
Graphic Artist – Motion, Special Projects
Posted Jul 31

Posted Jul 31
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.
• Develop polished and impactful creative solutions for print, digital, social media, video, branding, campaigns, and multimedia requirements.
• Design a variety of marketing assets including print advertisements, digital display ads, graphics for paid social media, short-form video content, animated creatives, billboards, direct mail pieces, email visuals, presentation materials, campaign imagery, and more.
• Create or assist in the development of agency-level creative, such as logos, brand identity materials, company stationery, branded promotional items, packaging concepts, product design elements, signage, glossy magazine layouts, newsprint designs, outdoor advertising, and promotional print products.
• Understand and interpret directives from clients, sales teams, customer support, and internal stakeholders, even when the brief lacks full detail.
• Transform limited information into finished creative that is clear, professional, adheres to brand standards, and aligns with the client’s business objectives.
• Exercise strong design judgment concerning typography, hierarchy, layout, color, imagery, composition, branding, messaging, and call-to-action placement.
• Design with a focus on performance, considering audience behavior, message clarity, mobile-first layout, visual hooks, readability, and conversion-oriented calls to action.
• Produce platform-ready social and digital creatives for channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, display networks, email, and landing page environments.
• Assist in creating motion graphics, video content, animation, and HTML5-style creatives, including reels support, storyboards, video thumbnails, title cards, end cards, animated display ads, and short-form content assets.
• Adapt creative materials across various formats, sizes, platforms, and media types while ensuring consistency and high quality.
• Generate production-ready files that comply with print, digital, prepress, vendor, platform, and brand specifications.
• Utilize print production expertise for glossy publications, newsprint, direct mail, billboards, signage, packaging, and other printed items.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools for creative ideation, image exploration, layout variations, production efficiency, versioning, and workflow enhancement.
• Carefully review AI-generated outputs to guarantee that final work is accurate, original, brand-safe, legally compliant, and professionally polished.
• Collaborate with sales, customer support, creative leads, production teams, and external clients to clarify needs, resolve issues, and enhance final creative output.
• Communicate with professionalism and confidence with internal and external stakeholders.
• Present and articulate creative decisions to internal teams, sales partners, and external clients as necessary.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented setting.
• Review creative work for accuracy, quality, spelling, grammar, brand alignment, image quality, technical specifications, and overall effectiveness.
• Apply accessibility-focused design practices, ensuring legibility, contrast, hierarchy, mobile readability, and inclusive digital design standards.
• Stay updated on design trends, digital advertising techniques, social media formats, AI tools, video trends, print production standards, and evolving creative expectations.
• Enhance the quality of team output by sharing knowledge, providing design guidance, and demonstrating sound creative judgment.
• Contribute innovative ideas that optimize workflow, creative quality, scalability, and customer experience.
• A portfolio is required, showcasing completed creative work across various media types.
• Extensive professional experience in graphic design, multimedia design, advertising, publishing, agency creative, in-house creative, or a related design setting.
• Proven ability to produce agency-quality creative across print, digital, social, branding, and campaign-focused work.
• Experience in developing logos, branded materials, corporate stationery, digital advertisements, print ads, direct mail, billboards, packaging, product-related creative, glossy publications, newsprint items, or similar deliverables.
• Strong grasp of design fundamentals, including layout, typography, color theory, hierarchy, composition, branding, visual storytelling, and production accuracy.
• Demonstrated capability to create finalized design work with minimal guidance.
• Experience in designing for both print and digital platforms.
• Familiarity with social media creative, paid social formats, digital display, campaign assets, and platform-specific design requirements.
• Knowledge of mobile-first design, digital advertising, performance-oriented creative, and audience engagement strategies.
• Exposure to video, motion graphics, animation, HTML5-style creative, or short-form content production.
• Proficient understanding of AI-assisted creative tools and the ability to utilize them judiciously within a professional design workflow.
• Capability to write effective prompts, refine AI-generated outputs, identify subpar results, and steer clear of generic or low-quality AI-assisted creative.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to engage with internal teams and external clients with professionalism, confidence, and comfort.
• Skill in clearly explaining design choices to non-design stakeholders.
• Strong customer service orientation with the ability to balance client expectations, creative standards, and business goals.
• Exceptional time management, organizational, and prioritization abilities.
• Capacity to maintain a balance between speed, quality, creativity, and accuracy in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to accept feedback, revise work efficiently, and uphold professionalism under pressure.
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development
Airship Interactive
The E.W. Scripps Company
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