Aisle Rocket - Freelance Digital Content Designer / AEM Author

Content Designer is needed in Chicago, United States.

Client: Aisle Rocket

Location: Chicago, IL

Contract: Contractor

Job Description

At Aisle Rocket, our work is fueled by data, ignited by creativity and driven by results. We are a cross-functional agency creating world-class customer journeys. The Aisle Rocket crew is represented by diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise, and we have one goal: to deliver breakthrough ideas and brand experiences that drive emotional connections and measurable impact.

We are looking to hire a Freelance AEM Author/Designer (Freelance Digital Content Designer) to start late March / early April 2025. In this role, you’ll use your eye for detail, resourcefulness, and technical skills to marry data-driven insights and creative ingenuity and tackle the challenge of implementing design across various digital marketing channels. You’ll design new work and optimize existing work within our current design systems while collaborating across disciplines. This freelance role can be remote, ideally in the Chicago area.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver image assets for web, blog, social, and other digital channels.
• Build pages and enter content within a website content management system (Adobe Experience Manager).
• Build and maintain design files inside a collaborative file structure leveraging Figma.
• Work closely with Production leadership as well as other departments such as Creative and Account to ensure alignment with client expectations.
• Populate electronic files with images/art/content for internal and client review.
• Ensure accuracy of type, artwork, and template.
• Understand visual/written & verbal instructions.
• Adapt imagery across responsive breakpoints and varying use cases.
• Balance a mix of projects, often with overlapping priorities and varying degrees of urgency.
• Adopt new tools and practices as the work evolves.
• Identify and correct improper type setting such as use of proper tabs, returns, consistent leading, font sizes, spacing etc. Spell check and correct any spelling errors.
• Manage day-to-day work tasks using a variety of project management tools.
• Find new efficiencies while keeping an eye on the small stuff.
• Present work both internally and externally with support of creative leadership.

Requirements

• 1-2 years minimum of digital design experience with a portfolio highlighting client work.
• Must be available to start freelancing late March / early April 2025.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite required; proficiency in Figma strongly preferred.
• Experience authoring in a CMS (WordPress, Squarespace, Adobe Experience Manager).
• Polished design aesthetic with the flexibility to work across brands.
• Experience creating content for digital platforms; e-commerce/D2C experience strongly preferred.
• A knack for connecting the dots and proactively solving problems.