Ad Designer for US Creative Agency (Statics + GIFs for DTC Brands)

The post
Most ad designers make it pretty. We need it to stop the scroll and read in one second.

We're a US creative strategy studio making paid social ads (Meta, TikTok) for premium DTC brands in home, beauty and fashion. Our strategists find the reason to buy. You make it look like the brand's own design team made it, and readable on a phone before someone scrolls past.

What you'd do
Design statics and GIFs for our weekly ad batches. One batch = one idea in 3 variations.
Work in two lanes, and know which one you're in:
Hi-fi: looks like the brand's in-house team made it. Their fonts, their logo at the right proportions, their colours, lots of space. No drop shadows, no heavy outlines.
Lo-fi on purpose: looks like a real person posted it. Native TikTok and IG text, a trending font or emoji where it fits. Authentic but tidied up, never cheap by a ---------- .
Finishing pass on text, pills, logos and proof lines on our edited videos.
Check every ad at real phone size before it leaves your hands.
Speed, please read this part properly
A batch goes from brief to ready in 24 hours max.
Revisions come back within a few hours.
You're online during US Eastern hours, or close to it. That's evening into night in Manila. Feedback shouldn't wait overnight.
If that pace or those hours don't work for your life, this isn't the role, and we'd rather you knew now.

What you need to already have
Experience designing ads for DTC / ecommerce brands. A portfolio of paid social ads, not logos or brand identities.
Real typography skills: hierarchy, spacing, minimum text sizes, how text reads on mobile.
Figma for statics, and After Effects or CapCut for GIFs and light motion.
You work inside a brand system without improvising: fonts, weights, logo rules, colour guides.
Clear written English.
AI is welcome. Use whatever tools make you faster, as long as the final ad looks designed by someone who cares.
Bonus: you draw or illustrate by hand. Hand-drawn arrows, doodles and lettering make lo-fi ads feel real.

What we pay
$25 to $30 USD per batch (3 ads, statics + GIF), depending on experience. Paid per approved batch, by Wise. We work across several brands, so there's steady volume every week, and more as we grow.

How we hire
Shortlisted designers get one short test: redesign one ad in both lanes, hi-fi and lo-fi. It's unpaid and small on purpose. If it's good, you're hired straight away and your first batch is paid.

Who this role is not for
Your portfolio is mostly logos, brand identities or social posts, not ads
You reach for a drop shadow to make text readable
24 hours from brief to ready sounds too tight
You can't be online during US hours
How to apply
Subject line: AD DESIGNER + your name. Applications with a different subject or missing any answer won't be read.

Link 3 to 5 paid social ads you designed for DTC brands. Which one are you proudest of, and why?
Send one ad you made that you'd redo today, and tell us what you'd change.
What's the smallest text size you'd use on a 1080 x 1350 static, and why?
Can you deliver a batch within 24 hours and revisions within a few hours, during US Eastern hours? Yes or no.
Which tools do you use for statics and GIFs, and which AI tools are part of your process?
Do you draw or illustrate by hand? If yes, show us.