Jobs at Barbarian (Now Hiring) — 2 open

As a freelancer on the Barbarian Creative team, you’ll help shape consumer behavior through bold ideas, creativity, and interactive media. You’ll contribute to digital marketing, communications, and advertising for some of the world’s leading brands. As a Senior Designer (Freelance), you lead with craft, creating standout digital work with a sharp eye for compelling visuals that align with each brand’s unique style and aesthetic. You have a desire to concept and design to an industry leading standard. You are flexible and collaborative, working with a team of copywriters, animators, etc. to create fresh ideas and support the Design Director and CCO by ensuring high-quality work from both yourself and junior members of the team.

You embody Barbarian’s creative values: Innovation, Service, Craft and Thought, and are excited to help drive our success. You thrive on new challenges and always look for smarter, better ways to deliver for our clients.

Deliverables (criteria by which success can be measured)  

• Deliver and inspire standout, award-worthy work.
• Capable of independently leading projects and managing a team
• Drive impactful change through ideas, creativity, and interactive media.
• Guide and elevate the work of those around you.
• Consistently deliver high quality work on time.  
• Deliver high level internal and external client satisfaction.  
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.  
• Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments to apply to work practices.  
• Collaborate with other departments to get the work completed (AM, PM, Strategy etc.)
• Participate in pitches and remain adaptable across multiple clients.

Key technical competencies

• Creative briefs: Understands and responds to briefs. Immediately identifies any gaps. Asks the right questions during briefings to ensure clear direction and effective action.
• Idea generation: Leads and sets the standard by inspiring creative teammates to develop groundbreaking ideas and deliver world-class solutions. Plays an active role in brainstorming or idea generation and communicates thoughts clearly.  
• Creative craft skills: Establishes art direction, story, style and tone of communication. Proposes, executes and delivers innovative design experiences (including but not limited to interface, interaction, visual identity etc.) across all digital platforms. 
• Supplier management skills: Manages, organizes, and archives assets, consistently applying archiving principles and ensuring the team follows proper procedures.
• New business development: Contributes to design and creation of assets for pitches working closely with Design Director, Creative Directors, and CCO.

Barbarian Creative Competencies 

• Innovation: Shows passion for generating innovative ideas and welcomes the challenge of exploring new, potentially tougher, creative paths. Understands the value of analyzing what has worked in the past to apply these learnings to future thinking.
• Service: Demonstrates the ability to balance specific client requirements with project limitations and consistently ensures timely resolution of all outstanding issues. Exhibits a strong sense of personal accountability for both individual and team work, proactively providing support as needed to guarantee the delivery of high-quality results within established deadlines.
• Craft: Demonstrates a strong bias toward action, consistently delivering high-quality work within required tireframes and deadlines. Takes extra initiative to exceed expectations, ensuring all deliverables meet the highest standards of creative excellence. Maintains a positive and professional attitude, actively contributing to team morale and overall workplace environment.
• Thought: Has the ability to quickly think issues through before acting and knows when to escalate. Possesses strong listening skills and asks open-ended questions to ensure full understanding. Able to present information effectively via multiple channels and is at ease presenting ideas or solutions in team meetings or the  occasional larger group setting.  

Qualifications and experience  

• Proven experience in designing (online or offline) including ad campaigns, social media  campaigns / emails, online campaigns, microsites, websites and mobile experiences.
• Highly proficient in using common software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects,  Sketch, Figma, Keynote, and other relevant software.  
• A degree in Design, Advertising Communication or other design/writing-related courses preferred  by not required.  
• Experience working in a creative/agency environment is a must.