Integrated Production Designer

What you'll do

You take approved creative and turn it into every asset it needs to become — HTML5 banner builds and resizes, deck builds, file preps for print, and everything in between. But here's what really matters: when you're staring down 40 ad sizes across mediums, you don't see 40 units of drudgery. You see a workflow to build. You're wired to spot patterns, template the repeat-work, adopt AI-assisted tools where they help, and turn the mechanical parts of production into repeatable systems. That's what buys the team back time for the moments that actually require thinking — like figuring out how a full-page print ad becomes a genuinely native banner ad concept, not just a smaller version.

This means you'll:

• Adapt approved campaign visuals into dozens of different sizes and formats for social media, digital banners, print, and out-of-home — maintaining the art director's original vision and design system.
• Build dynamic, spec-compliant HTML5 banner ads and rich media assets that meet IAB standards and platform-specific specs (Google Ads / DV360, Meta, LinkedIn), with attention to file weight, animation duration, and click-tag requirements.
• Prepare press-ready files with correct color profiles, bleeds, crop marks, and finish specifications. Handle basic image retouching and coordinate hand-offs to printers and vendors.
• Create, work within, and help improve the templates, master files, and libraries the team uses, so campaign assets can be produced at scale without hand-crafting from scratch each time.
• Adhere strictly to brand guidelines (typography, color palettes, logo usage, spacing) across every client deliverable and every channel.
• Organize, name, package, and version design files for hand-off to printers, developers, project managers, and clients.
• Use AI-assisted production tools (Firefly generative fill, batch actions, emerging platforms) where they help, and share what you learn with the rest of the team.
• Work closely with art directors, designers, developers, project managers, and account teams to translate approved creative into final production files.
• Notice the parts of production that are pure repetition, and bring ideas for how to compress them — helping buy time for the moments where production choices actually matter.
• Proof all work for typography errors, color accuracy, spec compliance, and brand alignment before delivery — catching mistakes before clients or printers do.
• Stay curious about new design production tools and be willing to try them out when they might help the team move faster.

You Should Be Good At:

• The operations side of design — finding satisfaction in a workflow that runs smoothly, not just in a beautiful final file.
• Noticing patterns in repeat work and finding ways to make them faster the second time around — whether that's a template, a saved action, or just cleaner file naming.
• Working with deadlines and juggling multiple concurrent projects
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) — plus Adobe Animate or Google Web Designer for HTML5 output
• Figma (Slides, Design, and Sites)
• HTML5 display ad production — file weight, animation timing, IAB standards
• Print production and prepress — color separations, ICC profiles, bleeds, trim marks, finish specs, and printer hand-off
• Social platform ad specs (Meta / Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube)
• Workflow management tools (Asana, Monday, Workamajig)
• Baseline WCAG accessibility for digital advertising
• Detail-oriented QA — catching mistakes before clients or printers do

Requirements

• Portfolio required — must show technical execution quality and breadth of deliverables (print digital HTML5)
• 3 years of production design or production artist experience
• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, communications, or equivalent industry experience
• Proficient experience with file prep and design software for both print and digital

Bonus Skills

• Motion graphics and video editing (After Effects, Premiere)
• Vector illustration
• Comfort with AI-generative imagery tools (Adobe Firefly, Google Gemini, Midjourney)
• Advanced WCAG accessibility knowledge (AA / AAA)

Benefits

Sullivan strives to foster an atmosphere of collaboration and growth. You'll work with a close-knit, multi-disciplinary team and have opportunities to jump in on projects across the agency — learning aspects of communications strategy, design, and content marketing.

• Competitive pay
• Health insurance benefits
• Generous PTO
• 401k & FSA
• Flexible work schedule
• Opportunities for growth
• Location: Memphis or Remote (U.S. based)
• Reports to: Associate Creative Director

About Sullivan

Sullivan is a full-service brand development agency built on five core values that guide our work with regional, national, and global brands:

• Bravery thoughtful not reckless, rooted in insights, solutions beyond expectations
• Candor clear and objective, no personal agenda, honest dialogue, integrity without false empathy
• Curiosity ask questions, collaborate, value counsel, explore, continuously improve
• Inclusion celebrate diversity, prioritize equity, consider all points of view, include the excluded
• Kindness treat others like you want to be treated, assume positive intent, recognize others' challenges, make connections