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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Idea Peddler is seeking a freelance Senior Designer to support destination, tourism, hospitality, and place-based marketing initiatives.
Additional consideration will be given to candidates with direct destination marketing organization (DMO), convention and visitors bureau (CVB), hotel, resort, or tourism industry 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
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
Portfolio website or PDF

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