Multimedia Designer- 1099 Contract

Glen Raven•Glen Raven, NC

About The Position

Glen Raven's marketing creative team is recruiting for a contract Multimedia Designer to bring the Sunbrella brand to life through video, motion, and visual storytelling. The role primarily edits and produces content for marketing campaigns, product launches, brand storytelling, and digital channels while maintaining Sunbrella's visual standards. The designer transforms footage, photography, graphics, sound, and motion into distinctive brand experiences, combining creative thinking with editing, pacing, motion, typography, and platform-specific storytelling skills. Working closely with the Creative Director, Art Director, designers, copywriters, and marketing partners, the Multimedia Designer develops assets across digital, social, and print channels in support of Sunbrella's brand vision, marketing strategy, and business objectives. Video editing and content creation are the primary focus, with contributions to graphic design and broader multimedia initiatives as needed. This is a 1099 contract role of roughly 20–25 hours per week.

Requirements

5–10 years of professional experience in video editing, motion design, social content creation, or multimedia production.
A keen eye for aesthetics and detail.
Proven ability to produce high-quality visual content tailored for various digital platforms.
Experience developing content specifically for organic and paid social, rather than only adapting traditional campaign or long-form video.
Ability to find compelling stories within varied source material, including campaign footage, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, still photography, archival assets, and user-generated content.
Strong creative portfolio showcasing expertise across graphic design, video, and multimedia storytelling.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, and Illustrator.
Strength in short-form editing, visual pacing, story structure, sound design, music editing, color correction, typography, motion graphics, and finishing.
Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify the strongest hook, sequence, visual device, and format for a given audience and channel.
Creative thinking and ability to test, learn, and innovate new approaches to content creation.
Experience creating multiple creative variations efficiently while protecting brand consistency and production quality.
Portfolio must include multiple examples of short-form, social-first video content and clearly demonstrate the candidate’s role in editing, motion design, sound, and concept development.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree, preferably a BFA in photography, new media, or another visual art.
Experience in a brand, agency, editorial, or content studio environment.

Responsibilities

Interpret creative briefs, determine design requirements, and align with the Creative Director, Art Director, and Marketing Manager.
Translate campaign concepts, product stories, and raw footage into distinctive video ideas that capture attention within the opening seconds.
Build polished edits using footage, photography, animation, typography, music, sound design, and visual effects to create a cohesive Sunbrella point of view.
Transform existing campaign footage, photography, and archival assets into fresh, channel-specific stories rather than simply resizing or shortening existing content.
Edit social series, product stories, designer and maker features, interviews, behind-the-scenes content, event recaps, and paid-social creative.
Partner with design, copy, brand, social, and marketing teams from concept through delivery, shaping ideas with social storytelling and editability in mind.
Prepare and deliver platform-ready files across required formats, ensuring accuracy in aspect ratio, duration, resolution, captions, audio, color, and file specifications.
Contribute to graphic design, photography editing, retouching, campaign development, and other multimedia needs as required.
Maintain brand consistency and creative integrity while experimenting, testing, learning, and introducing new approaches to Sunbrella storytelling.
Interpret and exercise creative integrity in accordance with established brand books and guidelines.