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Designer - Creative Services - Senior Location: Framingham, MA Contract length: 5 months Schedule: 40 hrs/week Schedule : Onsite Pay: $55/hr - $60/hr (DOE) The senior Designer/Art Director is part of an in-house creative team and is responsible for developing innovative and strategically driven concepts and translating them into finished creative product. Using proven talent and consistent conceptual thinking, the Senior Designer/Art Director must communicate the brand message in a uniquely fresh, memorable, and persuasive way. Key Responsibilities • With a medium level of supervision and direction from the senior creative, partners with a copywriter and conceives and executes social media content across multiple channels, consistent with the agreed upon strategy and in accordance with the brand guidelines. • Helps to develop and guide creative ideas based on input from project managers, in-house creative team and personal research. • With a medium level of supervision from the senior creative, partners with brand and channel project managers, and traffic, production and studio to effectively meet project objectives, schedules, budgets, and deadlines. • Under the direction of, and with approval from, the senior creative, monitor all materials through all stages of pre-production and production. • Efficiently manage and complete all work on time, reporting status of projects to senior creative. • Compose and digitally capture product and concepts in house and on location • Remains current on industry trends. • Receives guidance from the senior creative on production that applies to concept development and creative execution Required Qualifications • 4-6 + years of related work experience and/or training or equivalent combinations of education and experience, fashion, social media platforms and best practices, photography and styling. • High School degree and BFA or design degree required. • Possesses a solid understanding of graphic design, photography (including ability to capture images), illustration, typography, animation and social media platforms. • Proven talent and a strong design sense (proven experience in social media and digital execution). • Proven ability as a problem solver and to take the initiative to solve issues. • Thinks and articulates both verbally and visually when working with/without copy writers. • Solid interpersonal/communication skills • Proven ability to effectively present ideas to team, clients, and/or senior creative team. • Intelligent thinking, demonstrating strong organizational skills and accuracy. • Ability to juggle multiple projects. • Proficient in InDesign, Photoshop (including.gif building), Illustrator and animation using applications such as After Effects. • Must be current on industry trends and possess a vast technical design skill across all media