorporate feedback and revisions quickly and thoughtfully, treating iteration as part of the process.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.
  • 2–4 years of experience in an agency, in-house creative studio, or brand environment, with a proven track record of executing high-quality digital production work at volume.
  • A portfolio demonstrating strong design fundamentals, meticulous attention to detail, and experience producing assets across digital channels — including work built within brand systems and templates.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, After Effects) and Figma, with the ability to work quickly and accurately across all tools. Experience with Celtra or similar creative automation platforms is a plus.
  • Working fluency in AI-powered production tools — including Adobe Firefly, Photoshop Generative Fill, and image generation — with the ability to accelerate production and expand creative options within established brand systems.
  • Experience animating, developing, and trafficking HTML5 display creative, with a solid understanding of file weight, animation timing, platform specs, and QA best practices.
  • Strong command of digital ad production requirements across Meta, Google, TikTok, and programmatic platforms — including sizing, format, and technical spec compliance.
  • Exceptional attention to detail — you catch what others miss and take pride in delivering work that is accurate, consistent, and production-ready.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-moving environment without compromising quality or missing deadlines.
  • Strong communication habits — you keep stakeholders informed, ask clarifying questions early, and escalate proactively when something is at risk.

Preferred

  • Celtra or similar creative automation platforms is a plus.

Benefits

  • We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work.
  • Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI
  • Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams
  • Generous paid vacation policy
  • 401k match program
  • Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners
  • Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs
  • Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan
  • Sabbatical program
  • Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program
  • Shenanigan’s Day
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Ovative Group

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Ovative Group is a digital-first media and measurement firm that is transforming the measure of marketing success. Our team of marketing experts does the hard work to drive measurable performance and surpass expectations - fostering a trusting environment with each other and our clients. Our offerings include Paid and Owned Media Services, Omni-Channel Measurement, and Strategy Consulting. We combine our deep industry expertise and proven processes with an innovative new marketing metric, Enterprise Marketing Return, to measure and optimize marketing efforts across all channels. We are currently hiring for roles across the organization at Ovative, including those at our headquarters in Minneapolis, New York and Chicago offices, and remote. Visit our website to learn more!

Founded in 2009
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
548 employees (169 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
94% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
10.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.3%
Direct
52.5%
Referral
6.9%
Social
7%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~548

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
150 (27% of company)
Median Career Experience
6 years
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

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