Critical Mass

Marketing

AssociateCreativeEngineer

$13000–18000k ~AI est. San José, Costa Rica FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Associate Creative Engineer at Critical Mass. Skills: Digital design, Brand guidelines, Design systems. Design artwork at scale. Ensure conceptual ideas are designed”

Industry & Context.

Marketing
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving mindset

Eligibility Requirements

Full on-site attendance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience as production designer, Experience in high-volume design, Experience with Adobe Creative Suite

Nice to Have

Working knowledge of motion design, Working knowledge of Figma/Sketch, Working knowledge of Keynote & PowerPoint

What You'll Do.

Design artwork at scale

Ensure conceptual ideas are designed

Work with internal teams

Ensure continuity of delivery

Design to pixel-perfection

Translate key art into resizes

Become ingrained into brand templates

Act as gatekeeper of brand guidelines

Build clean creative files

Help create template guide

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with creatives; Work with account teams; Work with creative teams

Full Job Description

As an Associate Creative Engineer, you are skilled in digital design at high scale. You will work with an amazing team of creatives to make sure that artwork is designed at scale according to our client’s brand guidelines. You will take design briefs and key art from the account and creative team, ensuring conceptual creative ideas are designed at scale for digital delivery to market. You are an ideal candidate if you come from an advertising agency or production design studio and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads, and more. This position requires full on-site attendance, five days per week, at the Barreal office (Heredia, Zona Franca Metropolitana). You will Work with internal teams, account and creative to ensure continuity of delivery of final files within agreed timeframes and to high standards. Design to pixel-perfection and translate key art into the various resizes and versions required by the digital media buy. Become fully ingrained into the brand’s design templates and 
acting as gatekeeper of brand guidelines.  Have an understanding of technical limitations that may affect what can be achieved creatively in various media types Build clean creative files to help manifest the development of a working framework Stay up to date on best digital practices for various platforms Help create a detailed template guide to clearly communicate the workings of the system You have Experience working as a production designer or designer who thrives in high scale output, in an advertising agency, print or design studio. Experience withhigh-volume design Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite Working knowledge of motion design in Premiere/After Effects is an asset. Working knowledge of Figma/Sketch is an asset. Working knowledge of building and editing Keynote & PowerPoint decks A hands-on, execution driven attitude, turning vision into reality Strong attention to detail Problem solving mind

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