Senior Motion & Graphic Designer

Silverback Strategies is a performance marketing agency built to help marketers grow and capitalize on change. Ad Age, Inc Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, and The Washington Business Journal have recognized Silverback as one of the best places to work.
We hire the best and help them get better. Silverbackers are supported, challenged and inspired by their peers. Regardless of title or tenure, every Silverbacker plays a role in helping our agency get better. This is a place where you can make a difference.
What you will do:
Translate strategy into visuals: partner closely with our Creative Strategist to take research, hooks, and loose creative briefs and turn them into concrete visual concepts, storyboards, and finished assets
Produce both statics and video: design and build static ad creative and edit/produce short-form video and motion content for paid social at a consistently high craft level
Interpret brand guidance at any altitude: work from anything ranging from a thin one-pager to a comprehensive brand system, and reliably produce creative that's unmistakably on-brand either way
Navigate regulated-industry review cycles: produce creative that anticipates compliance and legal scrutiny, minimizing revision rounds and rejection risk without watering down creative quality
Push brands into new creative territory: identify opportunities to evolve a brand's creative expression to unlock scale and new-market growth, while staying inside brand-safety guardrails
Select and edit raw footage/imagery: review raw photography and video footage from shoots and select, crop, cut, and edit the strongest material into finished assets — no on-set creative direction required
Own asset quality and turnaround: deliver polished, client-ready work with minimal internal revision cycles so assets aren't burning days internally before they even reach the client
Maintain visual consistency at scale: keep creative consistent and on-brand across a high volume of ad variations, formats, and platform
What we are looking for:
Core Experience
5+ years in a hands-on creative production role — Art Director, Senior Designer, Creative Producer, or similar —with dedicated performance/paid social experience
A portfolio that shows range across both static design and video/motion editing, ideally for paid social specifically
Experience working within brand guidelines of varying depth and translating them into new creative applications
Experience in regulated or highly regulated industries (healthcare, finance, insurance, legal, or similar) is a strong plus, given our client base
Experience working in matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders and layered approval processes
Craft & Technical Skills
Expert-level proficiency in Figma (or similar) for static design and layout
Strong proficiency in After Effects (or similar) for motion graphics and video editing
Comfortable editing raw video/photo footage into finished assets: selects, cuts, pacing, captions/graphics overlays
Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator) as needed
Understands platform-specific creative specs and best practices across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and other paid social channels
Creative & Strategic Judgment
A strong eye for what "good" looks like in modern performance advertising — thumb-stopping, polished, and effective, not just pretty
Understands performance/paid-social fundamentals (hooks, pacing, hierarchy, CTAs) well enough to make smart creative calls independently, without needing to run the strategy
Can take a loose brief or visual direction and fill in the gaps with sound creative judgment
High attention to detail — typos, brand misapplications, and spec errors don't make it to client review
Comfortable giving and receiving fast, iterative feedback in a deadline-driven environment
Working Style
Thrives on speed without sacrificing polish — this role owns production timelines that need to move fast to offset long approval cycles
Collaborative by nature; sees the Creative Strategist as a partner, not a hand-off point
Self-sufficient in production; doesn't need heavy oversight to get from brief to finished asset
What success looks like:
Assets consistently reach client/compliance review in 1–2 internal revision rounds or fewer
Creative reliably passes compliance and legal review with minimal rework
Output balances brand safety with creative freshness — clients see growth and new territory, not just "more of the same"
The Strategist and Senior Performance Creative function as a true two-person creative engine, each covering what the other doesn't
What This Role Is Not:
Not a photo/video shoot creative director — you won't be expected to run or direct live shoots, just to select and edit from what's captured
Not a pure strategist — research, testing frameworks, and reporting live with the Creative Strategist, not this role
—Why Silverback?—
Silverback isn’t for everybody. If you’re an A player, you will get paid more, learn more and grow faster with support from a smart and fun team. If you’re a B player, you will be miserable
Make an impact: We’re a small agency. Everybody has the opportunity to drive change and impact
Get paid: We hire the best and pay them generously
Do cool sh*t: From media to SEO to measurement, learn the cutting edge of what works
—Benefits & Perks—
Unlimited PTO
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
Virtual Team Events and a fun, casual, inclusive company culture
Company-paid ClassPass membership
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Summer Fridays
401(k) with Employer Match
Silverback Strategies is an equal opportunity employer. If you believe you meet the qualifications for the position, then we invite you to apply. We celebrate the free flow of conversation, ideas and opinions at Silverback, but actions such as bullying, discrimination, harassment or retaliation of any kind are strictly prohibited in our workplace. We are committed to providing a safe, open and accommodating environment that allows all of our team members to thrive. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, color, disability, family, genetic information, origin, race, religion, sex. For more information, we invite you to visit eeoc.gov.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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