Inc.

Agency:

Critical Mass

Job Function:

Creative

Job Subfunction:

Design

Job Description:

As a Senior Designer at Critical Mass, you bring a sharp storytelling instinct, exceptional editorial craft, and a passion for creating content that captures attention and drives engagement. You thrive at the intersection of motion, design, and technology, transforming raw footage and creative concepts into compelling video experiences for some of the world's most recognized brands. Beyond editing, you bring strong graphic design capabilities that enhance visual storytelling across campaigns and digital channels.

You Will:
Concept, edit and deliver high-quality video content across brand, campaign, social, and digital experiences — from early exploration to final delivery

Craft compelling motion graphics, animations, and visual effects that drive engagement and tell stories

Create and integrate animated graphic elements, title treatments, animations, and branded assets to elevate storytelling

Develop static graphics and branded assets to maintain visual cohesion across touchpoints

Translate creative briefs and strategic objectives into compelling visual solutions that resonate with target audiences

Collaborate with creative directors, designers, copywriters, strategists, and clients throughout the production process

Use Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Figma, and other related tools to execute polished, high-impact content

Leverage generative AI tools (video, image, audio) as part of the creative and production workflow

Stay informed on emerging editing techniques, creative technologies, AI tools, and industry trends

Present creative rationale and editorial decisions clearly to internal teams and clients

Contribute to a culture of creative excellence, collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement

You Have:
3+ years of professional video editing experience within an agency or in-house creative team

A portfolio that demonstrates range, craft, and a strong point of view

Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma

A sharp, informed aesthetic sensibility — shaped by genuine engagement with culture, art, fashion, film, music, architecture, or whatever you're obsessed with

Strong motion design skills

Strong graphic design skills, including typography, composition and hierarchy

The ability to work across multiple projects, manage your own time, and deliver

Nice-To-Haves:
Figma prototyping skills

Experience design work

Hands-on experience with generative AI and text-based AI tools

What We Offer:
Global maternity and parental leave.

Competitive benefits packages.

Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days.

Access to online services for families and new parents.

Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday).

12 affinity groups.

Internal learning and development programs.

Enterprise-wide employee discounts.

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 2 days a week.

Chicago: $75,000-$90,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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For US Job Seekers:

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