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Creative Specialist, Social Media Design

Rankings.io
St Louis, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 12/15/2025 CLOSED ON 12/24/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Creative Specialist, Social Media Design position at Rankings.io?

At Rankings.io, we help elite law firms dominate first-page search results and get more cases. To elevate our creative output across all social channels and connect more powerfully with audiences, hiring a Creative Specialist focused primarily on high-impact social media design who excels at crafting bold, engaging, and conversion-driven designs.

You'll work across Operations to produce premium designs, including paid social ad variations, organic social graphics, HTML5 ads for programmatic/display, short-form animations, simple motion graphics, and light-to-moderate video edits. If you love social media, know how to make people stop scrolling, click, and take action, thrive in fast-paced environments, and understand what trends and performs on social, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

Social Media & Ad Creative (Primary Focus)

  • Design scroll-stopping static and animated social media assets for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Google and other relevant platforms
  • Produce paid social ad creatives (static, animated, and light motion), ensuring messaging tweaks remain platform-compliant and legally appropriate for legal industry advertising standards
  • Experience creating HTML5 ads or programmatic display animations
  • Build cohesive organic social media design systems, series, layouts, and templates
  • Create ad-ready visuals that support performance-based goals including CTR, engagement, and conversions
  • Translate scripts, hooks, and concepts into visually compelling social ads
  • Graphic Design & Photography: Create visually compelling graphics, thumbnails, and promotional materials; capture and edit still imagery (both candid and staged) to complement video content and enhance brand storytelling as needed

Motion & Video (Secondary Focus)

  • Design scroll-stopping static and animated social media assets for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Google and other relevant platforms
  • Create simple motion graphics, text animations, and social ad animations
  • Edit short-form videos for social campaigns, including cutdowns, pacing adjustments, overlays, and subtitles
  • Work with and refine voiceovers, scripts, and rough video assets to elevate final creative output
  • Support advanced motion/video needs when applicable (nice to have, not required)

Message & Creative Copywriting (Nice to Have, Optional)

  • The ability to write clear, compelling taglines, catchy hooks, CTAs, headlines and micro-copy for websites, landing pages, social media and digital ad campaigns
  • Develop conversion-focused messaging that drives clicks, engagement, and leads
  • Create short, punchy copy that aligns with brand voice and resonates with target audiences
  • Contribute ideas and angles for continual improvement to engagement — from headlines to ad concepts
  • Edit and refine messaging to ensure it's sharp, persuasive, and visually aligned with designs
  • Support the creation of reusable copy frameworks for scalability and efficiency across projects

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with the Paid, Social, and SEO teams to align creative direction with campaign goals, audience insights, and performance data
  • Collaborate closely with designers to align designs for cohesive, conversion-focused creative assets that work together seamlessly
  • Provide creative direction and feedback on social media graphics, ad creatives, and landing page visuals
  • Create and edit design assets for social or paid campaigns using Adobe Creative Suite or Canva
  • Assist in the creation of HTML5 and animated ads with engaging visuals and messaging
  • Work with the SEO, Paid, and Social teams to ensure copy aligns with campaign goals and performance data
  • Assist in quarterly creative syncs to align messaging strategy across Rankings' service lines

Creative Optimization & Workflow

  • Use performance data to refine designs, messaging, and improve engagement
  • Maintain organized design systems, templates, and asset libraries for scalability, consistency and ease of updates
  • Stay current with social trends, creative ad formats, and platform best practices and competitor creative
  • Help brainstorm new campaign ideas that blend storytelling, visual design, and conversion psychology
  • Ensure all output reflects Rankings' commitment to clarity, professionalism, and authority for clients

Requirements

  • 4 years of experience in social media design and paid social creative (agency preferred)
  • Expert-level proficiency in Canva, After Effects, and Adobe Creative Suite (non-negotiable)
  • Proven ability to design high-performing static and animated creatives for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
  • Strong understanding of creative best practices for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn ads
  • Experience editing short-form videos, scripts, and voiceovers
  • Familiarity with CRO, UX principles, and how messaging impacts user behavior
  • Ability to modify messaging in ads while staying legally compliant and aligned with platform policies (especially for legal industry advertising)
  • Comfortable leveraging AI tools for copywriting and testing, and interest in building AI agents to enhance workflow efficiency
  • Thrives working in a fast-paced environment with rapid turnaround times, multiple stakeholders, and performance-driven priorities
  • A creative mindset with a deep understanding of social engagement psychology and visual storytelling
  • Ability to collaborate with marketers, strategists, account managers, designers, and project managers in a remote setting
  • Ability to adapt voice and tone for different clients while maintaining clarity and engagement
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Starting salary $60k
  • Work Remotely from home
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Quarterly training stipend for Professional Development
  • 100% Health Insurance (Fully employer-funded coverage)

Salary : $60,000 - $75,000

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