Digital Video Production Designer (Chicago)

Hiring for a Digital Video Production Designer, long term contract, Monday- Friday, 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities include:

• Edit branded video content for digital, social, and campaign use using Adobe Premiere Pro, ensuring strong storytelling, pacing, and visual polish, with a strong understanding of social-first and campaign video best practices across platforms such as Meta (Instagram/Facebook) and YouTube.
• Design and produce dynamic digital assets including display ads, paid media units, social media graphics, and web assets using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Create original layouts using typography, photography, illustration, and motion, while adhering to established brand systems, with an emphasis on motion-first design for social and online video environments.
• Work closely with Art Directors to animate and enhance video content with titles, supers, and simple motion graphics; experience in Adobe After Effects preferred.
• Maintain a strong sense of typography, layout, and visual hierarchy across both motion and static deliverables, tailored to platform-specific consumption behaviors (e.g., sound-off, vertical viewing).
• Manage revisions efficiently, incorporating feedback while maintaining creative integrity and production timelines.
• Organize, update, and archive video and design files to ensure efficient version control and asset accessibility.
• Stay current on evolving platform capabilities, creative trends, and performance best practices, and share key learnings and industry standards with the wider team.
• Collaborate with external vendors, photographers, and partners as needed to support content creation.
• Support DAM workflows by uploading, tagging, and organizing assets to maintain consistency and usability across teams.

Requirements:

• Ability to go onsite 3-4 days per week
• Must be a proficient user in the following: Working knowledge of HTML for building and troubleshooting web ads, After Effects, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Premiere Pro