Hawke was founded on the idea that every modern business needs a CMO-level expert to lead digital marketing efforts. We customize data-driven, performance-focused solutions to help launch, scale, and invigorate businesses of all sizes, industries, and revenue models. We're shifting the agency paradigm by putting client success ahead of our own. We've been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, INC, Business Insider, and CNN, and we can boast clients such as Red Bull, Verizon, Evite (and many, many more). We work hard, collaborate well, to create our dynamic culture.
Job Summary:

• You'll be creating custom mood boards, designing original logo marks and visual identity systems, and producing detailed brand guides for new and existing businesses of all sizes and industries.
• You'll also help to create thoughtful design solutions that run across digital and social ad campaigns, pitch deck presentations, branded packaging designs, and other types of print and digital marketing collateral.
• You'll work collaboratively with our Art Directors, Strategists, Web Designers, Developers, and Photo/Video experts to explore ideas and concepts through rigorous design iteration, and will help streamline complex design problems into elegant, well-edited solutions.
• You understand the past, present and future of design
• You love playing with shapes and attributing meaning to them
• You love typography, pulling apart letterforms, and putting them back together
• You enjoy creating and following systems and conventions as they pertain to identities (AND file storage!)
• You think strategically and connect design thinking back to specific business use cases
• You're able to focus on small details while still keeping a bird's eye view of large projects
• You're comfortable verbally explaining your work and your thinking both internally and externally
• You're an excellent communicator and are confident being client-facing
• You're responsive to and capable of receiving and giving all types of feedback
• You've got a solid understanding of digital media and the marketing industry at large
• You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while juggling multiple projects at once and are comfortable with tight deadlines

Job Responsibilities:

• Craft detailed mood boards that tell stories, design and iterate custom logo concepts, build-out original visual identity systems, and produce detailed brand guides.
• Create thoughtful design solutions that run across digital and social ad campaigns, branded presentations, print and packaging designs, and other types of marketing collateral.
• Work collaboratively with our Art Directors, Strategists, Web Designers, Developers, and Photo/Video experts to explore ideas and concepts through rigorous design iteration, and help streamline complex design problems into elegant, well-edited solutions.
• Present creative designs and walk a client through your thinking and creative process.
• Meet with clients and internal staff to discuss strategy and report on progress.
• Ensure client requirements are met, work closely with colleagues, including account managers, media buyers, email experts, sales and administrative staff.
• Own and manage the overall quality of the creative concept and its execution on small to medium scope creative projects including onboarding, kickoff, walking clients through creative work, and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Own and manage relationships with clients and businesses of all sizes, industries, and backgrounds.

Job Skills:

• Bachelors in Design or Design Degree
• 5+ Years of Graphic Design experience
• Design managerial experience
• Portfolio with branding examples
• Experience working with a creative agency
• Experience creating Mood Boards, Logos, Identity Systems, Brand Books, Digital and Social Ads, Physical Packaging, Print and Digital Collateral
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Keynote
• Proficiency in animation, illustration, or hand-lettering experience is a plus