Critical Mass

Associate Creative Engineer

Critical Mass  •  San José, CR (Onsite)  •  14 days ago
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Job Description

Associate Creative Engineer

As an Associate Creative Engineer, you are skilled in digital design at high scale. You will work with an amazing team of creatives to make sure that artwork is designed at scale according to our client’s brand guidelines. You will take design briefs and key art from the account and creative team, ensuring conceptual creative ideas are designed at scale for digital delivery to market.

You are an ideal candidate if you come from an advertising agency or production design studio and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads, and more.

You will

  • Work with internal teams, account and creative to ensure continuity of delivery of final files within agreed timeframes and to high standards.
  • Design to pixel-perfection and translate key art into the various resizes and versions required by the digital media buy.
  • Become fully ingrained into the brand’s design templates and
    acting as gatekeeper of brand guidelines. 
  • Have an understanding of technical limitations that may affect what can be achieved creatively in various media types
  • Build clean creative files to help manifest the development of a working framework
  • Stay up to date on best digital practices for various platforms
  • Help create a detailed template guide to clearly communicate the workings of the system

You have

  • Experience working as a production designer or designer who thrives in high scale output, in an advertising agency, print or design studio.
  • Experience withhigh-volume design
  • Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite
  • Working knowledge of motion design in Premiere/After Effects is an asset.
  • Working knowledge of Figma/Sketch is an asset.
  • Working knowledge of building and editing Keynote & PowerPoint decks
  • A hands-on, execution driven attitude, turning vision into reality
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Problem solving mindset

What We Offer:

    • Maternity and parental leave extra days
    • Competitive benefits packages
    • Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
    • Access to online services for families and new parents
    • Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
    • Internal learning and development programs
    • Enterprise-wide employee discounts
    • And more…

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

Critical Mass uses artificial intelligence in our recruitment process to enhance job postings, filter keywords during the review of prospective candidates, and, in some cases, transcribe interviews with our recruiters. Human review remains central to the process, and all hiring decisions are ultimately made by our team.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.comand us.greenhouse-mail.io We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

If U.S. based: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams#avoid
If Canada based: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/finance/consumer-affairs.html
If U.K. based: https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights
If Costa Rica based: https://www.consumo.go.cr/educacion_consumidor/consejos_practicos.aspx

Critical Mass

About Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a team of 1,900 inspired folks based in 13 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients.

We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.

We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

Industry
Marketing & Advertising
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Calgary, CA
Year Founded
Unknown
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