Associate Creative Engineer

Criticalmass; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity and parental leave extra days

Competitive benefits packages

Diversity and Inclusion Board

Internal learning and development programs

Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Job summary

Criticalmass, located in San Jose, California, seeks an Associate Creative Engineer to join its dynamic team. This role emphasizes high-scale digital design while adhering to brand guidelines. The ideal candidate will design artwork that meets specifications for digital delivery and ensures top-notch quality in all aspects of work.

Offering a supportive environment, Criticalmass boasts competitive benefits, including parental leave, vacation days, and a focus on diversity and inclusivity. A hands-on, problem-solving mindset is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-scale production design, especially in an advertising setting.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite for various design projects.
• Knowledge of motion design software like Premiere and After Effects is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely delivery of final files that meet high standards.
• Design artwork for digital media while adhering to brand templates.
• Create and maintain clear design files to support project development.

Skills

Production design experience

Adobe Creative Suite

High-volume design

Attention to detail

Problem solving mindset

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Premiere

After Effects

Keynote

PowerPoint

Job description

As an Associate Creative Engineer, you are skilled in digital design at high scale. You will work with an amazing team of creatives to make sure that artwork is designed at scale according to our client’s brand guidelines. You will take design briefs and key art from the account and creative team, ensuring conceptual creative ideas are designed at scale for digital delivery to market.

This position requires full on-site attendance, five days per week, at the Barreal office (Heredia, Zona Franca Metropolitana).

You will

• Work with internal teams, account and creative to ensure continuity of delivery of final files within agreed timeframes and to high standards.
• Design to pixel-perfection and translate key art into the various resizes and versions required by the digital media buy.
• Become fully ingrained into the brand’s design templates and acting as gatekeeper of brand guidelines.
• Have an understanding of technical limitations that may affect what can be achieved creatively in various media types.
• Build clean creative files to help manifest the development of a working framework.
• Stay up to date on best digital practices for various platforms.
• Help create a detailed template guide to clearly communicate the workings of the system.

You have

• Experience working as a production designer or designer who thrives in high scale output, in an advertising agency, print or design studio.
• Experience with high-volume design.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Working knowledge of motion design in Premiere/After Effects is an asset.
• Working knowledge of Figma/Sketch is an asset.
• Working knowledge of building and editing Keynote & PowerPoint decks.
• A hands‑on, execution driven attitude, turning vision into reality.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Problem solving mindset.

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.
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups.
• Internal learning and development programs.
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts.
• And more.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.