Brand Designer CDMX
Who are we?
MATTE is a 360° full-service creative studio at the convergence of hype, storytelling and design. We bring people together to inspire new ways of engaging, to provoke long term progress, and to entertain audiences around the world, while helping forward-thinking brands and institutions nimbly and truly do the same. Our studio capabilities range from strategic ideation and insights, creative development, branding and identity, experiential, web design and development, campaigns and content creation, all the way through full-scale production and execution.
About this role:
The Designer will serve as a strategic and conceptual design lead on all brand creative design elements within the brand department for MATTE. Working cross functionally, you will take ownership of developing design – from ideation to execution. You should be results driven and agile enough to look at performance/analytics and adjust. This role will report to the Senior Brand Manager and will be responsible for:
Responsibilities:
General Brand Design
- Maintain responsibility of and create resources for the MATTE Brand Identity; including logo lockups, vector files, typographic systems, and all virtual asset use cases across the brand
- Ensure continuity of Brand Identity principles and quality control standards across all internal and external-facing uses of the brand visual system
- Liaison with client teams and digital team to create compelling case studies for the MATTE website following the MATTE website best practices and template systems; collaborating with clients and marketing teams to ensure that designs accurately reflect the brand’s desired image and messaging
Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager
- All social assets including Instagram, LinkedIn
- Make revisions to designs and lockups based on high-level direction from Brand and sometimes digital. Keep track of all concurrent design projects in a clear, organized manner. Manage simultaneous design projects with the ability to meet deadlines
- Ensure that all designs are produced to the highest standards of quality and accuracy
- Owner and designer for all brand output; including all social media, newsletter design, internal pitch decks (when applicable to brand), site editorial covers / entry collages
- Work with the Senior Brand Manager on MATTE original content pieces; managing all image and graphic asset files while collaboratively executing on custom design work that aligns with each piece
Additional Responsibilities (Communicated through Direct Report, briefed by Director of Events)
- Event Poster Design updates
- Promotional / Partnerships deck creation
- Newsletter Blasts, Hubspot
What you will bring:
- Minimum BA in Graphic Design, Digital Design, or equivalent
- Highly-qualified educational and professional background in graphic design including photoshop, illustrator, indesign, aftereffects, final cut, keynote, and g suite
- Should have a strong editorial eye and keen eye for detail
- Strong background experience in presentation design, typographic layouts, image manipulation / post-production, short-form sizzle edits
- Brand Designer should have interest in fashion, culture and music—MATTE is looking for a creative collaborator to conceptualize and finesse unique, consistent, and pixel-perfect templates and new designs for social media
- Must be able to work with agility in a fast-paced environment; there are times where social posts will need to be released quickly and to the same high-caliber of excellence as the rest of the content
- Must have the background design administrative ability to follow file naming conventions, keep track of templates, organize logo / font folders, and create a consistently organized design process that other designers and individuals in the company can easily access and understand
- Needs to have basic experience with AfterEffects and video editing
Everyone is welcome at MATTE - we’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated. MATTE provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, MATTE will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.