Freelance Senior Designer

Idea Peddler is seeking a freelance Senior Designer to support destination, tourism, hospitality, and place-based marketing initiatives.

This is a hands‑on design role for someone who can both develop and execute creative work. We look for a designer with strong agency experience who can partner with Creative Directors to explore visual territories, develop campaign concepts, and produce polished, production‑ready creative across multiple channels.

Additional consideration will be given to candidates with direct destination marketing organization (DMO), convention and visitors bureau (CVB), hotel, resort, or tourism industry experience.

Required Experience

5–7+ years of advertising agency experience

Strong portfolio demonstrating advertising campaign development and execution

Experience working with tourism, destination marketing, hospitality, hotel, resort, attraction, or travel‑related brands

Proven ability to create work across digital, print, social, outdoor, presentations, and experiential applications

Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud:

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Acrobat

What You'll Be Doing

Designing advertising campaigns and marketing materials

Developing visual territories and creative springboards

Creating mood boards, inspiration boards, and concept explorations

Translating strategic direction into compelling visual solutions

Building client‑ready presentations and pitch materials

Producing production‑ready files and final deliverables

Collaborating closely with Creative Directors, writers, strategists, and account teams

Ideal Candidate

Strong design craft and attention to detail

Comfortable moving between concept development and execution

Able to work independently with minimal oversight

Experienced presenting and discussing creative work

Curious, collaborative, and capable of abstract thinking

Able to take a loose strategic direction and quickly turn it into visual possibilities

Portfolio Requirements
Please submit:

Portfolio website or PDF

3–5 examples of advertising campaign work

Examples of both conceptual exploration and final execution

Brief explanation of your role on each project

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