Studio Designer

The Studio Designer will be a creative multi-tool, managing multiple creative and production design responsibilities and executing a wide range of essential services—from original design to creative versioning to preparing creative materials for production. Tasks include developing, versioning and resizing layouts for a multitude of print and digital executions; creating custom-designed materials according to creative briefs, building production mechanicals; designing and building presentations decks, and much more.

At Cactus, we value your personality and character just as much as your work, so to join our team you’ll need to be someone who is unwaveringly collaborative, tenaciously solution-oriented, and contagiously optimistic—someone who embraces challenges and strives to turn every project into something great.

Salary:

$55,000 - $65,000 commensurate with experience

Location:

This is a Denver based role with a hybrid 3 days in office, 2 days WFH

Employee Benefits

Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision for Employee and Family

401k Retirement Savings Plan with 4% match

Flexible Benefit/Cafeteria Plan

$50,000 Life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability on all full time employees at no cost to the employee

$475 per year for Continuing Education and Professional Memberships

$30 per month wellness reimbursement

$100 per month Transportation/Parking Allowance

8 paid Holidays along with 1 week between Christmas and New Years and Birthday

Four weeks paid time off for childbirth recovery and an additional, separate four weeks bonding time for moms, dads, and adoptive parents

Customary profit-sharing distribution in December, based on agency business performance

Unlimited Time Off

Job Roles

Understand project requirements and ideas

Develop creative solutions in collaboration with more senior team members

Use graphic techniques to create drafts, layouts, and final materials

Design and/or version creative materials (both print and digital) based on established design language, executing materials including OOH, posters, print ads, emails, banner ads, social posts, etc.

Finalize print and digital creative before layouts go into production; build production mechanicals

Create comps for agency portfolio, case studies, and PR

Provide creative support to all agency departments

Use feedback from other designers or creatives to improve skills and process

Create and maintain client brand assets (logo suites, brand guidelines, image libraries)

Design, organize, and prep decks and other work for internal presentations, new business, and clients

Perform image retouching and color correction on print and digital images

Accomplish a range of assignments with deadlines and overlapping timelines and complexity

Qualifications

3+ years of experience as a designer and/or production artist within an advertising agency setting

Very strong knowledge of digital and print production techniques and processes

Computer literate with a deep skillset in the latest art and design packages, including a mastery of Adobe Creative

Suite programs (specifically InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) as well as Keynote, Google suite and font management

Working knowledge of Figma, After Effects/Animation software, and/or photography is a plus

Understanding and interest in basic AI capabilities and generation

Strong knowledge of typography, layout, color theory, and appreciation of design and creative principles

Keen eye for design, visual details, and accuracy

Self-starter with the ability to proactively identify issues and troubleshoot solutions to problems as they arise

Extremely detail-oriented and solution-driven

Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new processes and software as needed

Excellent communication skills

Strong team player

The resilience to perform under pressure and deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines

Passion for advertising, creativity, and commercial art.

Strong time management skills

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