Idea Peddler is seeking a freelance Senior Designer to support destination, tourism, hospitality, and place-based marketing initiatives.
This is a hands-on design role for someone who can both develop and execute creative work. We are looking for a designer with strong agency experience who can partner with Creative Directors to explore visual territories, develop campaign concepts, and produce polished, production-ready creative across multiple channels.
Additional consideration will be given to candidates with direct destination marketing organization (DMO), convention and visitors bureau (CVB), hotel, resort, or tourism industry experience.
- 5–7+ years of advertising agency experience
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Strong portfolio demonstrating advertising campaign development and execution
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Experience working with tourism, destination marketing, hospitality, hotel, resort, attraction, or travel-related brands
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Proven ability to create work across digital, print, social, outdoor, presentations, and experiential applications
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Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud:
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Photoshop
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Illustrator
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InDesign
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Acrobat
- Designing advertising campaigns and marketing materials
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Developing visual territories and creative springboards
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Creating mood boards, inspiration boards, and concept explorations
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Translating strategic direction into compelling visual solutions
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Building client-ready presentations and pitch materials
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Producing production-ready files and final deliverables
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Collaborating closely with Creative Directors, writers, strategists, and account teams
- Strong design craft and attention to detail
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Comfortable moving between concept development and execution
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Able to work independently with minimal oversight
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Experienced presenting and discussing creative work
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Curious, collaborative, and capable of abstract thinking
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Able to take a loose strategic direction and quickly turn it into visual possibilities
Please submit:
- Portfolio website or PDF
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3–5 examples of advertising campaign work
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Examples of both conceptual exploration and final execution
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Brief explanation of your role on each project
