Creative Designer - Performance Marketing

Skyborne Games, Inc.; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote/Hybrid in BC

Vacation

Job summary

Skyborne Games, Inc. is seeking a Creative Designer - Performance Marketing to craft and push creative strategies across Meta, TikTok, Google and Applovin.

This remote/hybrid role collaborates with the Growth Lead to produce video and static creatives for paid campaigns, balancing quality with rapid production in a female-focused mobile market. Starting with a 2‑month contract before transitioning to full-time, the role offers flexible hours, remote or hybrid work in British Columbia, Canada.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years in a marketing design role.
• Strong portfolio of static and video ads.
• Experience with female mobile audience trends.
• Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Ability to balance quality with speed of execution.
• Willingness to explore AI-assisted workflows.

Responsibilities

• Produce motion graphics, edit gameplay capture to optimize for social media advertising including Meta, TikTok and YouTube.
• Craft compelling static ads to drive digital marketing KPIs.
• Iterate on creatives to optimize for marketing metrics.
• Partner with Growth Lead to plan and execute creative testing roadmaps.
• Maintain a balance of creative quality against fast production requirements.
• Explore and establish AI assisted workflows to improve creative hit rates.

Skills

Marketing design

Strong portfolio

Adobe Creative Suite

AI workflows

Team player

Adaptability

Motivation

Attention to detail

Tools

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Unity

Job description

Opportunities to work with our talented and passionate team.

Overview

Skyborne Games (Canada) is an established indie mobile game studio specializing in crafting cozy idle games for female players. Founded by developers from Riot Games, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks Animation in 2015, we are a lean and efficient team where every team member jumps in to collaborate on creating the best player experiences. Our ideal candidate is passionate and ambitious gamer ready to make their mark on performance-driven advertising.

We are looking for a Creative Designer - Performance Marketing to join the Adorable Garden team, where you will design and implement creative strategy across all marketing channels (Meta, TikTok, Google, Applovin). This is a hands‑on role where you will work closely with the Growth Lead to design and create video and static creatives across our paid channels.

All Skyborne team members start on a 2 month contract before transitioning to full-time.

This role is Remote / Hybrid in British Columbia, Canada only. Only candidates located within BC or willing to relocate to BC will be eligible.

Our Values

We like to keep things simple at Skyborne Games. These two core values guide each Skyborne team member.

• Mutual Respect: Making games is hard. Conflicts will arise. We resolve conflicts by respecting the views of each other and finding the best possible solutions.
• Continuous Learning:We afford each other space to try new things, fail and pick ourselves up!

Creative Designer - Performance Marketing

Responsibilities

• Produce motion graphics, edit gameplay capture to optimize for social media advertising including on Meta, TikTok and Youtube
• Craft compelling static ads to drive digital marketing KPIs.
• Iterate on creatives to optimize for marketing metrics.
• Partner with Growth Lead to plan and execute creative testing roadmaps.
• Maintain a balance of creative quality against fast production requirements.
• Explore and establish AI assisted workflows to improve creative hit rates.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of in a marketing designer / marketing motion graphics designer or equivalent role
• Strong portfolio showcasing both static and video creatives, demonstrating a range of marketing creative formats (UGC, Gameplay, Story-Based, Mislead, Meme)
• Innate understanding of trends for the female mobile audience.
• Strong design, color, composition, typography, storytelling and ideation skills.
• Strong intuition on how to balance quality vs speed of execution.
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Willingness to explore AI assisted workflows.
• Team player - You listen deeply to others and communicate clearly.
• Adaptability - Good creatives sometimes require feedback and iteration. You can balance feedback with your vision.
• Motivated - You’re hungry to learn and work diligently to improve your skills.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in video games marketing.
• Understanding of marketing metrics such as CTR, CPM, ROAs, and levers within a creative to improve them.
• Love video games, especially mobile games.
• Knowledge of Premiere Pro, After Effects and Unity.
• TikTok / Instagram with original 2D animated content with 50K+ views.

Why Skyborne?

• Be part of a small, fun and fast paced team.
• Directly contribute to the success of the team.
• Enjoy full transparency and open communication across all team members.
• Growth opportunities in a small but established studio.
• Work fully remote (or hybrid in Vancouver, BC) with flexible hours (core hours 10AM-3PM Pacific Time) and vacations.
• 2 week studio-wide vacation during Xmas.

Application Process

• Submit your resume, cover letter and link to your portfolio to [e-mail]
• Clearly state your current work authorization status in Canada.(e.g. Canadian Citizen / Canadian PR, Work Permit)
• Clearly state whether you are willing to relocate to BC, Canada.
• In your cover letter, briefly list the last 3 mobile games you enjoyed in the past 2 years.