Social Media Designer

Aquent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios is seeking a Social Creative Designer to join our team supporting an emerging global tech brand. You’ll transform social strategies into platform-native concepts, content systems, and campaigns that drive engagement and cultural relevance.

Collaborate with a Senior Copywriter and cross-functional partners to craft scalable design systems, motion, video, and creator-led formats that feel native to each platform.

Qualifications

• Strong conceptual design and art direction capabilities.
• Experience creating social-first campaigns across platforms.
• Ability to translate briefs into scalable visual systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior Copywriter to create social-first concepts and activations.
• Translate insights into platform-native creative across formats.
• Develop scalable design systems and content frameworks across formats and channels.
• Create social content spanning design, motion, video, creator-led, and emerging formats.
• Collaborate with creators, agency partners, production teams, and marketing stakeholders to deliver high-quality work.

Skills

Social design

Art direction

Concept development

Collaboration

Platform knowledge

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Job description

About the Role

Aquent Studios is seekingSocial Creative Designer to join our team supporting an emerging global tech brand. You’ll be tasked withdevelop visually distinctive, social-first creative across a portfolio of brands related to tech and AI. Partnering closely with a Senior Copywriter and reporting to the Managing Creative Director, this role transforms social strategies and creative briefs into platform-native concepts, content systems, and campaigns that drive engagement and cultural relevance. A strong conceptual thinker and hands‑on creative, the ideal candidate combines exceptional visual craft with deep knowledge of social platforms, creator culture, and emerging content formats.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with a Senior Copywriter to create social-first concepts, content platforms, and campaign activations.
• Translate audience insights and social strategies into compelling visual ideas and platform‑native creative.
• Develop scalable design systems, content frameworks, and visual storytelling approaches across formats and channels.
• Create and guide social content spanning design, motion, video, creator‑led, and emerging formats.
• Collaborate with creators, agency partners, production teams, and cross‑functional marketing stakeholders to deliver high‑quality work.
• Bring ideas to life through art direction, design, storyboards, and creative execution while maintaining a high standard of craft and innovation.

Expert proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Who You Are

• Experienced in developing social‑first creative for modern platforms and evolving content ecosystems.
• Strong conceptual thinker with exceptional design and art direction skills.
• Deep understanding of visual culture, creator communities, and platform behaviors.
• Skilled across multiple content formats, including motion, video, design, and creator content.
• Thrives in collaborative environments and can balance multiple brands, audiences, and priorities.
• Curious, adaptable, and energized by experimentation and emerging creative opportunities.

What Success Looks Like

• Visually distinctive, culturally relevant, and platform native social creative
• Ideas are elevated through exceptional visual craft and storytelling.
• Social work complements broader campaigns while feeling natural within each platform.
• Strong creative partnership with the Senior Copywriter consistently delivers high‑impact ideas.
• Recognizable and engaging social presence that audiences choose to engage with.