CAREERS

Contempo’s Senior Art Director helps lead and develop a creative team of skilled and dedicated designers in the graphic design field and manages design-related projects to execution.

The Ideal Candidate will: Demonstrate knowledge in the field as it relates to visual branding, environmental graphic design & website design. Must have experience directing a team and managing the design process. We are looking for a Sr. Art Director, with strong design skills, to help build thoughtful and inspired work for our clients. We are a small and growing shop with great local and regional clients.
To succeed here you must be self-motivated and hard working. You must also be comfortable working directly with the clients and owners. At Contempo, you will have the opportunity to work on visual branding, environmental graphic design, and website design.

Required Skills:

• Conceptual thinker
• Expert oral and visual communicator with a passion for art direction and design
• Excellent presenter with the ability to create and sell work based on a creative brief
• Lead and coach younger talent
• Thrives on collaboration
• Ability to handle multiple jobs at once
• Adobe Creative Suite expert

Experience/Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in a Marketing/Design agency
• Portfolio that showcases your design talents

Full time

Effective: February 3, 2020

Your initial responsibilities will include the following:

• Sales Component – Develops strong relationships with prospects and new business clients
• Identifies new potential strategic customer relationships and initiates meetings to connect
• Manages and improves lead generation campaigns with measurable results to increase revenue and to meet sales goals
• Develop relations with new customers by organizing and developing specific customer-relation programs
• Works with internal teams on behalf of clients to ensure the highest level of customer service
• Oversees the implementation of the Marketing strategy – including campaigns, events, digital marketing, and PR to increase ROI.
• Estimates demand for Contempo’s services and discovers new market segments and customers
• Evaluates current and future market trends
• Monitors and reports on effectiveness of marketing communications including Contempo events: Female Entrepreneur Summit and Amplify
• Undertake continuous analysis of competitive environment and consumer trends
• Social Media/Email Marketing – Develops social media strategy designed to engage customers, encourage social sharing, and promote upcoming events. Ensure that Contempo is creating content in as many forms as possible and that content is being promoted through all available distribution channels. Oversees the marketing department which may include: social media and event coordinator, sales and marketing assistant and interns (if applicable).

Requirements of the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in sales, marketingor business administration.
• Proven track record of success in senior marketing roles (7-10 years experience required)
• Confident, driven and dynamic leader
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to problem solve, envision and create opportunities to assist with business growth.

Compensation package includes:

• A competitive base salary
• Sales commission on new business with an aggressive annual sales goal
• Healthcare, vision and dental benefit package.
• IRA program that you may contribute to after one year of employment

Contact: renee@contempocleveland.com with qualifications and a resume or apply on this page, no phone calls please.

Contempo Design + Communications is looking for a Freelance Graphic Designer (s) to assist us through our busy season.

Here’s the basic job responsibilities below:

• Create and design various materials for print and non traditional media including email templates, digital ad creative and website design knowledge a plus
• Ensure projects are completed with high quality and on schedule
• Perform retouching and manipulation of images
• Work with a wide range of media and use graphic design software
• Be efficient at production and be able to meet client deadlines in a timely manner

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts, design, communications, or related field
• 3-5 years of experience in graphic design
• Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography, print, and digital
• Efficient user of Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other graphic design software
• Compelling portfolio of work over a wide range of creative projects

Contempo Design + Communications is hiring again. We are looking for an individual to assist us with:

• Social Media/Marketing
• Event Coordination
• Administrative

Social Media/Marketing:

Handles all aspects of social media including content writing, reporting and managing a strategic content calendar.

Event Marketing/Coordination:

Handles all aspects of event marketing including producing testimonial videos, creating an event marketing plan, and promote sponsorships. Works with venues and vendors on the day of and pre-event planning/logistics for signature events throughout the year.

Administrative:

Supports the sales and marketing efforts of the executive team.

• 2-3 years experience
• Degree in marketing or equivalent
• Must be extremely organized, detail-oriented, able to multi-task and to work in a fast-paced, growing entrepreneurial environment.