Senior Designer

Senior Designers are responsible for leading the concept, design and assisting in the strategy and production of a diverse mix of creative outputs including brand identity, sub-brand logo solutions, promotional / sales materials (print & digital), web content, social media and digital marketing campaign tactics. The Senior Designer will have a concrete understanding of how brands operate and effectively communicate with their audience in a modern landscape across diverse media formats.

They will have the ability to execute expertly in an environment that requires flexibility and a diverse skillset to tackle client solutions that take many forms, with an emphasis on setting a standard for creative innovation and excellence of execution. The Senior Designer acts as a design leader and works collaboratively with the Strategy team to ensure that creative solutions result in progressive, sophisticated and appropriate design experiences.

• Translate strategic objectives into compelling visual solutions that align with brand identity
• Contribute informed creative input and decision-making based on client priorities and a continual drive to success and differentiation in-market.
• Manage many design projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and ensuring high quality
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and creative teams to develop integrated campaigns
• Communicate design concepts clearly to internal stakeholders and external clients
• Stay current with design trends, tools, best practices to continuously elevate creative output
• Act as a brand expert, monitoring ongoing brand health and quality in-market
• Support creative leadership in shaping overall visual direction and team culture

• Successfully lead and execute design engagements at a high conceptual and executional level across a variety of client scales and media types with minimal guidance
• Work with Creative Director to proactively resource and plan for project success
• Rapidly create a wide breadth of rough creative concepts early in the process & adapt concepts and designs as needed without sacrificing creative integrity
• Understand the role of copy and how to effectively create pieces of communication that merge messaging and design to a sum greater than its parts.
• Experience in and confident desire to effectively collaborate with a writer to conceptualize fully formed pieces of creative communication
• Clearly articulate and constructively defend creative rationale during design critiques and presentations
• Active involvement/clear communication of thoughts/ideas in client presentations
• Work to establish mutual trust and respect with clients
• Ground creative decisions and build rationale in line with strategic directions established by the Strategy and Client Leadership teams
• Collaborate with Creative Director and Strategy team during the design process and communicate clearly with cross-discipline teammates throughout project life cycle
• Manage team expectations in a timely fashion when status of deliverables or timing changes
• Ability to direct vendors/partners, including photography, illustration, web development, 3D artists, construction, fabrication, etc.
• Utilize internal processes effectively: time management, file naming conventions, server structure and organization, timesheets, etc.
• Help lead and mentor design team and co-op program with various Universities/programs, including candidate interview/final selection processes (w/HR)
• Remain up-to-date on latest design trends, software, processes
• Understand the appropriate role and application of AI platforms in concept development and utilize these platforms within established compliance guidelines

• Working in close conjunction with Client Managers & Lead Strategist to provide ongoing oversight for all assigned and prospective projects.
• New project ideation, scoping, budgeting, resource planning & scheduling
• To be recognized as a design leader for your assigned client, you must actively engage with key client contacts in order to continually foster strong professional relationships.
• Is keenly aware of current Hyperquake stakeholders’ networking efforts…