Graphic Artist - Motion - Special Projects

Responsibilities

• Create polished, effective creative for print, digital, social, video, branding, campaign, and multimedia needs.
• Design print ads, digital display ads, paid social graphics, short-form video assets, animated creative, billboards, direct mailers, email graphics, presentation materials, campaign visuals, and other marketing assets.
• Develop or support agency-level creative, including logos, brand identity materials, company stationery, branded collateral, packaging concepts, product design assets, signage, glossy magazine layouts, newsprint layouts, outdoor advertising, and promotional print products.
• Interpret direction from clients, sales teams, customer support, and internal stakeholders, even when the brief is incomplete.
• Turn limited input into finished creative that is clear, professional, on-brand, and aligned with the client's business goal.
• Use strong design judgment around typography, hierarchy, layout, color, imagery, composition, branding, messaging, and call-to-action placement.
• Design with performance in mind, including audience behavior, message clarity, mobile-first layout, visual hooks, readability, and conversion-focused calls to action.
• Create platform-ready social and digital creative for channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, display networks, email, and landing page environments.
• Support motion, video, animation, and HTML5-style creative, including reels support, storyboards, video thumbnails, title cards, end cards, animated display ads, and short-form content assets.
• Adapt creative across multiple formats, sizes, platforms, and media types while maintaining consistency and quality.
• Create production-ready files that meet print, digital, prepress, vendor, platform, and brand requirements.
• Apply print production knowledge across glossy publications, newsprint, direct mail, billboards, signage, packaging, and other printed materials.
• Use AI-assisted tools to support creative ideation, image exploration, layout variation, production efficiency, versioning, and workflow improvement.
• Review AI-assisted outputs carefully to ensure final work is accurate, original, brand-safe, legally appropriate, and professionally finished.
• Collaborate with sales, customer support, creative leads, production teams, and external customers to clarify needs, resolve issues, and improve final creative output.
• Communicate professionally and confidently with internal and external customers.
• Present and explain creative decisions to internal teams, sales partners, and external clients when needed.
• Manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Review creative for accuracy, quality, spelling, grammar, brand alignment, image quality, technical specs, and overall effectiveness.
• Apply accessibility-minded design practices, including legibility, contrast, hierarchy, mobile readability, and inclusive digital design standards.
• Stay current on design trends, digital advertising practices, social media

Additional Information

designIQ is a full-service creative, design, and pre-media group supporting internal and external partners across print, digital, social, video, branding, campaign creative, imaging, and ad production services. Our work ranges from high-volume production to agency-level creative solutions. That includes print and digital advertising, social media creative, short-form video, logos, brand identity systems, company stationery, branded materials, direct mail, billboards, packaging, product design, glossy and newsprint products, campaign assets, and other custom creative needs. We're looking for a senior-level multimedia designer who can do more than execute a request. This person should be able to understand the business need, interpret limited direction, ask the right questions when needed, and deliver polished creative that looks professional, works across channels, and supports the client's objective. Role Summary: The Multimedia Designer III is responsible for creating high-quality, finished creative across print, digital, social, video, branding, campaign, and multimedia channels. This role requires strong design judgment, production knowledge, creative problem-solving, and the ability to work comfortably with internal teams, sales partners, and external clients. The ideal candidate can move between quick-turn production work and more thoughtful, agency-level creative. This person should be able to design a polished print ad, create a social campaign, develop logo concepts, build branded materials, support billboard creative, prepare direct mail pieces, assist with packaging or product design, create digital campaign assets, and contribute to short-form video or motion-based creative. The Multimedia Designer III should also be comfortable using AI-assisted creative tools to improve speed, ideation, versioning, image exploration, and production efficiency while maintaining strong human judgment, originality, brand integrity, and quality standards.

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