The Sr. Visual Designer is a major driver for the creative team, actively creating across work types and project initiatives, while also pushing the exploratory and strategic even further. As a more experienced designer, the incumbent brings a broader perspective to the work. This is a multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary client-facing role, bringing a greater awareness of the balances and audiences involved.
Every position within Inmar Creative is a strategic and leadership position, and Sr. Visual Designers form a bridge between executional and overall leadership and strategy – creating the work, but inherently understanding its context more fully. This role demonstrates advanced exploratory skills while executing what we need to achieve.
Primary Accountabilities:
Solve complex user-experience challenges through gorgeous, simple and clear design
Fluent execution across a range of advertising and retail media project types – print, responsive web, digital display, digital out of home, influencer, e-commerce and incentives - plus, demonstrated willingness and ability to add / learn new skills quickly and easily
Be a total team player from strategy and vision through execution
Present your work effectively, articulately communicating design rationale to stakeholders
Serve in a client facing capacity to translate and execute design briefs
Actively participate in the give-and-take of an iterative design process with both internal stakeholders and external clients
Empower fellow creatives by providing resources, feedback and inspiration to help streamline and elevate the work of those around you and be open to the ways they can do the same for you
Advocate for user-centered design, experience optimization and product improvement
Advanced ideation and concepting skills with a refined creative perspective and approach
Push the boundaries visually, disrupt the marketplace in both concept and design and try new ideas whenever possible
Focused on supporting and inspiring those around you within the team and Inmar at large.
Create visual solutions for a full range of brand and sales and/or product initiatives
Create holistically new designs and "flow" based on existing work
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree, preferably in design or similar field of study
6-8 years of design experience; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to complete the major responsibilities/essential functions of the position
Strong UX design principles with rock-solid visual design skills
Mastery of design tools such as, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Principle, Flint, Premiere, Etc.
Mastery of the tools that our sales channels use (or at least a solid knowledge of them) such as, Powerpoint, Google Docs, Etc.
Knowledge of photography a HUGE plus
Knowledge of animation / editing principles a HUGE plus
Willingness to work on a full range of projects
Awesome spoken and written communication skills
Ability to work on an ego-free, highly collaborative and cross-functional team
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic corporate environment
Strong sense of humor and willing smile are also BIG pluses
Curious nature and the desire to explore and learn
Individual Competencies:
Self-Awareness: Possesses an honest understanding of own values, desires, thought patterns, motivations, goals and ambitions, emotional responses, strengths and weaknesses, and effect on others.
Teamwork: Builds relationships and works cooperatively with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives to build and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, leverage information and achieve results.
Adaptable: Responds to change with a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work objectives with a positive attitude.
Effective Execution: Translates broad conceptual understanding of the company's strategy into a tactical plan of how it will happen including who will take on which tasks in what sequence, how long those tasks will take, how much the tasks cost, and how each task affects subsequent activities.
Curious: A desire to inquire and learn, to seek new knowledge and wisdom, and to listen to the contributions of others with a genuine interest to better self, the team, and the organization.
Communication: Giving and receiving messages and information in written, oral, and visual formats in a clear and concise way for a complete understanding of meaning and intent.
Influence: Persuades or convinces others to support an idea, agenda, or direction through establishing credibility, using data and facts for support, directly addressing a person's concerns or issues, and making connections while wielding power and authority in an effective and fair manner.
Analytical and Critical Thinking: Ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.
Innovative: Ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the major job responsibilities (essential functions) of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major job responsibilities. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate is:
Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands or arms.
Regularly required to talk or hear and read instructions on a computer monitor and/or printed on paper.
Occasionally required to stand, kneel or stoop, and lift and/or move up to ## pounds.
Regularly required to view items at an extremely close range and must be able to adjust and readjust focus.
Occasionally: Job requires this activity up to 33% of the time
Frequently: Job requires this activity between 33% - 66% of the time
Regularly: Job requires this activity more than 66% of the time
Safety:
Support a safe work environment by following safety rules and regulations and reporting all safety hazards.
As an Inmar Associate, you:
Put clients first and consistently display a positive attitude and behaviors that demonstrate an awareness and willingness to listen and respond to clients in order to meet their short-term and long-term needs, requirements and exceed their expectations.
Treat clients and teammates with courtesy, consideration and tact; you also have the ability to perceive the needs of internal and external clients and communicate effectively with the objective of delighting and retaining the client.
Build collaborative relationships and work cooperatively with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives, develop and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, leverage information and achieve results.
Set and attain achievable, yet aggressive, goals with a sense of urgency and accountability.
Understand that results are important and focus on turning mission into action to achieve results following the principles of Agile Execution while consistently complying with quality, service and productivity standards to meet deadlines and exceed expectations by giving our clients the best possible outcome.
