Graphic Designer / Video Editor
Metal Toad is looking for a Graphic Designer and Video Editor to join our remote team.
This is a fully remote contract position.
The primary role of the Graphic Designer/Video Editor is to support the creation and syndication of Metal Toad digital marketing and sales collateral, sales enablement tools, event materials, and a variety of other creative tasks as assigned.
The ideal candidate takes ownership and initiative of assigned tasks, thrives in change, is detail-oriented, and is comfortable working across shifting priorities and differing levels of ambiguity to find solutions. You must be able to take constructive criticism well and enjoy working within a remote team environment.
This position offers a great opportunity for someone who is proactive, adaptable, collaborative, highly focused and is excited by both diverse new challenges and production work alike. This position reports to the Director of Marketing and... Brand.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Visual Design
- Work under the direction of the Director of Marketing and Brand to develop creative concepts and high-quality designs that adhere to brand guidelines
- Design and produce a wide variety of digital marketing assets, sales assets, collateral, and sales enablement tools
- Create infographics and presentation materials to simplify the communication of complex concepts
- Hit the ground running to design and update RFPs and proposals based upon established templates and brand guidelines
- Design and update website, landing pages, and email campaigns via Drupal and Hubspot
Production Design
- Ability to update content in previously designed deliverables and ensure the established visual style is consistently utilized throughout
- Ability to uphold visual aesthetic and integrity of the original design while producing a high volume of new assets
- Optimize graphics and video content for digital platforms
- Prepare images to coincide with social and blog posts
- Assist with event materials
- Assemble final presentation material for printing as needed
Video Editing
- Edit video for use on blog, YouTube, and social media platforms
- Create short videos to highlight, recap, and promote various endeavors and events.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Read (and agree to) our Corporate Values Statement
- Believe in the company mission
- Self-starter, able to think creatively to solve problems
- Organized, dependable, and detail-oriented
- Eager to learn new skills and take the initiative on projects as needed
- Manage timelines and prioritization of workload, and know when to ask for direction
- Work autonomously and develop high-quality concepts with minimal instruction
- Able to work well against multiple and shifting priorities and differing levels of ambiguity
- "Can-do" attitude with a high sense of urgency
- Team Player who explores opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- A strong design portfolio demonstrating high-quality design skills and video editing skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to communicate complex concepts and data through images
- Thorough knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (mainly InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, Photoshop, and PDF Acrobat), Microsoft Office, and G Suite
- Familiarity with best practices for graphics and video content on social media platforms (LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
- Have experience with designing digital marketing assets, such as infographics, landing pages, email campaigns, social media ads, and/or Google ads
- Have experience with designing print collateral, such as ebooks, presentations, one-sheets, business cards, and other graphics
- Interested in copywriting and proofreading for digital marketing assets
- Translate written and video content from English to Portuguese and from Portuguese to English
- Must submit a resume along with a link to portfolio. Applications without a portfolio will not be accepted.
Location: Remote - Anywhere
Skills required for this job:
- Social Media
- Marketing
- Design
- Sales
- Excel
- Copywriting
- Business
- Communication
- Digital marketing
- Social Media
- Google Ads
