Graphic Designer, Direct Response

Responsibilities • Collaborate across teams: Support and work closely with internal teams such as Client Marketing Services, Creative, Media, and Marketing Delivery to align strategies and deliver work that considers the needs of multiple stakeholders, problem-solving cross-functionally as needed • Maintain strong relationships: build rapport and maintain positive working relationships with partners and clients • Communication: Effective, efficient, and dynamic communicator who can distill complex ideas and listen empathetically to the needs of our partners and clients. You are not afraid to ask questions, voice concerns or identify roadblocks and are able to do so quickly and thoughtfully • Paying the bills: You will create a lot of direct response marketing including emails, digital assets, direct mail packages, social posts, and landing pages, with some light motion graphics depending on needs that supports client marketing strategies to drive acquisition, engagement, and retention • Creative: Desire and ability to challenge the status quo while maintaining thoughtful, consistent creative quality that adheres to design principles and client guidelines, actively participate in strategy discussions, concept & design brainstorms • Manage multiple projects and priorities: Brainstorming. You’ll be asked to do all these things and must know when to use the creative process to deliver fresh work and when to re-skin a template • Brand: Become a subject matter expert on the nuances of a complicated global brand and its visual language, as well as quickly get up to speed on our clients’ brand and visual language • Learning: Continuously stay up to date on industry and creative best practices to better understand client objectives and target audiences to drive maximum results for the creatives you design, broadly share these insights for the benefit of the larger team Preferred Qualifications • 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) • A strong portfolio of work demonstrating your knowledge of advertising and design principles – must include examples across a range of direct response channels • 5+ years experience working with multiple types of clients in advertising, digital or brand marketing, graphic design or strategy • BFA/BA or relevant experience • A fundamental understanding of direct mail, email, social media and digital marketing • Strong project management skills and experience coordinating cross functional, end-to-end projects that include a high level of detail • Team player able to work on multi-part projects across teams and able to ensure project deadlines and budgets are met during all stages of the creative process • Work efficiently on quick timelines while still maintaining high standards of quality but also be able to work independently on creative brand projects when timelines are less constrained • Experience working across all mediums from direct mail to email to digital to print, and how to weave ideas across them • Positive relationship management skills and ability to influence decision makers both internally and externally • Act as a champion of brand standards and guidelines • Proficiency in Figma , Adobe products such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign as well as MS PowerPoint and Excel • Experience with large or regulated brands preferred • HTML experience is a huge plus Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.