Senior Visual Designer Role - FULL TIME

Are you an experienced visual designer with a passion for creativity and innovation? Can you think big picture and concept fresh ideas, while also sweating the details and taking a hands-on approach when it comes to production? If that sounds like you, we'd love to chat. We're in search of a dynamic individual to join our growing team as a full-time Senior Visual Designer. If you have a passion for creative problem solving and no task is too big or small, we want to hear from you.

Designerds has an immediate opening for a highly skilled and organized Senior Visual Designer to join our team. You must have agency or equivalent in-house experience to be considered for this position.

This is remote position, open exclusively to candidates residing in Mexico.

About the Opportunity

As a Senior Visual Designer at Designerds, you'll be working on a variety of design tasks, including production design, digital design (involving web and UI/UX), corporate identity, marketing/advertising, and product design as we serve clients in a myriad of diverse industries. You should have strong graphic design and layout skills, with an understanding of industry-standard communication design principles.

Print and packaging design experience is a plus.

You’re an expert observer — always noticing the details in life, learning about the world around you, and using the art of noticing to solve problems. You care about the work you do and its resonance. You’ll actively contribute to the design of our team culture and style, and the work we produce.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop effective, on-brand, and on-strategy creative including (but not limited to): concepts, sketches, storyboards, wireframes, final digital assets (i.e. landing pages, banners, graphics, packaging renders, resized assets, social media graphics, banner ads, illustrations, simple animations/GIFs). Deliver consistently high-quality design to delight our clients

• Collaborate with project managers and relevant Designerds team members to fulfill client needs and deliver exceptional design.

• Communicate directly with client teams and Designerds coworkers in a clear, professional, and timely manner via Slack, email, and video conferencing.

• Work autonomously and as part of a project team to complete daily design requests.

• Create detailed documentation of client design specifications.

• Be comfortable with evolving project requirements and shifting priorities.

• Be proactive in keeping current with design trends and technologies to ensure high-quality deliverables, including AI technologies.

• Utilize Keynote, G-Slides, and PowerPoint to create exceptional deck content used in pitching concepts, supporting speaker presentations at events, and internal case studies and retrospectives.

• Generate illustrations including but not limited to: emojis, iconography, and infographics for both digital and print applications, with knowledge of technical delivery best practices.

• Create simple motion graphics and animations (2D).

• Conduct photography searches and execute complex editing and retouching.

• Apply a solutions-oriented mindset to daily tasks and demonstrate strong creative problem-solving abilities.

• Possess excellent communication skills, including interfacing with clients.

• Collaborate with project managers on new projects and take direction from Creative and Art Directors.

• Follow creative briefs and brand guidelines to accomplish client-requested design work according to best practices.

• Explain and support technical decisions for design work, and present to both internal stakeholders and clients.

• Participate in constructive critiques and collaborative brainstorms.

• Package projects for handoff to teammates for final delivery.

• Research new design strategies, technologies, and software, staying up to date on latest trends and best practices.

Required Experience & Skills

• 4+ years of experience as a visual designer in a Creative Agency, In-House Design Team, or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, preferably in Art, Graphic Design, or related field.
• Proficiency in standard design tools: Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, Keynote and PPT.
• Proficiency in basic video editing and animation using After Effects.
• Proficiency in or willingness to learn and adopt AI tools and technologies.
• Ability to clearly present design ideas, concepts, and projects, and to constructively receive design instruction and criticism.
• Attention to detail with the ability to self-QC work, accurately estimate expected time to complete tasks.
• A strong understanding of social media and other digital platforms.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills; strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to speak/hear clearly in video conference (Zoom/Google Meet).
• Organization and time management with the ability to balance multiple simultaneous projects quickly and efficiently.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team including Project Managers, Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, and Designers.
• Familiarity and use of company software including but not limited to: Slack, ClickUp, and G-Suite.
• A design portfolio is REQUIRED for consideration.

Project Scope & Compensation

This is a full-time position. Specific project engagements will vary based on client needs and internal projects. Compensation will be a competitive annual salary based on experience and qualifications, commensurate with a full-time Senior Visual Designer role.

About Designerds

Founded in 2014 in San Francisco, CA, we now work 100% remotely with great success, and have team members located throughout North and South America.

We’re not your typical creative agency. We embed our agency-trained creatives directly within in-house teams, already onboarded and prepped with all the particulars of the brand and internal processes before work is begun. This saves our clients time and bandwidth getting contractors up and running, alleviates burnout, and allows for continuous coverage of production needs — no more downtime when vacations, illness, or the unforeseen occur.

Why join us?

We have a lot to offer. Here are but a few of our perks:

• A friendly, inviting work environment with easygoing, collaborative teammates.
• Really, truly 100% remote.
• Flexible time-off / Holiday policy.

Designerds is an equal opportunity employer.

All applicants will be considered without attention to ethnicity, appearance, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Join us in shaping the future of design!