The Creative Engineer (Design) is responsible for the execution of design deliverables. These deliverables include creating image assets, resizing display and social media banners, and refreshing digital layouts and templates. The Creative Engineer (Design) works integrated with a larger team and can handle complex digital design projects efficiently under minimum supervision from either a Senior Creative Engineer (Design) or a Creative Engineer Lead; he also handles digital projects independently.

You will

• Independently handles the creation of design deliverables in the following areas: site/app maintenance, image processing, photo retouching, digital advertising and decks template creation. The deliverables include (but are not limited to) layout skinning, layout, red lines, image asset creation, image optimization, image resizes & cropping, photo retouching & photomontage, animated and static online advertising banners and emails, decks and visual guidelines creation, either by creating them from scratch or by following brand guidelines.
• Communicates effectively with design team members, project managers and design leads and clients when required.
• Provides excellent quality assurance on all of his/her deliverables.
• Stays up to date with recent design trends and new technologies.
• Maintains a solid working knowledge of the latest design tools, platforms and technologies in the industry.

You have

• English Proficiency (B2+ reading, writing, and conversation).
• 2+ yrs. Experience in advertising agencies, digital agencies, design agencies, and/or startups.
• Experience working in design teams in the following areas: site/app maintenance, digital marketing, digital animation, email, and print, preferably for international clients and global brands.
• Experience creating assets for digital products.
• Solid understanding of design principles, trends and systems.
• Ability to handle complex digital projects independently.
• Understanding of digital marketing, digital and online advertising.
• Understanding of interactivity, animation principles and best practices.
• Proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Strong knowledge of Keynote, PowerPoint
• Knowledge of After Effects and Adobe Animate.
• Strong knowledge of UI design tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch).
• Strong knowledge of productivity tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook),
• Knowledge of remote collaboration tools (MS Teams, Slack, Zoom, Drive, Box, Paper, Evernote) and workflow management tools (Workfront, Jira, Trello, Asana, Basecamp).
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design Advertising Design or related field or equivalent experience in advertising and/or digital agencies or startups.
• Any certification, course, or training on UX, UI, visual design, design systems, marketing campaigns, business, and/or design thinking.

What We Offer:

• Maternity and parental leave extra days
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• End of year closure days (not deducted form vacation balance)
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts
• And more…

At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.  If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of our employees, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!

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.

The ask stems from our want to:

Strengthen opportunity for continuous learningImprove collaboration and team relationships.Increase employee engagement

This work model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.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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