Content Designer Job at Denken Solutions, Inc. in St. Louis

Digital Content Designer

Location: St. Louis, MO

Contract: 12 months

Hybrid role - 4 days Onsite and 1 day Remote

Job Description

• THIS IS A 12 MONTH CONTINGENT POSITION.
• ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES TO ST. LOUIS, MO WILL BE CONSIDERED.
• MUST WORK ONSITE MON-THURS. WFH FRIDAY.
• MUST SUBMIT PORTFOLIO TO BE CONSIDERED
• MUST BE ABLE TO WORK IN A PET FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT
• PLEASE NOTE: Portfolios need to be impressive from a design and motion perspective. The manager is looking for social media experience. Must have strong motion examples.

POSITION SUMMARY

• CheckMark is the in-house creative resource of Client.
• Creatives here are talented, naturally curious, and self-motivated individuals who enjoy the excitement of agency life with all the benefits of a big company.
• We share a passion for pets. You will create and version online content for client brands where digital solutions will be applied at a real time pace.
• You will have a deep working knowledge of interactive and social media spaces and consult with internal and external teams to create effective work.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Under the direction of a creative director, design and execute online communications with excellent design capabilities, a complete understanding of interactive space and user experience empathy.
• Primarily, exercise quality assurance and strong attention to detail against master creative template while versioning multiple pieces of content for eCommerce, CRM communications, social media content and more.
• Digital files are constructed in the most memory-efficient manner.
• Digital files are accurate and error-free.
• Ideal candidate would be both collaborative and self-sufficient with a problem-solving, proactive attitude and approach to role and responsibilities.
• Proper use of trademarks and logos. Legal and regulatory requirements met. All files meet AFFCO/NASC standards for quality.
• Meets internal standards of good typography: proper hyphenation, kerning, line breaks, legibility.
• Accurate sizes and specifications used throughout.
• All projects are routed to Proofreader before presentation to review group
• Operate with a degree of autonomy by receiving project assignments, completing on time, understanding direction, and applying feedback.
• Collaborate effectively with Community Managers, internal and external teams, legal, clients and vendor partners.
• Stay current on trends and technology in the digital/mobile/social space and understand their application to client business.
• Be able to collaborate and share knowledge for the betterment of the idea and/or project.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to contribute to long-range agency and company goals relating to growth of interactive capabilities and business.
• Ability to concurrently apply skills to multiple projects on different client brand assignments.
• A positive attitude, high energy, and passion for creating effective, solution-oriented work.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (Minimum)

• 1+ years of experience in the digital space preferably with a creative agency.
• 1+ years of experience with social campaigns, digital display, and eContent.
• 1+ years of experience with After Effects and motion design.

SKILLS

• Strong Photoshop and Illustrator skills for both digital and print design.
• Strong understanding of designing for social, ecommerce and digital display.
• Ability to contribute to brainstorming and general problem solving.
• Strong typography skills.
• Strong motion design skills, including After Effects, animated GIFs.
• Basic video editing skills.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Design Skills: Responsible for design variations, or entire design as outlined by project AD.
• Skilled with Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Knowledge of advanced key commands, paragraph formatting, typography, style sheets, tab fields.