Social Media Designer [AQ-12340]

Aquent is proud to partner with a leading North American agency, a powerhouse in marketing and creative solutions. This innovative agency is celebrated for crafting compelling narratives and visual experiences for prominent brands, especially within the vibrant Food & Beverage industry, ensuring deep resonance with consumers.

About the role

We’re seeking an exceptional talent to step into a pivotal role, making an immediate impact by shaping the visual identity of a beloved brand across all social platforms. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, set trends, and directly influence how a major brand connects with its audience, ensuring every post, story, and reel captivates and converts. This is a temporary engagement, approximately 26 hours per week, covering a maternity leave with the potential for extension onto future exciting projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive Organic Content Creation: Design and produce captivating monthly organic social content, including feed posts, stories, reels assets, static graphics, and short-form video elements, all meticulously optimized for maximum engagement and virality.
• Shape Visual Identity & Templates: Define, evolve, and meticulously maintain the brand’s social-first visual identity by crafting scalable design templates, comprehensive asset libraries, and crystal-clear visual guidelines that empower consistent brand representation.
• Ensure Brand Strategy & Tone Alignment: Guarantee that all visual output seamlessly integrates with the brand’s overarching marketing strategy, target audience, and distinctive social voice, amplifying its message effectively.
• Foster Collaborative Feedback & Iteration: Engage closely with agency leads and brand stakeholders, actively refining and polishing creative ideas through constructive feedback to achieve design excellence.
• Cultivate Community & Voice Design: Help establish distinct visual cues for dynamic community responses and uphold the brand's consistent, authentic tone of voice across all social channels, building stronger connections.

Requirements

• Exceptional Social-First Design Experience: A robust portfolio showcasing a proven track record of designing eye-catching, high-converting content specifically tailored for leading social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook). Experience within the vibrant food/beverage industry is a significant advantage.
• Mastery of Design Software: Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat) and Canva, enabling you to bring complex visual concepts to life with precision and speed.
• Keen Eye for Trends: Deep familiarity with the latest social media trends, platform-specific formats, and emerging visual styles, allowing you to create content that is always fresh, relevant, and ahead of the curve.
• Collaborative & Persuasive Communicator: Comfortable embracing constructive feedback, iterating quickly on designs, and presenting creative ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Motion Graphics & Video Editing Skills: Experience with basic motion graphics or video editing tools, adding another layer of dynamic content creation to your toolkit.

Schedule

Approximately 26 hours per week.

Benefits

Eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium.