Overview: The primary role of the Senior Designer is to ideate, design and deliver impactful creative solutions that address our clients', and their audiences', needs. You must be creatively curious, self-motivated and have the ability to juggle multiple projects with a focused attention to quality and detail. The Senior Designer is responsible for contributing to the development, execution and evolution of concepts throughout all phases of a project. Reporting to the VP, Creative & Content, the Senior Designer will work with our team of strategists, designers, copywriters and other production specialists.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Contributes concepts and ideas that deliver on client strategies and objectives
- Communicates clearly how proposed design solutions address customer and business needs
- Collaborates iteratively and often with Copywriters, Strategists, Information Architects, Developers, Project Managers and more
- Coordinate with account staff and strategists to interpret client needs
- Ability to activate client brands in a way that connects with target audiences
- Has a strong creative competency in all mediums with the ability to design for omni-channel marketing tactics including digital and print
- Understanding and execution of UI/UX design principles and best practices
- Work on the creation and omni-channel activation of client campaigns
- Comfort in collaboration through brainstorm and workshop environments
- Ability to ideate on, design for, and/or produce motion graphics or prototypes using tools like Figma and After Effects
- Ensures quality and preparation of deliverables for handoff to developers, printers, clients, etc.
- Able to assist in the preparation of creative or agency presentations (PPT and Keynote)
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications + Requirements: The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, attributes and/or ability required to successfully perform this job.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 5+ years prior work experience in a marketing or creative agency
- Strong portfolio that demonstrates design thinking and solutions
- Strong understanding of digital experience design that spans web and social
- Ability to successfully present/sell conceptual ideas internally
- Commitment to consistent collaboration with agency and client staff
- Highly proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite
- Highly proficient in Figma and FigJam
- Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented approach to design
- Ability to work independently, managing time effectively
SCHERMER is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We comply with federal and state employment laws.
About SCHERMER:
We offer a competitive salary and benefits (health, dental, vision, disability & life insurances, 401k plan with employer match, Paid Time Off, parking stipend, hybrid in-office/remote work environment, professional development stipend, and a culture of empathy and service. Schermer's team works best together, but with flexibility: we WFH a couple days/week, and come together in the office a few days/week in Minneapolis, MN. Local candidates only.
SCHERMER is a B2B marketing agency that helps B2B technology companies Make Their Market, leading go-to-market strategy and launches, brand strategy and activation, demand campaigns and content marketing, and sales and channel enablement. We are a 7x Association of National Advertisers Small B2B Agency of the Year Finalist, including in 2025, and recently won The Stevie American Business Awards 2025 Agency of the Year. Clients include SAP, Pearson, Best Buy Ads, Red Wing Shoes, Solventum and more.