Senior Designer

At MESH, we are committed to achieving ambitious results for our clients by Creating Brand Velocity. We’re an innovative integrated marketing agency with a passion for partnership and brand growth. We do this by building a culture of talented, motivated, and creative teams who are aligned with our Core Values:

We Go All In, having a growth mindset and a high drive for excellence.
We Tell the Truth, by working with integrity and authenticity.
We Care Deeply, about the consistency and quality of our work, our clients, and each other.
We Have Fun, by finding joy in our work and meshing with our clients to discover amazing and creative ways to grow brands.
We Dream Big, because the future doesn’t fit in the containers of the past.

Dreamed of creating and reinventing brands? Being part of a team and collaborating with fellow creatives to bring a vision to life? If your answer is yes, send your portfolio to us. MESH is looking for an experienced and versatile copywriter who can work on both digital and traditional projects without skipping a beat. When you join MESH, you will become a part of a rare breed of talented professionals working on Fortune 500 accounts, startups and everything in between, all while fulfilling our collective mission to make a difference in the world around us. MESH has won lots of awards for creativity, best places to work, fastest growing company and more. We love what we do and the people we do it with. So, we believe in taking care of our people—our benefits include 401k match, healthcare contribution, bonus program, remote working, team outings, generous PTO program, a pet Yeti, and more. If you think you have what it takes to join our agency, get in touch with us.

As a Senior Designer, you will be an active leader within the MESH creative team, designing for a variety of client accounts, participating or leading in brainstorming sessions, writing rationales in support of your work, and learning and staying up to date on design trends and techniques in order to provide the best work for our clients.

Culture

We believe that if you invest in talented people, surround them with other talented people and let them do their thing, mind-blowing results are bound to follow.

If you shoot for the moon, love what you do and constantly keep exploring you may be the MESHite we’re looking for. At MESH, anyone can pitch an idea and expect to be heard. We don’t discriminate based on job title, experience or background. A good idea is a good idea no matter where it comes from.

Our Mission: Listen. Be Authentic. Go Beyond.

Job Responsibilities:

Design

Design for various mediums, including print, billboards, animated graphics, video, packaging, websites, mobile applications, social media, brand systems, and logos.
Ability to adapt design style for a variety of clients across a vast number of industries.
Learn about and stay up to date on design trends, principles, and techniques.
Utilize principles of human-centered design to create educated and rational design decisions.
Be able to defend your design decisions with a user-first rationale internally and face-to-face with clients.
Interpret creative briefs, research, and inspiration to develop mood boards and guidelines for logos and marketing campaign creative.
Compile comprehensive color palettes, font usage, and other design elements to establish an overall look and feel for collective creative assets.
Collaborate with creative and brand teams to further evolve look-and-feel to reach the final direction.
Review and approve all established campaign resizing for media placements

Marketing

Research and understand the client’s industry, competition, history, goals, and objectives and make thoughtful design decisions relevant to that information. Attend Discovery meetings as requested.
Contribute to marketing strategies from a design perspective.
Create spec work for potential clients as well as work on pitch decks.

Teamwork and Management

Lead brainstorming sessions with other team members to quickly determine strategy and direction for a client.
Offer input and guidance to co-workers in a constructive, encouraging way.
Be willing to teach or pass along knowledge to co-workers.
Ability to mentor Junior Designers and Design Interns
Along with other creative managers,
Interview and select interns each semester.
Supervise their creative work.
Oversee their work schedules.
Provide performance reviews per their course credit, if applicable
Ensure projects are moving within the agreed timelines and communicate with the team if they are not.
Work with Brand Managers on project budgets and timelines, as needed
Deliver files according to specs and requirements.
Ability to work collaboratively as well as independently. Exceptional attention to detail and ability to go beyond expectations.
Ability to take direction and constructive criticism to make necessary adjustments.
Understand and live the MESH culture and share with others.

Qualifications

5 or more years of design experience across a variety of mediums (Digital, Motion, Print)
3 or more years at an agency or in-house marketing department a must
Extensive experience across a variety of media (print, motion, web)
Experience in concept ideation, design strategy, and digital prototyping
Ability to give direction, communicate ideas quickly and clearly, and present ideas to clients
Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Experience in User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Design
Confident self-starter and a quick learner
Ability to quickly switch between tasks in a fast-paced environment
An eye for detail and a desire for pixel-perfect design
Time management skills and the ability to adhere to deadlines
Team leadership and mentoring skills

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, or related field
Experience in web-building platforms such as Squarespace or Webflow
Additional skills in UI design tools such as Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, Framer, or InVisionStudio
Additional skills in digital prototyping tools like Principle and InVision

Requirements

Candidate must be able to present valid U.S. Work Authorization documents.
Candidate must demonstrate verbal and written mastery of the English language.
Successful candidate will be required to attend in-person meetings with local clients (Louisiana).
Working hours are Central Standard Time