Agile Pod Senior Designer

Description
Agile Pod Senior Designer, Greenhouse We are looking for an Art Director/Designer to work within one of our Agile pod teams. This person will report to our Creative/Design Director as part of our In-House agency, Greenhouse. They will be challenged to continually raise the bar on creative expression for specific channels from email/digital to DM/print to PowerPoint. Must have a proven ability to present and communicate creative solutions professionally and succinct.The Art Director is seamlessly able to transform the strategic opportunity into best-in-class creative that elevates our brand vision. We are looking for a thinker and doer who lives, breathes and conceptualizes with demonstrated talent. The Art Director has a deep appreciation for clean, simple, design. Collaborates with copywriters and broader teams to deliver relevant experiences across platforms and branded experiences. Iterates off of existing campaigns expanding the brand message. Responsibilities - Art Director will create solutions that reinforce the brand platform at every touch point. Producing high quality visual and interactive campaigns. - Work from agreed upon creative briefs with Copywriter, Creative Director and Project teams to develop and execute concepts for financial products and marketing initiatives. - Partner with creative, marketing and agency teams to deliver creative that maintains best possible user experience on strategy and on time. - Understands competitive landscape, customer feedback, metrics to create user-centered design. - Ability to create visual designs across a wide range of assets (including landing pages, web and mobile interfaces, online display advertising, native ad units, social tiles, animated gifs) that push the brand, evolve design guidelines and engage the consumer. - Present to creative partners effectively and positively while communicating how the work will help achieve goals. - Help Creative team workflow process run smoothly and finds innovative ways to enhance it. - Communicate concepts through sketches, diagrams, visual comps.
Location Flexible work from home options, with 3 days/week in-office collaboration requested or all-remote for the right candidate.
About Citizens' Pod Teams Citizens pods are innovative, cross-functional teams that think beyond banking transactions to better focus on customers and our relationship with them. Employing the Agile methodology to test, measure, and iterate, Pod teams work in bi-weekly sprints to quickly uncover learnings that set the standard for how our Greenhouse internal agency addresses the future needs of customers.
Why join Citizens? There is no better time to be a Citizen! The organization is growing, consistently adding capabilities and reach that enable us to gain market share and do more for our customers.
At Citizens, we value exceeding customer expectations, doing the right thing, thinking long term and working together. It's how we deliver our mission to help our customers, colleagues and communities reach their potential.
We pride ourselves on having a culture of continuous learning, providing colleagues with many professional and personal development opportunities. We're a bank, but also so much more. Come join us to experience a supportive workplace where you're encouraged to expand your skills and see how far your talents and interests take you.
About Citizens Greenhouse Greenhouse is Citizens' award-winning in-house agency. We're master storytellers - writers, art directors, designers, video editors and animators - who develop integrated, data-driven creative campaigns that grab the attention of our customers and prospects, enhance our brand, and communicate our transformative vision of traditional and digital banking.
Qualifications
Skills and requirements
- 7+ years print/ digital design experience in-house marketing and/or agency creative team.
- 7+ years of experience partnering with multiple internal/external teams.
- Excellent creative online portfolio.
- Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint. Knowledge of Excel, MS Teams, Outlook and Word.
- Ability to quickly absorb, express and expand upon Brand Platform and Graphic Standards.
- Create, iterate and continually deliver design in a clean, concise, intuitive way that maintains brand standards.
- Display rock-solid graphic design skills with an eye for typography, composition, layout, color, and pixel-level attention to detail.
- Knowledge in design best practices for mobile, web, templates, style sheets and delivering clean and prepped files to developers.
- Understanding the fundamentals, current challenges and future trends of the digital design landscape.
- Experience in Art Directing photo shoots, select process, artistic cropping, minor retouching, and sharing assets through a content library system.
- Experience in automated workflow tools like Aprimo, Workfront etc.
- Excellent organization and decision-making skills with ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Thrives to meet aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to work independently.
- A versatile, team player with a positive attitude.
- Agile and pod experience is a plus.
Education Bachelor's degree in Design or similar field is preferred or relevant experience.
Why Work for Us
At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth.
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