Overview
Creative Designer Jobs in San Diego, CA at Catapult Federal Services
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San Diego, CA Contract Jul 21, 2026
Senior Performance Creative Designer
Department: Performance Creative / Paid Marketing
Location: Remote (must overlap with Pacific Time business hours)
Role Type: Contract, 12 months+ (W2, no C2C)
About Our Client
Our client is a well-established technology company known for its consumer and small-business software products. They’re investing heavily in AI-powered creative workflows and are looking to grow their performance marketing creative team.
Job Description
This is a craft-meets-strategy role on a Performance Creative team supporting paid marketing for one of the client’s core small-business product lines. You will own the visual execution of creative across paid social, video, and display, partnering closely with creative strategy, media, and analytics teams to turn audience data and business goals into ad experiences that earn attention and drive action.
Day to day, you’ll design static and short-form video assets for channels like Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google Display 360, adapt existing campaigns and templates, and build new concepts from creative briefs. The role is roughly 70% static/display and 30% video, and all of the work is customer-facing. You’ll report into the Performance Creative team and collaborate regularly with internal creative strategists as well as external agency partners.
The ideal candidate blends strong traditional design craft with genuine curiosity about AI-powered production, and is comfortable moving quickly across a high volume of concurrent projects.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Design high-performing static and motion ad assets across Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, and Google Display 360.
- Produce short-form video cutdowns (e.g., 30s to 15s/6s) tailored to platform specs and conversion goals.
- Adapt existing campaign templates and create new creative concepts from briefs.
- Edit and repurpose existing video and visual assets into platform-ready ad units.
- Partner with creative strategy, media, and analytics teams on A/B tests that generate actionable insights.
- Maintain brand consistency while adapting the client’s visual identity across audiences and placements.
- Manage a concurrent workload of multiple active projects, communicating proactively on timelines and status.
- Actively test and bring new AI-powered design tools and workflows into the team’s day-to-day production.
Required Experience/Skills
- 8+ years of design experience with a clear focus on performance marketing or digital advertising.
- A strong portfolio featuring paid social, display, and campaign work — portfolio strength matters more than years of experience.
- Expert-level proficiency in Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite.
- Hands-on experience with AI design tools and workflows (Claude preferred; ChatGPT and other AI creative tools a plus).
- Experience designing within established brand guidelines.
- Comfort with basic video editing in addition to static design (static is the majority of the workload).
- This is a senior individual-contributor design role, not a creative director or managerial position.
Nice-to-Haves
- Advertising agency and/or large enterprise experience.
- Genuine curiosity and hands-on experimentation with emerging AI creative tools.
- Familiarity with creative analytics or performance dashboards.
- Motion graphics or video editing depth (a plus, not the core focus of the role).
Education
Not specified.
Pay & Benefits Summary
- Pay rate: $82.46/hr (W2)
- Contract duration: 12 months+, with potential for extension
- 100% remote, with schedule overlap expected during Pacific Time business hours
Call to Action
If you’re a senior designer who thrives at the intersection of performance marketing and AI-powered creative production, we’d love to see your portfolio. Apply now to be considered.
Keywords: Performance Creative Designer | Paid Social | Digital Advertising | Figma | Adobe Creative Suite | AI Design Tools | Campaign Creative | Brand Guidelines | Meta Ads | Display Advertising
Title: Creative Designer
Company: Catapult Federal Services
Location: San Diego, CA
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