Content Designer

French/West/Vaughan (FWV), one of the nation's leading PR and integrated marketing agencies, is seeking a Creative Designer to join our team in our downtown Raleigh, N.C. headquarters. This is a hands-on, collaborative position that works and integrates closely with all agency departments (creative, social/influencer marketing, PR, integrated marketing, paid/digital/analytics). You'll serve as a digital-first creative expert at the agency, and will be charged with creating breakthrough ideas, campaigns, strategies and tactics.

You don’t think of your craft, alone, but rather, you think and do across disciplines because the best ideas today rarely survive or even succeed in just one channel. You can carry a thought from insight to execution without losing the thing that made it good in the first place.

This is a role for someone who wants to help define what "creative" means at an agency built for where things are going, not where they've been.

What You'll Do

• Concept and design across every channel and every point of contact; TV, social, digital, motion, web, email, OOH, experiential, print and whatever the idea or charge might call for. You never think of it as another asset or simply a resize
• Partner with strategy and accounts from the first conversation, not after decisions and direction are already locked or a brief is written and presented to you
• You are using AI tools as part of your actual workflow, and you know where they help and where they get in the way. You know the clear difference between AI Smart and AI Slop.
• Push for the concepts that truly are different, and then have the design chops to execute them, flexing between big-idea thinking, hands-on-keyboard execution and directing content production
• Bring a point of view into the room and be willing to give the why and defend it, while being open to your teammates POV and ways to evolve the idea
• Stay forever hungry with what's happening in marketing, culture, platforms, and tools and bring it back into your work and share with your teammates across the agency

What You Bring to the Table

• ~3-5 years of experience, with agency or in-house time
• Online portfolio that demonstrates strategic thinking, concept development and execution across all channels.
• A deep understanding of integrated marketing and which channels to use – when, why, how, and this all based on a central strategy and concept
• The instinct to mock-up an idea fast, share with your team, take feedback and improve, and never wait until the last minute to present your ideas
• You know and have experience with brand strategy – you can read a positioning document and translate it into something that feels true, not generic
• Complete fluency with industry-leading design and AI tools
• As a disruptive big-idea thinker you’re not afraid to buck the system and the ways it's always been done in the spirit of forward-motion and breakthrough work
• Eye for visual aesthetics, including formatting and layout, and production of polished client deliverables
• Know how to multitask, prioritize, and juggle projects effectively

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in design, marketing, journalism or related fields
• 3-5 years of design work with an agency/agency-adjacent or in-house
• Proficiency in using Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Google apps, AI tools, ESP platforms and CMS/Web platforms
• Experience in video production, editing and/or motion graphics is a big plus

ABOUT FWV:

FWV is a 45x Global or National Agency of the Year recipient and the most highly decorated agency in the history of the South. We are a team of creative and passionate brand marketers conducting fascinating work for clients ranging from large national brands to growing start-ups. We have been named the #1 Agency “For People That Like the People They Work With,” and one of the Top 10 Agencies for creating a “Positive Work/Life Balance” for associates and are proud of the culture of continuous improvement we’ve cultivated over the past 29 years, and one we want to maintain for decades more.

As an agency, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits via company sponsored healthcare, dental, vision, flexible spending account (FSA)/dependent care account, basic life & AD&D/Voluntary Life AD&D, STD/LTD, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary accident, critical illness and pet insurance
• Participation in the company’s 401(k) plan with a company match
• Frequent company sponsored agency get-togethers
• Summer Hours, which include closing at 1pm every Friday between Memorial Day and Labor Day
• Generous paid time off, including bonus time around the major holidays
• Presently, a hybrid work model that allows associates to work from home two days per week, or from one of our other agency offices