Senior Creative Engineer - Design, Contract

Job Description

Critical Mass is seeking a Contract Senior Creative Engineer to contribute to a fast-paced, high-stakes environment. The ideal candidate will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, including creatives, designers, and cross-agency partners, to ensure artwork is designed at scale, adhering to strict brand and regulatory standards. This role demands meticulous attention to detail and a strong sense of accountability for the quality, compliance, and confidentiality of all deliverables.

The Senior Creative Engineer will leverage automation and production platforms, proactively mentoring others and contributing to a culture of security, accuracy, and process.

Role Involves:

• Collaborating with the Creative Team and partner agencies to bring ideas to life.
• Overseeing and supporting the use of industry-leading creative production platforms.
• Proactively bringing forth ideas to improve team systems and processes.
• Working with internal teams, account, creative, and external partners to ensure timely and accurate delivery of final files.
• Designing to pixel perfection, translating key art into various resizes and versions.
• Becoming fully ingrained in the brand’s design templates.
• Mentoring junior Creative Engineers.
• Understanding technical limitations and proposing compliant, fit-for-platform solutions.
• Building clean, compliant creative files.
• Staying current on best practices within platforms like Celtra.
• Creating and maintaining detailed production guides and workflow documentation.
• Ensuring all deliverables are thoroughly reviewed for accuracy, regulatory compliance, and client-specific requirements.

Requirements:

• 3–5 years of experience as a production designer or designer in a high-output environment.
• Hands-on experience and interest in creative automation and creative production platforms.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Familiarity with Figma/Sketch and Keynote/PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated expertise in high-volume design workflows and digital asset production.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams, partner agencies, and external vendors.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and commitment to quality assurance.
• Experience working with confidential or regulated content.
• Experience in layout production, image optimization, static/animated advertising banners, email production, and visual guidelines.
• The mindset to be a mentor and a role model for security, compliance, and quality.

What Critical Mass Offers:

• Maternity and parental leave extra days
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts