THE ST. JAMES Digital Media Designer Salary in the United States

The St. James is seeking a Digital Media Designer at its flagship location in Springfield, Virginia.

The St. James is the premier sports, wellness and active entertainment destination brand in the country, with a mission to maximize human potential by designing, developing and operating sports, wellness and entertainment destinations that engage, inspire and empower people to pursue their passions and be their best at play, at work and in life.  Our flagship development in Springfield, Virginia features a premium health club, celebrity chef-inspired restaurant, premium medi-spa, 20,000 sq. ft. active entertainment center, as well as an indoor field house with FIFA-sized field, two NHL-regulation sized ice rinks, 52-meter Olympic competition pool and much, much more.  The St. James allows the whole family to pursue their passions in 30+ sports. 

Job Duties

• Produce the design and production for social media graphics and banners, static and animated media banner ads, email campaigns, and email templates. While some projects may require directing external resources, the role is expected to be hands-on.
• Translate sports, lifestyle and health club product positioning, existing research, and offline/online Marketing strategies into effective designs.
• Work with digital media agency and internal and external developers to ensure aesthetics also 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.
• Work with Creative Director to translate and create marketing requirements into compelling, appropriate campaigns and designs.
• Manage and produce digital design work, including banner sizing and versioning.
• Provide design support to other business lines to create product graphics, logos, identity design, or other similar offline graphics.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must have up to date experience designing ads for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google Display.  Must be an expert on ad types across the above platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in digital design, graphic design, graphic communications or related field.
• Minimum 5 years successful professional design experience, preferably at a digital agency or in- house Web team for a product-driven business.
• Strong portfolio of design work, showing solution to business problems through effective design.
• Able to present concepts and lead internal teams to the correct solution.
• Experience in web marketing/web design with a strong knowledge of HTML, Photoshop, FTP, web design and development principles
• Experience designing e-commerce websites or advertising
• Strong work ethic and personal accountability, attention to detail, time management and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite products, Photoshop in particular