BUDGET DUMPSTER Associate Designer Salary in the United States

Who We Are

Want to work for one of the fastest growing tech companies in the U.S.? Budget Dumpster, a fast-growing digital marketing and sales organization in suburban Cleveland, is seeking an Associate Designer with expertise in digital UX/UI design to conceptualize and execute on original ideas that optimize the user experience across our portfolio of brands.

The ideal Associate Designer is a proven creative professional with experience conceptualizing, implementing and testing design across a multitude of brands, industries, channels and platforms. They are an inspired thinker and creator who possesses strong conceptual skills, a high-level sense of design, layout and conversion focused user interfaces, and who is able to offer a variety of design solutions. This position reports directly to the Creative Director, and will work with a team of marketers, sales leaders and developers to implement integrated, acquisition-focused touchpoints for our customers. This person will play a key role in creating compelling and memorable designs that drive unquestionable results.

Based in Westlake, Ohio with a growing team of over 200 employees, Budget Dumpster has been recognized as one of America’s fastest growing tech companies by Deloitte (2018, 2017, 2016), one of the fastest-growing private companies by the Inc. 5000 (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015), one of the top fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio by Crain’s (2017, 2016, 2015), and a top workplace by The Plain Dealer (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015).

In addition, our co-founders were named Entrepreneurs of the Year by EY (2016) and received the Inspiring Scaleup CEO Award from JumpStart (2016).

***An online portfolio of intuitive and thoughtfully crafted designs across devices and media – that drove proven business results – must be presented in conjunction with resume.***

Responsibilities 

• Work with Marketing & Creative team to translate requirements into compelling and immersive campaigns that produce results.
• Produce the design of and facilitate production for websites, product graphics, brand guidelines, social media graphics and banners, static and rich banner ads, email campaigns, and digital templates.
• Ensure consistency of brand and creative across digital customer touch points.
• Translate product positioning, existing research, and offline/online Marketing strategies into effective designs and visual communications.
• Provide design support to other needed assets (e.g. infographics, social media banners, sales and marketing presentations, case studies, etc.)
• Work with developers to ensure that aesthetics are aligned with usability, accessibility, and web standards.
• Work with developers to ensure proper implementation within a web environment and ensure consistency and integrity of the creative vision.
• Strategically conduct wireframing strategies while taking that visual strategy and transforming it into a simple, easy-to-use user interfaces.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1-3 years of digital design experience in a large brand or ad / marketing agency setting
• A bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Visual Communications, Graphic Design, or Fine Arts) is preferred
• Can understand business objectives and proactively contribute design ideas to deliver excellent eye-catching designs 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and significant experience working across marketing and development teams
• Able to work in a fast-paced team environment, juggle multiple projects at once 
• Can funnel constructive criticism into new ideas
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch or other wireframing tools
• An online portfolio of intuitive and thoughtfully crafted designs across devices and media – that drove proven business results – must be presented in conjunction with resume.

Benefits

• Salary will be commensurate with experience.
• Vacation that includes 10 days of PTO (pro-rated from start date) plus 8 major holidays
• 401K with match
• $3k annually contributed to healthcare (vision and dental available too)