Senior Interactive Designer

Kargo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kargo Commerce is seeking a Senior Interactive Designer to work with the Ad Design team in London, driving visually stunning social ad campaigns and user-centered design solutions.

You will design and animate assets, maintain brand guidelines, and mentor junior designers while collaborating with account managers to realise big ideas for mobile campaigns in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional design or motion graphics experience.
• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, XD/Figma, After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro.
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Portfolio demonstrating user-centered design across mobile, social, branding, advertising, video.
• Passion for social media, ad technology, innovation, and UX.
• Experience in mobile advertising preferred.
• Ability to mentor junior designers.
• Strong attention to detail and high standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and animate paid social ad assets.
• Research and maintain brand guidelines for clients.
• Collaborate with Client Service Managers to bring ideas to life on mobile.
• Lead client brainstorms and creative meetings when requested.
• Own a function as a go-to design resource for the New York team.
• Mentor and manage lower level designers.
• Execute quick-turnaround design requests.
• Develop mocks and prototypes of innovative ideas.
• Design and execute pre-sale ad campaign mocks.
• Be a subject-matter expert on a specified function.

Skills

User-centered design

Communication skills

Leadership / mentoring

Video editing

Attention to detail

Tools

Photoshop

XD/Figma

After Effects

Illustrator

Premiere Pro

Google Apps

Microsoft Office

Job description

• As a Senior Interactive Designer for Kargo Commerce you’ll report directly to the Associate Director of Commerce Ad Design, and work as part of their team, in some cases managing or working alongside Designers and Ad Design Interns
• Design & animate visually stunning and cutting-edge paid social ad campaign assets
• Employ a user-centered design to create intuitive design solutions
• Research and maintain brand guidelines for clients
• Collaborate with Client Service Managers through internal brainstorms & discussions to bring big ideas to life on the mobile screen
• Adhere to Kargo’s ad unit best practice standards in all campaign output
• Proactively develop ongoing knowledge base of new technologies and products and identify needs and opportunities for additional advertising products
• Contribute to product ideation with mocks & prototypes of innovative ideas
• Design & execute pre-sale ad campaign mocks
• Lead and participate client brainstorms & creative meetings when requested
• Be a subject-matter expert–own a specific function based on the current needs of the organization–you’ll be one of the go-to design resources for the New York team
• Act as a mentor and manager to lower level designers and help to promote their growth
• Execute on quick-turnaround design requests from other departments

Experience using Google Apps and Microsoft OfficeExpert proficiency of Adobe Creative Suite applications - Photoshop, XD/Figma, After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere ProExcellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills; the ability to explain your design decisions clearly and persuasivelyMobile advertising experience is highly preferredExcellent visual design talent, with a pixel-level eye for detailPortfolio featuring user-centered design solutions; that may include mobile, social, branding, advertising, video and animation workPassion for social media, ad technology, innovation and user experienceComfortable in a high-growth, fast-paced environmentHighly experienced with video editingAbility to manage work autonomously, multi-task, and meet fast-evolving deadlines with a curiosity and passion for building rich, new ad experiences5+ years professional experience executing graphic design and/or motion graphicsBe highly organized and adhere to team processes and asset management systemsGet it done attitude without compromising qualityPeople management experienceHave a strong attention to detail and high personal standards of work