Senior Graphic Designer Job at McKinley Marketing Partners, Inc. in McLean

Our large hospitality client is seeking a senior graphic designer to join their in-house studio team for a long-term W2 contract!

Responsibilities

• Develop creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the internal creative team
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to interpret a creative brief
• Develop compelling creative solutions across omnichannel touchpoints with a customer-first lens
• Responsible for graphic design and direction, seeing all projects through from concept, design, production, completion, and delivery
• Present and provide business rationale for creative ideas to our internal stakeholders for approval and development
• Assist the team with day-to-day production requests, including image selection and reformatting creative for various channels
• Adhere to brand identity standards and guidelines, while helping to inform the evolution and extension of the visual identity
• Use campaign performance data to understand the effectiveness of campaigns and apply key learnings to future campaigns

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a creative field
• Minimum of 5 years relative design experience, preferably in a design firm, advertising, or in-house creative department
• Strong well-rounded portfolio that demonstrates work across a wide variety of brands and campaign applications (traditional print, social, email, signage, etc.)
• Must be able to apply style guides creatively while upholding brand identity
• Ability to process and produce multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
• Solid background in visual communications, print, digital, social, branding, and typography