Freelance Senior Designer

Idea Peddler is seeking a freelance Senior Designer to support destination tourism hospitality and place-based marketing initiatives.

This is a hands-on design role for someone who can both develop and execute creative work. We are looking for a designer with strong agency experience who can partner with Creative Directors to explore visual territories develop campaign concepts and produce polished production-ready creative across multiple channels.

Additional consideration will be given to candidates with direct destination marketing organization (DMO) convention and visitors bureau (CVB) hotel resort or tourism industry experience.

• 57 years of advertising agency experience
• Strong portfolio demonstrating advertising campaign development and execution
• Experience working with tourism destination marketing hospitality hotel resort attraction or travel-related brands
• Proven ability to create work across digital print social outdoor presentations and experiential applications
• Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud:
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Acrobat

• Designing advertising campaigns and marketing materials
• Developing visual territories and creative springboards
• Creating mood boards inspiration boards and concept explorations
• Translating strategic direction into compelling visual solutions
• Building client-ready presentations and pitch materials
• Producing production-ready files and final deliverables
• Collaborating closely with Creative Directors writers strategists and account teams

• Strong design craft and attention to detail
• Comfortable moving between concept development and execution
• Able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Experienced presenting and discussing creative work
• Curious collaborative and capable of abstract thinking
• Able to take a loose strategic direction and quickly turn it into visual possibilities

Please submit:

• Portfolio website or PDF
• 35 examples of advertising campaign work
• Examples of both conceptual exploration and final execution
• Brief explanation of your role on each project