Junior Visual Designer

The role involves producing high-quality visual content across digital, brand, presentation, and marketing initiatives for a consulting client. Additionally, the role includes technical oversight of MAM/DAM systems, ingest workflows, and media asset management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-level MAM/DAM systems
• Architect end-to-end ingest workflows for video, audio, and ancillary media
• Oversee and participate in daily ingest operations, ensuring accuracy, proper metadata tagging, and seamless availability of assets for production and editorial teams
• Maintain real-time reporting dashboards on ingest metrics
• Evaluate existing post-production and media-management processes, identify bottlenecks, and drive system-level improvements
• Collaborate with Engineering, IT, Production, and Post-Production teams to define requirements for new tools, integrations, storage solutions, and infrastructure upgrades
• Configure and administer MAM/DAM platforms
• Implement and maintain scalable storage systems with strong backup, versioning, retention, and DRM/security compliance
• Build and manage automated workflows and file-transfer pipelines
• Develop and enforce ingest standards, naming conventions, delivery specs, editorial handoff workflows, and archival consistency
• Conduct high-level QC on incoming and outgoing media, identifying systemic issues and creating preventive solutions
• Serve as the technical lead for on-site or remote ingest operations during live events, multi-camera shoots, or high-volume production days
• Train internal teams on MAM usage, ingest workflows, metadata tagging, and best practices
• Stay up to date on industry trends in media pipelines, AI metadata extraction, cloud-based workflows, storage architectures, and remote review tools

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 1–3 years of professional design experience in an agency, in-house, production, freelance, or consulting environment
• Strong portfolio demonstrating real-world, professional work experience across a variety of mediums and project types
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Motion graphics and animation experience is a plus
• Exposure to art direction and participation in larger creative campaigns is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of visual design principles, typography, layout, branding, and visual storytelling
• Versatile designer who is comfortable working across digital, presentation, social media, marketing, and brand design projects
• Excellent organizational, project management, and time-management skills
• Self-motivated and accountable, with the ability to work independently and take ownership of projects from concept through execution
• Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness, and problem-solving ability in fast-paced environments
• Adaptable and comfortable working in an environment where priorities and business needs may evolve
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a positive attitude and team-oriented approach
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality work under deadlines and navigate real-world creative challenges

Benefits

• Highly subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans
• Short-term & long-term disability benefits
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off, including caregiving and personal leave options
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare & dependent care
• Supplemental health insurance coverage
• Commuter benefits & gym membership discounts
• Employee Assistance Program & life insurance
• Equipment borrowing program + discounts on gear purchases
• Access to professional development resources

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