Content & Creative Specialist

At Bud Clary Auto Group, a family-owned dealership network in Washington State, our vibrant culture drives success. We maintain a high-performance workplace with exceptional customer service, fostering loyalty and growth since 1959.

The Content & Creative Specialist promotes our Core Values by owning creative output across all 14 Bud Clary store locations. Working under the Marketing Manager, this role is responsible for graphic design, video production, organic social content, and brand consistency across our digital, in-store, and print presence. The Content & Creative Specialist builds the visual and content systems that our department scales using AI-assisted workflows.

• Comprehensive Benefits Package:
  Health, dental, vision, and life insurance, plus an employee assistance program.
• Retirement Plans: 401(k).
• PTO & Paid Holidays - PTO accrual starting from day one of employment - 1 hour of PTO for every 40 hours worked for the first year, 1.63 hours of PTO for every 40 hours worked for years 2-9, and 2.39 hours of PTO for every 40 hours worked for 10 or more years of service.

$28 - $30 per hour ($58,000 - $62,000 annually), depending on qualifications and experience

• Designs monthly website slides and rotating banner creative for all 14 Bud Clary store websites in alignment with OEM brand standards.
• Builds and maintains design templates in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator) and Figma or Canva to enable AI-scaled banner production across the store group.
• Produces email creative including monthly templates, store-level adaptations, and one-off campaign blasts.
• Edits and publishes short-form video content for Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook, and You Tube Shorts using Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Cap Cut.
• Coordinates the sales‑rep video content program — receiving raw footage from sales staff via the marketing ticketing system, editing, captioning, brand‑stamping, and publishing across appropriate store social channels.
• Captures or coordinates photo and video coverage for store events, community sponsor ships, and inventory features.
• Maintains brand consistency across all 14 stores, including logo treatment, color palette, typography, disclaimer placement, and OEM brand compliance.
• Designs print, POP, and in‑store signage as needed, working with internal stakeholders and external print vendors.
• Maintains the master content calendar across all store social profiles and coordinates with the Marketing Coordinator on intake of local campaign requests.
• Reviews and approves agency‑produced creative against brand standards before publication.
• Stays current on platform trends, OEM creative guidelines, and emerging AI tools relevant to creative production.
• Reports to the Marketing Manager on creative output cadence, ticket close rates, and brand quality metrics.

• Associate's degree or higher in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Marketing, or related field preferred.
• Two or more years of professional experience in graphic design, content production, in‑house marketing, or marketing agency.
• Portfolio demonstrating both graphic design and video editing work is required.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. Familiarity with After Effects and Lightroom preferred.
• Working proficiency in Figma or Canva for design system management.
• Experience with short‑form video editing tools (Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Cap Cut).
• Familiarity with dealer website content management — , Dealer Inspire, or Dealer On — is a plus.
• AI tool experience preferred — including generative video tools (Seedance, Higgsfield AI), image tools (Nano Banana, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney), and language models (ChatGPT, Claude) for ideation, asset generation, video production and copy support.
• Experience publishing across Meta Business Suite, Tik Tok Business, You Tube, and Google Business Profile.
• Highly organized…