Freelance Senior Designer

We Are Social; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global offices access

Snack-friendly culture

Travel opportunities

Job summary

We Are Social is seeking a Freelance Senior Designer to join our team. You’ll act as a strategic visual powerhouse, bridging client strategy with flawless execution and crafting nuanced stories for social audiences.

You will guide brands by staying ahead of social trends, collaborating with a large team, and delivering high-quality design across campaigns and platforms. This role thrives on fast pace and bold ideas.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in design, motion, or editing with a strong portfolio.
• Ability to lead and mentor within a fast-paced team.
• Expert-level mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and advanced motion/video workflows.
• Comfortable collaborating across departments and presenting to clients.

Responsibilities

• Contribute strategically to large-scale campaigns with nuanced design aligned to brand goals.
• Present ideas to clients and translate feedback into actionable tasks for the team.
• Manage multiple projects with high quality under tight timelines.
• Defend design choices with senior leaders while respecting budget and scope.

Skills

Strategic storytelling

Mentoring

Brand storytelling

Client presentation

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Gemini for Google Slides

Job description

We Are Social is looking for a Freelance Senior Designer to join our growing team! This role is responsible for being a strategic visual powerhouse and mentor within the team. You bridge the gap between high-level client strategy and flawless creative execution, crafting nuanced, sophisticated visual stories that solve complex business challenges. Most importantly, the work you create demonstrates your strong social media craft and gets people talking. WE ARE A creative agency powered by social connections. That means we thrive on what’s trending and creating campaigns that get people buzzing. We call it “Ideas Worth Talking About,” and we're proud to have played a part in some of the most culturally relevant campaigns of the decade for brands like McDonald’s, Adidas, Universal Studios, and YouTube.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE

• We like to laugh, we live for celeb gossip and we’re great on AUX
• Our passport program lets you explore and work from one of our 18 other offices worldwide, including Paris, Singapore, Madrid, Dubai, London and more
• You best believe we know how to celebrate our wins. And our losses (it’s how we learn)
• From carbon offsets to community kitchens, we’re passionate about making a difference
• Did we say snacks? Because we have great snacks (Shoutout to Sheila who keeps the kitchen stocked)

YOU ARE

• A person who thrives in a fast-paced environment, responding quickly and proactively
• Not interested in just following trends – you want to create them
• A self-starter, who’ll take ideas from concept to execution, navigating feedback like a pro

What matters is your deep understanding of what resonates with social audiences. This role is energetic, innovative and forward-thinking. Alongside engaging with communities, you’ll guide brands by staying ahead of social trends and cultural moments. In return, you’ll join a global agency dedicated to generating buzzworthy ideas for some of the world’s leading brands.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Contribute strategically to large-scale campaigns, ensuring that every design choice is nuanced, sophisticated, and aligned with long-term brand goals
• Present creative ideas directly to clients with confidence; decode ambiguous client feedback into actionable, high-priority tasks for the broader creative team
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining extreme focus and quality under the pressure of shifting requirements
• Confidently defend sophisticated design choices to senior leadership while navigating constraints like budget, evolving scopes, and brand integrity
• Identify trends and opportunities as they emerge in social that stay true to our brands
• Create a wide range of content, from photography to videography, design, and platform tools that always suits the client, moment and idea
• Ability to switch between styles while still experimenting and looking for unique opportunities to make work ownable and talked about
• Ideate, build, shoot, and edit effective stories that match the quality of each social platform
• Design visually engaging presentations, create mockups & light retouching as needed that help sell creative ideas to top clients in the industry
• Work collaboratively with a large team of creatives from ideation to execution, helping to ensure ideas are created and brought to life
• Identify and propose innovative brand activations using generative AI, transforming emerging tech capabilities into tangible creative opportunities for clients
• Leverage tools to develop production ready visual concepts and storyboards for major pitches and client presentations
• Utilize Gemini for Google Slides to transform creative briefs into compelling, professionally designed presentation decks rapidly

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a design, motion, or editing role, with a portfolio showcasing an understanding of short-form content best practices and channels
• Experience working in a fast paced environment, and managing multiple projects at a time
• Expert-level mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite and advanced knowledge of motion/video workflows
• Comfortable collaborating across departments, build relationships and navigate team dynamics