Creative Designer Strategist

Job Description

Diversity Inclusion are at the core of our mission to strengthen and empower the communities we serve.

Creative Designer Strategist

This is a remote-based position located in the southeast.

The Creative Designer Strategist will work to concept and design creative elements ranging from display ads, animated graphic elements, to video. The designer must have experience designing advertising elements for both social media platforms and display channels. Additional work to build out creative visions for white glove accounts and RFP's will also fall under this role. An ability to share a creative vision with clients in meetings and sales pitches will be expected in this role. Analyze current campaign creative to suggest optimizations and adjustments to boost effectiveness and performance.

What you'll be doing:

• Work directly with customers, both in person and remotely, to fully understand their needs and objectives.
• Create digital design solutions that meet clients' needs and objectives.
• Present polished creative solutions to clients and sales team and promote their value in meeting the stated goals.
• Coordinate with sales team and ad ops to develop creative timeline and deliverables to support the success of the overall campaign.
• Maintain strict adherence to established deadlines and turnaround times.
• Cultivate and maintain collaborative, productive relationships with design colleagues, local media group staff and advertising clients.
• Review current client creative and provide optimizations and feedback to enhance performance.

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Minimum two years' related advertising design experience, preferably in an advertising agency environment.
• Demonstrated foundational knowledge of advertising sales strategy and current digital and print display creative products.
• Proficiency with multiple design types including, social media, digital display, email, web.
• Ability to work collaboratively and creatively with others to solve problems and deliver superior customer service.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Teams, Outlook, Sharepoint, Excel and Word required.
• Experience and proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and InDesign proficiency required; Animate and Premier experience preferred).
• Proficient with video editing software such as Adobe Premiere.
• Experience with HTML5 platforms and WordPress preferred.
• Excellent presentation and persuasion skills with experience presenting and promoting designs and solutions to stakeholders (including sales reps, clients, etc.).
• Ability to recommend effective creative strategy and produce high quality comprehensive creative designs in a timely manner that supports the overall campaign goals.
• Ability to communicate directly, and as part of a team, with clients to assess and understand marketing needs at both a broad campaign level and with specific attention to creative needs.
• Ability to quickly learn and use new technology, including web-based applications.

Additional Information

Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, mental health support options, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

Alabama Media Group is one of the country's most innovative local media companies -- and operates AL.com, the AL Education Lab, This is Alabama, People of Alabama and the Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile editions of The Lede.

In addition, the company runs a digital marketing business which serves advertising clients throughout the Southeast, a film production group Advance Originals, and the national brands Reckon and It's a Southern Thing.

In the past 5 years, AL.com journalists have been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for another, won 21 regional Emmys for documentary work, an Edward R. Murrow award for podcasting and a Webby Award for short-form comedy.

Alabama Media Group is a part of Advance Local Media, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 58+ million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visitwww.advancelocal.com.

Advance Local Media is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Advance Local does not provide sponsorship for work visas or employment authorization in the United States. Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.