Senior Designer

Purple Strategies, LLC; Alexandria, Chicago (VA, IL); Ibrido; USD 122.000 - 149.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Purple Strategies, LLC is seeking a Senior Designer to translate creative direction and strategy into compelling visual work across channels. You will partner with the Creative Director and cross-functional teams to deliver visually distinctive assets aligned with client and brand standards.

The role requires a strong design foundation, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to own concepts from development through execution in a fast-paced environment.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree related to graphic communications, graphic design, art direction or similar field.
• 10+ years of related professional design and production experience, preferably in an agency or corporate brand.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Lightroom, InDesign, etc.), Photoshop, Illustrator and other platforms.
• A portfolio of past work showing contributions and impact.
• Ability to work collaboratively with client teams under tight deadlines and quick turnarounds.
• Detail-oriented with minimal need for revision.
• Knowledge of AP Style Guidelines.

Mansioni

• Partner with the Creative Director and campaign teams to translate direction into visual assets.
• Develop and advance visual concepts independently over time.
• Collaborate to identify dynamic, audience-relevant ways to bring ideas to life.
• Own design and production from development to final delivery with high quality standards.
• Prepare, resize, proof, and traffic assets for publications and vendors, meeting deadlines.
• Manage timelines, workback plans, content plans, and approval processes.
• Maintain knowledge of design requirements across digital, social, print, and emerging channels.
• Apply design judgment across typography, composition, hierarchy, imagery, branding, and storytelling.
• Stay current on design trends and tools, including AI, and responsibly apply new capabilities.

Conoscenze

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Microsoft Office

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in graphic design

Strumenti

Brand guidelines

Descrizione del lavoro

About Purple Strategies

Purple Strategies is a corporate reputation and strategy firm that combines the creativity and discipline of brand communications with the speed and strategy ofpolitical campaignsto help leverage or reduce pressure on a business, brand or issue. We help build and defend reputation and brand value and serve Fortune 500 companies, associations, nonprofits and some of the most recognizable brands in the world.

Purple helps the world’s most important organizations address their toughest challenges.We operate in a highly collaborative environment and apply integrated, team-based approaches to help clients:

• ANTICIPATEreputation challenges and opportunities;
• COMPELchange through business actions and transformation; and
• NAVIGATEreputation issues, acute crises, key business choices and policy/regulatory changes to inform decision-making.

About The Position

The Senior Designer is responsible for translating creative direction and campaign strategy into high-quality, compelling visual work across a range of channels and formats. This role partners closely with the Creative Director and cross-functional campaign teams to develop and execute creative assets that are strategically sound, visually distinctive, and aligned with client and brand standards.

The Senior Designer brings a strong design foundation, excellent visual judgment, and the ability to take increasing ownership of creative concepts from development through execution. This role requires exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to produce high-quality work at pace with limited oversight.

Creative deliverables may include, but are not limited to, print and digital advertising, social content, infographics, one-pagers, presentations, email templates, GIFs, and other campaign and brand materials.

In this role, you will

• Partner with the Creative Director and campaign teams to translate strategic and creative direction into compelling visual assets that meet client, brand, and channel standards.
• Contribute to creative concept development and increasingly develop and advance visual concepts independently.
• Collaborate with campaign teams to identify visually dynamic and audience-relevant ways to bring campaign ideas and messages to life.
• Own the design and production of creative assets from initial development through final delivery, maintaining a consistently high standard of quality and attention to detail.
• Prepare, resize, proof, and traffic creative assets for publications, paid media vendors, social platforms, and other external partners, ensuring all specifications and deadlines are met.
• Partner closely with campaign and project teams to manage creative timelines, workback plans, content plans, and internal and external approval processes.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of creative requirements, specifications, and best practices across digital, social, print, and emerging channels.
• Apply strong design judgment across typography, composition, hierarchy, imagery, branding, and visual storytelling.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of creative work across client engagements.
• Stay current on evolving design trends, tools, platforms, and emerging creative technologies, including AI, and responsibly incorporate new capabilities into the creative process.
• Contribute to additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree related to graphic communications, graphic design, art direction or another related field and recommended 10+ years of related professional design and production experience, preferably in an agency or corporate brand.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Lightroom, InDesign, etc.), Microsoft Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator and other platforms.
• Thorough understanding of how both to develop and to work within brand guidelines and maintain them.
• A portfolio of past work demonstrating your abilities and describing your contribution
• Ability to work collaboratively with client teams under tight deadlines and quick turnarounds.
• Detail-oriented, can be trusted to deliver a quality work product with minimal oversight or need for revision.
• Ability to digest difficult concepts and think of visually stimulating ways to display them.
• Knowledge of AP Style Guidelines.
• Entrepreneurial self-starter who is polished and professional.
• Embodiment of Purple’s values: Adaptable, Collaborative, Curious, Innovative, Industrious, Respectful.

Work Location

This is a full-time position based in our Alexandria, VA or Chicago, IL office. Purple Strategies offers a hybrid model and seeks employees who are comfortable working in the office three days a week.

Compensation

Purple Strategies offers a competitive total compensation package with salary, bonus and benefits. Base salary for this position starts at $135,000.

Purple is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.

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As set forth in Purple Strategies’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

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An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.