Interactive Designer

CafeMedia’s Sales Innovation & Marketing department is searching for an Interactive Designer who excels in rich media ad design, clear communication, strong collaboration and experience delivering assets in a timely manner. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and animating eye-catching advertising experiences for brand campaigns (using advertiser design assets, Photoshop/Illustrator and rich media ad builders)
• Working with Rich Media authoring tools to produce interactive ads
• Collaborating with internal sales team members to concept and design ad creatives for individual campaigns across a range of verticals
• Contributing to product ideation with mocks & prototypes of innovative ad ideas
• Contributing to producing sales materials and marketing communications, including client presentations, new product go-to-market materials, event collateral, email blasts, and more, when design expertise is needed
• Leading and participating in client creative meetings when requested
• Serving as CafeMedia’s design subject matter expert - with keen understandings of all IAB best practices and ad specs required on CafeMedia sites

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the job:

• 2-4 years of relevant design experience
• Portfolio featuring past work experience and relevant, user-centered design solutions
• Ability to manage work autonomously, multi-task and meet evolving deadlines
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills - the ability to ask questions when design requests are unclear or when client assets are insufficient; the ability to communicate design best practices clearly to stakeholders
• Highly organized and strong attention to detail
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Experienced in animation
• Experience using Clipcentric, Celtra Ad Builder, Airtory, Figma (or other similar ad builders) is highly preferred
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other language proficiency a plus!
• Team player with a desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

About CafeMedia 

CafeMedia’s mission is to build a creator-first future. We empower the world’s best creators and independent publishers to grow thriving businesses for the long term. Under our CafeMedia and AdThrive brands, we manage digital advertising sales and technology and a growing number of services for more than 4,000 creators and independent publishers. We make it easy for them to focus on what they do best — produce great content.

Our passion and expertise have made us a leader in advertising and creator services. Today we rank as the 7th largest digital property in the U.S. and #1 in Food, Home, Family and Lifestyle--with a reach of nearly 195M monthly unique visitors in the U.S. alone.

The base salary range for this position is $80,000-$100,000. The range provided is CafeMedia’s reasonable estimate of the annualized base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills and abilities.

To learn more about working at CafeMedia, visit: https://cafemedia.com/careers/

CafeMedia is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. CafeMedia is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to a member of our recruiting team.