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Freelance Senior Designer

Idea Peddler

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Job overview

Idea Peddler is hiring a 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. The ideal candidate will have strong agency experience and can partner with Creative Directors to explore visual territories, develop campaign concepts, and produce polished, production-ready creative across multiple channels.

Key focus areas include Design advertising campaigns and marketing materials, Develop visual territories and creative springboards, and Create mood boards, inspiration boards, and concept explorations.

Successful candidates bring 5–7+ Years Advertising Agency Experience, Strong Portfolio Demonstrating Advertising Campaign Development, and Experience Working With Tourism And Hospitality Brands. Important skills include Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Acrobat. Preferred (not required): Design Craft, Attention To Detail, Concept Development, and Independent Work.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

FigmaAdobe Creative CloudAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAcrobatDesign CraftAttention to DetailConcept DevelopmentIndependent WorkPresenting Creative WorkCuriosityCollaborationAbstract ThinkingTranslating Strategic Direction

Qualifications

Strong Agency Experience5-7+ Years of Advertising Agency ExperienceStrong Portfolio Demonstrating Advertising Campaign Development and ExecutionExperience Working With Tourism, Destination Marketing, Hospitality, Hotel, Resort, Attraction, or Travel-Related BrandsAbility to Create Work Across Digital, Print, Social, Outdoor, Presentations, and Experiential ApplicationsPortfolio Website or PDF3-5 Examples of Advertising Campaign WorkExamples of Both Conceptual Exploration and Final ExecutionBrief Explanation of Your Role on Each ProjectDirect Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) ExperienceConvention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) ExperienceHotel Industry Experience

Full job description

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.

Required Experience

  • 5–7+ 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

What You'll Be Doing

  • 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

Ideal Candidate

  • 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

Portfolio Requirements

Please submit:

  • Portfolio website or PDF

  • 3–5 examples of advertising campaign work

  • Examples of both conceptual exploration and final execution

  • Brief explanation of your role on each project

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