Senior Designer

W2 Contract
Pay Rate - $50-$55/hr
Framingham, MA 



Job Summary:
The Senior Designer/Art Director is part of an in-house creative team and is responsible for developing innovative and strategically driven concepts and translating them into finished creative product. Using proven talent and consistent conceptual thinking, the Senior Designer/Art Director must communicate the brand message in a uniquely fresh, memorable, and persuasive way.

Responsibilities:
· With a medium level of supervision and direction from the senior creative, partners with a copywriter and conceives and executes social media content across multiple channels, consistent with the agreed upon strategy and in accordance with the brand guidelines.
· Helps to develop and guide creative ideas based on input from project managers, in-house creative team and personal research.
· With a medium level of supervision from the senior creative, partners with brand and channel project managers, and traffic, production and studio to effectively meet project objectives, schedules, budgets, and deadlines.
· Under the direction of, and with approval from, the senior creative, monitor all materials through all stages of pre-production
and production.
· Efficiently manage and complete all work on time, reporting status of projects to
senior creative.
· Compose and digitally capture product and concepts in house and on location
· Remains current on industry trends.
· Receives guidance from the senior creative on production that applies to concept development and creative execution.

Requirements:
· 4-6 + years of related work experience and/or training or equivalent combinations of education and experience, fashion, social media platforms and best practices, photography and styling.
· High School degree and BFA or design degree required.
· Possesses a solid understanding of graphic design, photography (including ability to capture images), illustration, typography, animation and social media platforms.
· Proven talent and a strong design sense (proven experience in social media and
digital execution).
· Proven ability as a problem solver and to take the initiative to solve issues.
· Thinks and articulates both verbally and visually when working with/without copy writers.
· Solid interpersonal/communication skills
· Proven ability to effectively present ideas to team, clients, and/or senior creative team.
· Intelligent thinking, demonstrating strong organizational skills and accuracy.
· Ability to juggle multiple projects.
· Proficient in InDesign, Photoshop (including.gif building), Illustrator and animation using applications such as After Effects.
· Must be current on industry trends and possess a vast technical design skill across all media