Pomona College is hiring: Junior Art Director in Columbia

and the job listing Expires on July 3, 2026

Do you love collaborating, concepting and crafting? Do you have an expert eye for creating unforgettable designs? We celebrate a love of big ideas and the grit and skill to make them happen. At Marriner Marketing, we construct beautiful work that is rooted in strategy that meets the needs of our customer and target to deliver results.

Note: Must have a portfolio of show-stopping design work to be considered – please include link in cover letter and/or resume. This is a full-time position. Our team works collectively in our Columbia, MD office each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each employee has the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Ideal candidates should be able to balance their design principles with a serious attention to detail and an ability to generate and explore brand concepts. As the visual advocate for your brands, you need to advise other designers on how to stay within brand standards and have a working knowledge of the many different communications channels (i.e. some combination of print, digital, website design, packaging and video).

Required skills include:

Produce work the department, agency and customers will be proud to share

Defend your work with skill and grace

Revise work as needed with accuracy

Encourage originality and inspire innovation by being a student of great work and sharing best-in-class examples

Work within deadlines and communicate deadline issues in a timely manner

Be open to helping improve and/or bring to life ideas developed by other members of the integrated team

Develop a deep understanding of our customers’ businesses as well as understanding their target markets

Work with Client Service and Production team members to ensure project parameters are clear and actionable

Find ways to strategically say “yes” to challenges

Work with other Creative team members to develop brand and campaign concepts

Work with Media & Performance team to understand how the work will be measured and to learn how it performs

Be receptive to feedback from internal team and customers – be open to problem solving

Collaborate with category experts to ensure work is optimized

Work closely with the AD and CD to ensure high quality work

Work with photographers and directors and able to communicate initial shot lists

Be available to your team in remote and in-person situations

Take ownership of projects

Manage deadlines and resolve issues before they become problems

Ability to work swiftly across multiple clients

Continue to develop cross-functional skills

Work to gain new skillsets as needed

Keep your team informed of your working status

Communicate clearly and effectively

Be responsive to communications

Understand and apply information found in the creative or studio briefs

Apply and understand feedback correctly

Have a commitment to understanding user personas, industry nuances, trends and marketing techniques through independent study and tools from subject matter experts

Skills

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; After Effects), Figma and AI image generation

Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines with guidance

Comfortable prepping files for production and making revisions

Bonus

Motion, animation, or basic video editing skills

Illustration or strong visual storytelling ability

Experience working on real client accounts (internships or junior roles)

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