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Kargo

London, England

Senior Interactive Designer at Kargo

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Posted 2 months ago
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Kargo

Kargo specializes in creating innovative advertising solutions that enhance mobile, CTV, social, and e-commerce campaigns, enabling brands to effectively connect with consumers through high-quality mobile ad experiences.

Public Relations Technology Information Technology & Services Marketing & Advertising
HQ
New York, United States
Team size
251-1K
Founded
2003
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Quick Summary

Role Overview

The Senior Interactive Designer creates and animates cutting-edge advertising experiences across mobile, desktop, CTV, and social platforms. Reporting to the Associate Director of Commerce Ad Design, this role involves leading design projects and mentoring junior team members. The position focuses on delivering high-quality, user-centered design solutions that outperform industry benchmarks.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and animate visually stunning advertising experiences for various digital platforms
  • Collaborate with Client Service Managers to develop innovative campaign concepts
  • Create product mocks and prototypes for new advertising solutions
  • Lead client brainstorms and creative meetings as a subject-matter expert
  • Mentor and manage lower-level designers to support their professional growth
  • Execute quick-turnaround design requests while maintaining high quality standards

Requirements Snapshot

  • Five or more years of professional experience in graphic or motion design
  • Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Figma, and After Effects
  • Strong portfolio featuring user-centered design across mobile and social media
  • Proven experience in video editing and managing design work autonomously
  • Previous experience in people management and leading design teams

Expected Impact

The Senior Interactive Designer will drive innovation by developing new advertising products and high-performing campaign assets. By acting as a subject-matter expert and mentor, they will elevate the creative output of the New York design team and ensure all projects adhere to best practice standards. Their work will directly contribute to Kargo's reputation for delivering unique, high-impact ad experiences that exceed client expectations.

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Job Description

Kargo creates powerful moments of connection between brands and consumers to build businesses. Every day, our dynamic teams work to radically raise the bar on what agentic AI, CTV, eCommerce, social, and mobile can do to deliver unique ad experiences across the world’s most premium platforms. Taking a Creative Science approach to all we do, we continuously innovate solutions that outperform industry benchmarks and client expectations. Kargo is growing rapidly and currently has offices in NYC, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland. 

Who We Hire

Techies who want to build the future. Creatives who want to design it better. Communicators to win business. Collaborators to build it. Data pros who turn numbers into insights. Product builders who turn ideas into innovations. Anyone eager to be on a team that doesn’t stop to ask what’s next, because they’re already building it. 

The Opportunity

As a Senior Interactive Designer you'll report directly to the Associate Director of Commerce Ad Design, and work as part of their team, in some cases managing or working alongside Designers and Ad Design Interns.

 

The Daily To-Do

  • Design & animate visually stunning and cutting-edge advertising experiences for Kargo’s advertising campaigns spanning mobile, desktop, CTV, and social solutions.
  • Employ a user-centered design to create intuitive design solutions
  • Research and maintain brand guidelines for clients
  • Collaborate with Client Service Managers through internal brainstorms & discussions to bring big ideas to life on the mobile screen
  • Adhere to Kargo’s ad unit best practice standards in all campaign output
  • Proactively develop ongoing knowledge base of new technologies and products and identify needs and opportunities for additional advertising products
  • Contribute to product ideation with mocks & prototypes of innovative ideas.
  • Design & execute pre-sale ad campaign mocks
  • Lead and participate client brainstorms & creative meetings when requested
  • Be a subject-matter expert–own a specific function based on the current needs of the organization–you’ll be one of the go-to design resources for the New York team
  • Act as a mentor and manager to lower level designers and help to promote their growth
  • Execute on quick-turnaround design requests from other departments

 

Qualifications

  • 5+ years professional experience executing graphic design and/or motion graphics
  • Portfolio featuring user-centered design solutions; that may include mobile, social, branding, advertising, video and animation work
  • Excellent visual design talent, with a pixel-level eye for detail 
  • Expert proficiency of Adobe Creative Suite applications - Photoshop, XD/Figma, After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro
  • Highly experienced with video editing
  • Ability to manage work autonomously, multi-task, and meet fast-evolving deadlines with a curiosity and passion for building rich, new ad experiences
  • Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills; the ability to explain your design decisions clearly and persuasively
  • Get it done attitude without compromising quality
  • Mobile advertising experience is highly preferred
  • Experience using Google Apps and Microsoft Office
  • Passion for social media, ad technology, innovation and user experience
  • Have a strong attention to detail and high personal standards of work
  • Be highly organized and adhere to team processes and asset management systems
  • Comfortable in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
  • People management experience

What We're Proud Of

  • AdAge Best Places to Work 
  • ThinkLA Partner of the Year
  • Built In Best Places to Work 
  • Cynopsis 2025 Top Women in Media - Jeannine Shao Collins
  • Martech Breakthrough Awards - Best Overall Adtech Company
  • Digiday Media Awards Best Event
  • Cynopsis Media Impact Awards-Best CTV Platform
  • Martech Breakthrough Awards-CTV Innovation
  • Adweek Media Plan of the Year Awards - Best Use of Insights

 

Following Our Lead

  • Big Picture:  kargo.com
  • The Latest:  Instagram (@kargo.hq) and LinkedIn (Kargo)
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