Multimedia Designer

smartdept. is searching for a Multimedia Designer for a financial services client located in Chicago, IL. The ideal candidate will come with 2+ years of experience. This is a project-based, fully remote (hybrid Chicago area a plus), ongoing as-needed contract opportunity with the possibility of continued work.

This Multimedia Designer will support a large internal creative team at a Fortune 200 financial services company across a wide range of digital design and production deliverables. The team runs on the Google ecosystem, so candidates must be comfortable working in Google Workspace daily and able to think from the end user's perspective. Work spans digital design, branded templates, presentations, and multi-channel publishing. This is an ad hoc, project-based bench role, so reliability, speed, and the ability to ramp up quickly and deliver clean work with minimal hand-holding are key.

What You'll Do:

• Design and produce digital assets across web, email, and social, including landing pages and website content
• Build and maintain reports, deck kits, slide templates, and Google Slides theme kits, including Google Theme Builder
• Create branded graphics, email headers, campaign templates, and branded marketing items
• Develop social and community investment assets
• Support large internal events including an annual Data Week conference, heavy on templates, branding, and marketing collateral
• Collaborate with creative and communications teams to deliver on-brand work across multiple channels
• Publish and format content with a strong understanding of different channel mechanics and file formats
• Ensure all work meets accessibility standards and document design best practices for both internal and external use

What You'll Need:

Education/Experience:

• 2+ years of multimedia, digital, or production design experience required
• Experience working across multiple digital formats and channels in a corporate, agency, or in-house creative environment required
• Portfolio required, should include slide and deck design, branded templates, social assets, data visualization, and document design

Skills:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) required
• Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace, especially Google Slides and Google Theme Builder required
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and document design
• Solid understanding of multi-channel publishing and digital production workflows
• Ability to work within brand guidelines and execute consistently across deliverables and formats, built to spec and on brand
• Self-directed, comfortable executing independently on fast-turnaround ad hoc projects

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience in a Fortune 200 or large enterprise creative environment
• Motion design or video editing experience (After Effects, Premiere Pro)
• Familiarity with email production and multi-channel digital publishing workflows
• Photography or digital asset management experience
• Chicago area with hybrid availability a plus