Designer

The Designer will create and execute compelling design solutions across a wide variety of tactical applications in order to meet and exceed our clients’ business objectives. The right individual for this role will have an exceptional portfolio of work that displays superior design ability, original and imaginative ideas and a keen eye for detail, as well as strong knowledge of typography, image manipulation, layout principles, production specifications, and current design software.

At Cactus, we value your personality and character just as much as your work, so to join our team you’ll need to be someone who is unwaveringly collaborative, tenaciously solution-oriented, and contagiously optimistic – someone who embraces challenges and strives to turn every project into something great.

Salary:

$55k - $72k commensurate with experience

Location:

This is a Denver based role with a hybrid 3 days in office, 2 days WFH schedule.

Employee Benefits

Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision for Employee and Family

401k Retirement Savings Plan with 4% match

Flexible Benefit/Cafeteria Plan

$50,000 Life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability on all full time employees at no cost to the employee

$475 per year for Continuing Education and Professional Memberships

$30 per month wellness reimbursement

$100 per month Transportation/Parking Allowance

8 paid Holidays along with 1 week between Christmas and New Years and Birthday

Four weeks paid time off for childbirth recovery and an additional, separate four weeks bonding time for moms, dads, and adoptive parents

Customary profit-sharing distribution in December, based on agency business performance

Unlimited Time Off

Job Roles

Design, version, and resize creative materials based on established design language, executing materials including digital, social, web, email, POS, OOH, print, etc.

Develop outstanding original design solutions, both individually and in partnership with others

Apply strategic insights in ways that solve assignments with creative ingenuity

Accomplish a wide range of assignments with overlapping timelines and complexities, including logo design and brand guidelines, packaging, design for social and digital interfaces, UI design, collateral systems, print, and non-traditional tactics

Design and organize presentation decks for internal and client needs

Create comps for agency portfolio, case studies, and PR

Perform image retouching and color correction on print and digital images

Prepare materials for production; build production mechanicals

Present work, both internally and to clients

Qualifications

2-5 years experience in marketing design required; advertising agency experience highly preferred

A talent for creative problem-solving and the ability to continually generate original ideas and visual concepts

A strong understanding of marketing design and layout, typography, image manipulation, illustration, and animation

Skilled knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, Keynote, and PowerPoint

Knowledge of Figma or After Effects is preferred but not required

A passion for advertising and commercial art

The resilience to perform under pressure, take and apply feedback well, and deliver high quality work within tight deadlines

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