Associate Creative Engineer

<div class="a4c337c6 _210d956f _3dd29de3 _41f2eb19 _51abf193 _5d2fa374 _49662d47 edb9dae4">&nbsp;</div> <p class="_0d982122 fd417a7a cb81723c _6e9fad85 _13695d89 _6784db7f _5b5cad18 ed9ce09e _8fbdf03c _0ca6e5c4 d6770565"><span class="_70e4f2de _5450b3ac edb9dae4" data-testid="expandable-text-box">As an Associate Creative Engineer, you are skilled in digital design at high scale. You will work with an amazing team of creatives to make sure that artwork is designed at scale according to our client’s brand guidelines. You will take design briefs and key art from the account and creative team, ensuring conceptual creative ideas are designed at scale for digital delivery to market.<br><br>You are an ideal candidate if you come from an advertising agency or production design studio and have worked on a range of creative projects from marketing collateral, digital campaigns, print work, brand work, ads, and more.</span></p> <p class="_0d982122 fd417a7a cb81723c _6e9fad85 _13695d89 _6784db7f _5b5cad18 ed9ce09e _8fbdf03c _0ca6e5c4 d6770565"><span class="_70e4f2de _5450b3ac edb9dae4" data-testid="expandable-text-box"><br>This position requires full on-site attendance, <strong>five days per week</strong>, at the Barreal office (Heredia, Zona Franca Metropolitana).<br></span></p> <p class="_0d982122 fd417a7a cb81723c _6e9fad85 _13695d89 _6784db7f _5b5cad18 ed9ce09e _8fbdf03c _0ca6e5c4 d6770565"><span class="_70e4f2de _5450b3ac edb9dae4" data-testid="expandable-text-box"><strong>You will<br></strong></span></p> <ul class="d5f1be25 _6f44c9df edb9dae4"> <li>Work with internal teams, account and creative to ensure continuity of delivery of final files within agreed timeframes and to high standards.</li> <li>Design to pixel-perfection and translate key art into the various resizes and versions required by the digital media buy.</li> <li>Become fully ingrained into the brand’s design templates and 
acting as gatekeeper of brand guidelines. </li> <li>Have an understanding of technical limitations that may affect what can be achieved creatively in various media types</li> <li>Build clean creative files to help manifest the development of a working framework</li> <li>Stay up to date on best digital practices for various platforms</li> <li>Help create a detailed template guide to clearly communicate the workings of the system</li> </ul> <p><strong>You have<br><br></strong></p> <ul class="d5f1be25 _6f44c9df edb9dae4"> <li>Experience working as a production designer or designer who thrives in high scale output, in an advertising agency, print or design studio.</li> <li>Experience withhigh-volume design</li> <li>Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite</li> <li>Working knowledge of motion design in Premiere/After Effects is an asset.</li> <li>Working knowledge of Figma/Sketch is an asset.</li> <li>Working knowledge of building and editing Keynote &amp; PowerPoint decks</li> <li>A hands-on, execution driven attitude, turning vision into reality</li> <li>Strong attention to detail</li> <li>Problem solving mindset<br><br></li> </ul> <p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p> <ul> <li>Maternity and parental leave extra days</li> <li>Competitive benefits packages</li> <li>Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days</li> <li>Access to online services for families and new parents</li> <li>Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups</li> <li>Internal learning and development programs</li> <li>Enterprise-wide employee discounts</li> <li>And more…</li> </ul> <p><em>The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires &amp; employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from our Costa Rica office 3 days a week. <br></em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.&nbsp;<br><br>Critical Mass uses artificial intelligence in our recruitment process to enhance job postings, filter keywords during the review of prospective candidates, and, in some cases, transcribe interviews with our recruiters. Human review remains central to the process, and all hiring decisions are ultimately made by our team.<br></em></p> <p><em>The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com, omc.com<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:no-reply@us.greenhouse-mail.io">us.greenhouse-mail.io</a>.</em> <em>We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you.</em> <em>We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly. </em></p> <p><em>If U.S. based:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams#avoid">https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams#avoid</a><br>If Canada based:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/finance/consumer-affairs.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/services/finance/consumer-affairs.html</a><br>If U.K. based:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights">https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights</a><br>If Costa Rica based: <a href="https://www.consumo.go.cr/educacion_consumidor/consejos_practicos.aspx">https://www.consumo.go.cr/educacion_consumidor/consejos_practicos.aspx</a>&nbsp;<br></em></p></div>