Junior Graphic Designer

The internet is experiencing a transformation – ad blindness and blocking are forcing media companies and advertisers to rethink the way they connect with consumers. This evolution is changing the way we consume content and how we interact with brands. Nativo is enabling this shift by developing the new technologies, data insights, and best practices that will power this next generation of media and advertising.

Nativo, the leading content advertising technology platform, empowers brand advertisers and publishers to reach consumers and measure their engagement with content. For brands, Nativo provides the ultimate technology for intelligently deploying content at scale. For media companies, Nativo is a complete tech stack built from the bottom-up to deliver content and native placements within publisher sites. From the hands and minds of an amazing team, Nativo has engineered a platform that has been recognized as the best available in the market. Nativo is respected, well-funded, and growing rapidly. Nativo is well-positioned to play a vital role forging the path of media and advertising in the coming years. The opportunity to join a team that is making a huge impact is now.

The Junior Graphic Designer supports all pre-sale and in-campaign creative, crafting and executing the strategic design of client and campaign projects to ensure the most compelling visuals, icons and graphics populate content driving deal-winning and successful campaign performance. This team member reports to the Senior Graphic Designer within the Marketing department.

What you’ll do:

• Embrace each client project – understand their identity and campaign goals to craft and execute rich designs to which the target audience will respond, in order to drive successful performance
• Own all visualization initiatives; including but not limited to: branded visual “buttons” and assets, photo treatment and editing, campaign content, publisher site mocks and templates and proposal assembly
• Maintain Nativo’s own brand guidelines and visual voice across all internal and external resources
• Research, explore and communicate best practices in Design; communicate these during Content Performance Report meetings, and support in packaging or crafting collateral as appropriate
• Identify efficiency opportunities within the design process and cross-functional workflow to always maintain deadlines; support all internal platform adoption and maintenance, including Slack, Freckle and Salesforce
• Set the standard for attention to detail, strictly observing QA processes to make sure all output is of the highest quality level

• Be prepared and on time for the work day and meetings, maintaining all deadlines and carefully monitoring, managing and communicating around incoming project requests or even informal asks warranting deliverables; keep team members informed and up to date on projects
• Be proactive in getting feedback on designs
• Maintain positive morale, encouraging a healthy and supportive work environment

What you need:

• 1-2 years’ work experience REQUIRED, agency experience a plus
• Quick self-learner, expert at multi-tasking, and thrives in a fast-paced environment with frequent, tight deadlines
• Experience with PowerPoint, Keynote
• Super user of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (experience with After Effects, CSS, HTML a plus)
• Strong sense of iconography and concise visual depictions of concepts or ideas
• Enthusiasm and interest in marketing and advertising; for each project will work to understand brand identity and guidelines, goals and target audience to drive an engaging and cohesive brand experience through design
• Superior project management skills, can prioritize and organize tasks to meet deadlines; pristine attention to detail
• Can work within client Brand Guidelines, while also displaying a unique point of view and contribution
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to translate conceptual ideas from creative direction or briefs into engaging visual presentations and design solutions
• Motivated and passionate about design and technology
• Enjoys working both collaboratively, and with autonomy 
• Effective problem-solver and solutions-oriented
• Avid consumer of digital content and social media
• Experience with Salesforce a plus

*** Please include a link to your digital portfolio/website. Applicants without a portfolio will not be considered.

What we offer:

At Nativo, you make an immediate impact. Nativo is made up of smart, talented and driven people looking for other potential team members with the same attitude of innovation and excellence. We offer incredible opportunities to learn and work on projects that transform digital advertising. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes stock options, health coverage, employer-matched 401k, cutting edge work, and the opportunity to join a rapidly growing startup with a proven product.