We are looking for a Production Designer. Production Designer is responsible for the execution of production design deliverables. These deliverables include creating image assets, resizing display and social media banners, refreshing digital layouts and templates. The Production Designer works integrated with a larger team and is capable of handling complex digital production projects efficiently under minimum supervision from either a Senior Production Designer or a Production Design Lead, also handles digital production projects independently.  

Job located: Costa Rica

You will:

• Independently handle the creation of production 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 production, red lines, image asset creation, image optimization, image resizes & cropping, photoretouching & photomontage, animated and static online advertising banners and emails production, decks and visual guidelines creation, either by creating them from scratch or by following brand guidelines.  
• Communicate effectively with production design team members, project managers and production design leads and clients when required. 
• Provide excellent quality assurance on all of his/her deliverables.  
• Stay up to date with recent design trends and new technologies.  
• Maintain a solid working knowledge of the latest design tools, platforms and technologies in the industry. 

You have:

• Intermediate English Proficiency (B2+ reading, writing, and conversation). 
• 2+ yrs. experience in advertising agencies, digital agencies, design agencies, and/or startups.  
• Experience working in production design teams in the following areas: site/app maintenance, digital marketing, digital animation and print, preferably for international clients and global brands.  
• Proficiency knowledge of UI design tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch). 
• Knowledge of After Effects and Adobe Animate.
• Experience creating assets for digital products. 
• Solid understanding of design principles, trends and systems.  
• Ability to handle complex digital production projects independently.  
• Understanding of digital marketing, digital production 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  
• Strong knowledge of productivity tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook),  
• Knowledge of remote collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Drive, Box, Paper, Evernote). 
• Any certification, course or training on UX, UI, visual design, design systems, marketing campaign, business and/or design thinking.  

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, mentorship, and employee experience possible!  CM 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 learning
• Improve collaboration and team relationships.
• Increase employee engagement

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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