Creative Services - Graphic Designer

Job Description

Who We Are

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the world's leading full-service entertainment, media, and sports agency. We represent many of the most successful professionals working in film, television, music, sports, theatre, video games, commercial endorsements, fashion, and digital content, and provide a range of strategic and marketing and consulting services to corporate clients.

The Role

CAA seeks a Graphic Designer for our in-house Creative Services department. In this role, they will work directly with the Project Manager and report to the executive lead of the Creative Services Design team, both in Los Angeles. They will research, conceptualize, design, and produce outstanding creative on a wide range of projects including presentation decks, intranet materials, movie screening, party and event invitations, websites, video graphics, ads, logos, branded materials, collateral and foundation designs, Outlook email graphics and email templates for department newsletters (internal and external).

The Graphic Designer is also a key part of the team who will design and produce monthly Agency staff meetings, yearly Retreats and special events. They will also work on special projects for the Agency and our clients.

Responsibilities

* Use creative judgement to execute designs with the content and materials provided to highlight the project in the best way possible

* Work within brand and style guidelines as well as ensure brand consistency for internal and external communications

* Review project scopes, materials, links and copy thoroughly with the Project Manager to execute a plan for final materials to be used as a tool to secure business opportunities for clients, colleagues and the agency as a whole

* Conceptualize and pitch original ideas to enhance presentations and improve visuals

* Responsible for managing individual workload, milestones, deadlines, and asking imperative questions needed to bring projects from concept to completion in partnership with the Project Manager

* Receive, digest, and incorporate mood boards, sketches, and direction from the Senior Art Director for certain high-level projects

* Incorporate notes from multiple stakeholders, department heads, executives, and clients on a range of projects

* Source photography, illustrations, vectors, patterns, typefaces, and textures via stock resources and other visual content source hubs to incorporate into designs to elevate and give a unique spin to projects

* Use Photoshop to enhance images and logos by correcting resolution, composition, cropping, adjusting tone, saturation, brightness, and adding or removing objects and text

* Use InDesign to lay out master spreads, slides, and spreads for digital and printed materials

* Use Illustrator to create custom vector graphics such as logo designs and illustrations

* Brainstorm with creative team on upcoming projects and future opportunities

* Bring a unique point of view, style, creative niche, skillsets, and education to each project

* Responsible for sharing specific high-level projects, developing a rapport, and communicating design choices and direction, with colleagues

* Deliver high-quality design work across digital and print formats (branding, marketing collateral, presentations, campaigns, etc.)

* Maintain and evolve brand standards while adapting design solutions to different client and project needs

* Collaborate with global team members to translate creative briefs into polished deliverables.

* Act as the primary point of contact for local clients and partners, representing the Creative Services design department with professionalism and creativity

* Build trust-based relationships by understanding client needs, communicating effectively, and ensuring project alignment

* Present creative work clearly and confidently to non-design audiences

* Serve as the on-the-ground representative of the Creative Services design team in the satellite office

* Collaborate across departments and time zones, ensuring information flows smoothly between the main office and local stakeholders

* Support project coordination and ensure deadlines are met despite time zone differences

* Experience in a client-facing or account management role

* Background in working remotely or across distributed teams

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in graphic arts, fine arts, visual arts, media or a relevant experience

* 2+ years of professional experience working in a fast-paced environment as part of a creative team

* Stellar portfolio showcasing past work

* Understanding of core design principals and proven exceptional taste level through collaboration with other designers in developing a corporate style guide and recreating templates for branded work

* Excellent communication skills including the ability to articulate visioning, creative concepts, and rationale for design decisions

* Working knowledge of collaborative design tool platforms (Figma, Miro) and templated design platforms (Campaign Monitor, Stripo, Wordpress, Canva).

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