Responsibilities

• In partnership with an ACD/Copy Lead, brainstorm sessions to generate innovative, compelling, and fresh direct mail campaign concepts and content.
• Understand client business needs, receive and translate creative briefs, and oversee the development and execution of brand and retailer-specific direct mail concepts, ensuring adherence to brand guidelines.
• Deliver compelling internal and client-facing presentations in support of existing work as well as new business pitches.
• Take ownership of projects, proactively driving them toward successful outcomes.
• Design on-brand direct mail pieces including formatting and layout, overall look and feel, and logos, graphics, and other design elements that stops people in their tracks.
• Keep projects and teams on-brand, on-brief, and on-time.
• Stay on top of cultural trends, consumer behaviors, and what competitors are up to.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional visual design experience with a specific focus on direct mail campaigns preferably in an advertising agency or in-house marketing team.
• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, graphic design, or a related field; equivalent experience may be substituted.
• Prior experience working in or alongside the automotive industry preferred.
• Experience guiding creative projects and team members from concept to production.
• An understanding of how brands tick and how to make people care about them.
• Excellent conceptual creative and visual storytelling skills.
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) as well as other relevant specialized design tools.
• Ability to translate an existing design language into something fresh and unique.
• Versatile design chops with extensive experience supporting direct mail campaigns for large, national brands.
• An ability to understand, internalize, and develop persuasive, compelling, and on-brand design concepts using existing design language based on client brand guidelines and the audience being targeted.

Benefits

• We offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees.
• Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance.