Senior Designer, Visual Communications

Agency: Omnicom Media Job Function: Creative Job Subfunction: Design Job Description: Position Summary Seeking a Senior Graphic Designer (3-5+ years experience) who truly cares about making every project (no matter how big or small) look its best. As part of the in-house design team, the Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for a leadership role in the delivery of new business pitch design materials and other design initiatives across the company and its agencies. Are you up for the challenge ? Media agencies are an integral part of the advertising industry, so we work fast to match its lightning pace. Tight deadlines, and quick-turn-arounds aren’t out of the ordinary, so our designers need to be dedicated, motivated, and excited about getting the job done—and most importantly, concerned with giving it the ‘wow’ factor. I can do that! But... what's a media agency? We’re a crucial step in the advertising industry. If clients request the ads, and creative agencies create the ads, media agencies make sure you see the ads. Our media planners strategically plan and purchase media space (tv commercials, social media and digital ads, billboards, cool brand partnerships, and way more) to target the right people at the right time. Key Responsibilities Alright... so what do designers do at Omnicom Media? A better question would be: what don’t we do. As part of an in-house design team, we’re here for (literally) whatever the agency and its clients want/need. We’re responsible for making the company and its agencies look as slick, professional, on-trend and impactful. Projects can (and have been) everything up to and including: Presentation Design Event design Infographics Logos & Branding Social media creative Email blasts Websites/microsites Creative brainstorming Literally. Anything. Else. We take any request thrown at us and figure it out! And the Senior Designer role specifically? You’d work closely with the Design Director and/or Project Manager to lead multi-faceted design projects on tight deadlines Produce strong design concepts and directions under a variety of brand guidelines Brief freelancers on projects and act as ambassador for design quality/consistency throughout projects Review and provide feedback for other designer/freelancers’ work Ensure design quality, consistency, and delivery by project deadlines Liaise with outside vendors/printers to ensure delivery against project timelines Aid in the conception and execution of other design/branding initiatives (event design, internal culture initiatives, etc) Desired Skills & Experience What do I need to rock this job? Software & Hardware: Be fluent with the usual suspects (Photoshop, Illustrator and Figma—Premiere or After Effects a plus) Microsoft Office Suite (Especially Microsoft PowerPoint) Comfortable on both Mac & PCs (Though Macs are used by design team) Skills & Demeanor: At least 3-5+ years of experience as a designer An eye for layout and typography, and c