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Senior Creative Engineer

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The Senior Creative Engineer leads and executes high-quality production design deliverables across digital platforms, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and innovation.

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The Senior Creative Engineer leads and executes high-quality production design deliverables across digital platforms, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and innovation. This role requires a strong ability to manage and deliver complex, multi-channel digital production projects independently, while also mentoring junior team members and contributing to the evolution of design systems, processes, and best practices.

The Senior Creative Engineer is a trusted partner for cross-functional teams and clients, providing guidance, quality assurance, and forward-thinking design solutions that align with brand guidelines and business goals.

You will

  • Oversee the creation of production design deliverables in areas such as site/app maintenance, image processing, digital advertising, motion graphics, email production, and presentation design.
  • Drive ownership of complex projects, from planning and execution to delivery, ensuring alignment with creative, brand, and technical standards.
  • Mentor and guide junior and mid-level Creative Engineers, providing feedback, coaching, and best practices to strengthen team performance.
  • Collaborate strategically with creative engineering leads, project managers, and clients to provide design solutions that improve workflows and elevate deliverables.
  • Ensure exceptional quality assurance across all assets, proactively identifying and solving potential design or technical issues.
  • Contribute to the evolution of design systems, templates, and guidelines, ensuring consistency and scalability across projects.
  • Stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies, recommending innovative approaches to enhance production efficiency and creative impact.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design, Advertising, or a related field (or equivalent experience in advertising/digital agencies or startups).
  • 5+ years of experience in digital production design for advertising agencies, design studios, or startups, ideally with international clients and global brands.
  • Advanced expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), with strong photo retouching and image optimization skills.
  • Strong working knowledge of motion design tools such as After Effects, Adobe Animate (Celtra/Orca Plus is a plus).
  • Advanced proficiency in UI/UX design tools (Figma, Sketch) and the ability to translate design systems into scalable production assets.
  • Strong background in digital marketing, digital production, and online advertising best practices.
  • Proficiency in presentation and storytelling tools (Keynote, PowerPoint).
  • Familiarity with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects independently while maintaining outstanding attention to detail and quality standards.
  • Experience with remote collaboration and workflow management tools (Slack, Jira, Asana, Trello, Basecamp, Zoom, Drive).
  • A leadership mindset with the ability to mentor peers, influence cross-functional teams, and introduce improvements to workflows.
  • Any certifications or courses in UX/UI, design thinking, visual design, marketing campaigns, or design systems are a strong asset.

What We Offer

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Maternity and parental leave extra days
Competitive benefits packages
Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
Access to online services for families and new parents
Diversity and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
Internal learning and development programs
Enterprise-wide employee discounts
And more…

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
San José, Costa Rica
On-site at the office
Who can apply
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Listing Details

Posted
May 21, 2026
First seen
May 21, 2026
Last seen
May 22, 2026

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