Principal Creative Designer
San José, Heredia, CR
Prodigious
Job Description
The Principal Creative Designer will be leading and designing award-winning visual and creative production tasks focused mostly on digital.
Their deliverables should visually inspire, engage, and represent intuitive and functional solutions based on user-centered design.
Occasionally will need to design and concept different digital media, produce different creative solutions and participate in ideation.
Main responsibilities include :
- Deliver with high-quality and on-time any task assigned
- Communicate diligently internally and externally
- Use of the tools and processes assigned by the company
- Keep up-to-date with training related to their field
- Train and support junior collaborators
- Get involved with internal initiatives when required
- Ongoing English improvement
- Work on complex tasks with high priority, both design and creative production
- Work on creative production tasks, like image retouching, illustration, infographics, business presentations, GIF animations, image cuts, copy & design updates, technical production
- Responsible for creating brand-on, strategy-on compelling creative deliverables
- Direct all phases of creative work from concept through production, executing all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
- Lead projects and search for new project ideas
- Responsible for inspiring and motivating creative teams and accountable for developing and directing creative work of the highest caliber with their teams
- Responsible for mentoring and leading assigned creative staff and being available to critique their work to maintain consistent creative quality and award-winning work
- Improve and maintain the delivery quality and the actual procedures of the team
- Helps Creative Director manage the creative staff, as well as helping to review staff
Qualifications
- Great experience in the Digital industry for at least 7 years.
- 2-3 years as Creative Lead
- Advanced English Level minimum B2
- Proficiency and proven experience working on Visual / Web Design and Creative Production
- Versatile to work in different styles and different media
- Desired experience as Art Director
- Experience working in different design fields, including creating concepts using storytelling to develop them
- Must have a portfolio of professional design projects that includes a wide variety of digital design work
- Neat design : typography, color, composition
- Basic prototyping skills
- Detail-oriented
- Illustration and UX skills are a plus
- Knowledge of motion graphics is a big plus
- Knowledge of coding is a plus (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular)
- Tools : Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Office suite, InVision, Keynote.
- Must possess superior graphic and web design skills, managing and delivering high-quality design deliverables throughout all phases of a project
- Able to deliver creative thinking during brainstorming sessions, creative reviews, and project kick-off meetings
- Team player : strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
- Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
- Up to date with the latest design trends, techniques, and technologies
- Self-management skills
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
Additional Information
Benefits :
- Access to Prepaid Medical Plan provided by Prodigious
- Employee engagement activities and events
- Days of Work from Home
- Prodigious AcademyTechnical trainings, soft skills development, technical certifications, access to online libraries and e-learning platforms
- Find your path ProgramYou will have a coach that will support and help you grow
- Level up Program