Media Design Lead

Ologie; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP ownership

401(k) with 3.5% match

Hybrid Office

Sabbatical

Paid holidays

Wellness support

Job summary

Ologie, an employee-owned agency, is seeking a Design Lead to translate big ideas into iconic campaigns across digital, social, OOH, video, and print. You will guide concepts from sketch to final assets, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with strategists, writers, and account teams to drive scalable work while keeping on-brand.

This remote-friendly, hybrid role offers a chance to shape creative processes and stay ahead of trends in design, technology, and culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of graphic design experience in an agency or consulting environment.
• Portfolio showing ideas and execution across media formats.
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; After Effects a plus.
• Strong eye for typography, hierarchy, color usage, and layout.

Responsibilities

• Design ideation for social, digital, OOH, print, motion, and experiential activations.
• Establish and maintain the art direction for campaign visuals across channels.
• Collaborate with creatives, strategists, and account teams to develop design concepts.
• Guide and mentor designers and partner with writers.
• Present design work and rationale to clients and internal teams.
• Incorporate feedback while maintaining high craft standards.
• Contribute at all stages from brainstorming to performance reviews and optimization.
• Take ownership of projects and manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
• Stay current on design trends, platform specs, and accessibility.

Skills

Graphic design leadership

Brand guidelines

Campaign concept ideation

Typography & layout

Mentoring

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

Job description

Enjoy work.

We are proud to be an employee-owned company through an employee stock ownership program (ESOP), which gives Ologists an added retirement benefit at no cost to them.

Enjoy life.

401(k)

After 90 days at Ologie, you're eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan. You are 100% vested immediately, and we match your contribution up to 3.5% of your salary.

Hybrid Office

Work from anywhere - your favorite coffee shop, the beach, the mountains, or our Columbus office.

Sabbatical

On your 10th anniversary, we reward you with a four-week paid sabbatical. How you use it is up to you. It's our way of showing our appreciation.

Paid Holidays

We celebrate all kinds of holidays. Employees get 10 paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, and Christmas Day.

Winter Break

In addition to the 10 paid holidays each year, employees get a holiday break on the days between Christmas and New Year's.

Wellness Support

We support your well-being in every stage of life. From competitive healthcare and mental health resources like therapy sessions and webinars, to parental and child care support, elder care, and legal consultations, we provide the resources you and your family need to thrive.

At the end of the day, it's about creating an environment where great work can happen. That starts with making sure that everyone at Ologie is treated equally and fairly, and that they feel a strong sense of belonging to this place, to each other, and to the work we make together.

Come work with us.

Position: Media Design Lead Location: Remote
Job Id:272 # of Openings:1

Job Summary

We're looking for a Design Lead who can bring big ideas to life across our media campaigns - digital, social, out-of-home, video, and print. You'll take brand guidelines, campaign strategies, and media plans and turn them into iconic, impactful, and influential creative. This means leading concepts from the first sketch to the final polished assets, keeping everything on-brand, and teaming up with strategists, media planners, writers, creative directors, and account folks to create campaigns built to scale. You'll also get to mentor early-career designers and creatives, and help shape our creative process.

You'll need a passion for your craft and a curiosity for what's possible, translating conceptual ideas into engaging, audience-focused ads. With a fluency in digital design systems and a keen understanding of multimedia, you'll use a robust understanding of platform-specific best practices and creative ingenuity to deliver top-tier ads. In this role, you'll work in a feedback-driven environment, balancing conceptual thinking with production expertise while continuously pushing boundaries in design, technology, and culture to create work that's data-informed and human-focused.

Key Responsibilities

• Design ideation for a variety of mediums - social, digital, OOH, print, motion, and experiential activations.
• Establish and maintain the art direction for campaign visuals, ensuring our work stays on brand and cohesive across channels.
• Collaborate with other creatives, strategists, and account teams to develop design concepts that meet client objectives and resonate with target audiences.
• Guide and mentor designers and partner closely with writers.
• Present your design work, explaining your creative approach and rationale, both internally and to clients.
• Incorporate creative feedback with care, ensuring that revisions align with project objectives while maintaining a high standard of craft.
• Contribute and offer insight at every stage of the process, from brainstorming sessions and strategic discussions, to concepting and creation, to campaign performance reviews and optimization planning.
• Take ownership of your work, consistently meeting deadlines while managing multiple projects and adapting to shifting priorities.
• Stay current on design trends, platform-specific specs, compliance and accessibility, and general best practices, with an eagerness to apply new techniques and technologies to your projects.
• Produce creative outputs that meet platform and vendor specifications and reflect Ologie's design standards.
• Perform additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned, consistent with the objectives and scope of the role.

Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities

• 7+ years of graphic design experience in an agency or consulting environment.
• A portfolio that shows both strong ideas and clean execution across a variety of different media formats.
• Fluency in Figma (comfort with prototyping and design systems in Figma is a big plus) as well as the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator). Familiarity with After Effects or similar animation software is a plus.
• A strong eye for typography, hierarchy, color usage, and layout structure.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - able to articulate ideas clearly, give and receive feedback constructively, and thrive in client‑facing discussions.
• Ability to independently own projects and manage multiple priorities while consistently meeting deadlines.
• Experience mentoring or guiding younger creatives.
• Ability to earn and maintain platform‑specific certifications (e.g., Meta Creative Best Practices, LinkedIn