Creative Marketing Generalist

About Smart Circle International:

Smart Circle International is a leading broker of outsourced sales and customer acquisition services. We help clients and independently owned and operated sales companies grow together through versatile in-person marketing and sales campaigns inside retailers, businesses and through door-to-door canvassing. We have corporate offices in Newport Beach and Toronto. Visit smartcircle.com to learn more!

Position Overview and Impact:

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the visual identity and storytelling of a fast-growing organization. As a Creative Marketing Generalist with graphic design expertise, you’ll play a key role in elevating our brand presence across digital and print platforms. Working closely with the greater marketing team, you’ll contribute to both the creative execution and strategic direction of marketing initiatives that reach internal and external audiences. This is a hands-on role for a designer who’s ready to expand their marketing capabilities while making a meaningful impact on how the Smart Circle brand is seen, felt, and understood.

The Basics:

• Location: Newport Beach, CA
• Hybrid schedule: 2 days onsite with additional in-person presence as needed for corporate events, summits, and other key gatherings
• Compensation: $70,000-80,000/year, commensurate with experience + bonus potential
• Travel: Up to 20%
• Reports To: Director of Communications

Primary Functions:

Creative Content & Graphic Design Leadership

• Conceptualize, design, and produce high-quality, on-brand graphics and videos for marketing efforts including social media, collateral (flyers, presentations, infographics), newsletters, and internal communications
• Maintain strong ownership of brand consistency across all visual outputs

Marketing Strategy & Generalist Growth

• Contribute to brainstorming sessions and execution of new marketing initiatives
• Bring fresh visual concepts to strategic discussions and support broader marketing campaigns and projects as needed

Social Media Content

• Partner with the Social Media Manager to develop visually engaging video stories and photography for social platforms
• Stay current on visual trends and perform basic video editing to enhance content quality

Asset Management & Quality Control

• Maintain a well-organized digital asset library
• Review all visual and video content to ensure quality, brand alignment, and technical accuracy

Team Collaboration

• Work closely with the Communications Director, Lead Designer, and cross-functional teams
• Operate as a proactive, communicative, and supportive team member

Experience and Qualifications:

• A portfolio demonstrating graphic design capabilities, required
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro) and Canva
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a creative role
• Solid understanding of visual branding, design principles, and consistency
• Demonstrated interest in growing as a marketing professional beyond design responsibilities
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple creative projects under tight deadlines
• Self-motivated, proactive, and eager to contribute ideas
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20% for conferences and meetings

Why You’ll Love It Here:

Smart Circle is committed to cultivating an environment that sparks curiosity, encourages bold thinking, and supports continuous development. We believe people thrive when they’re in roles that align with their strengths and ambitions, so we make space for individuals to stretch and explore new possibilities. Your next move matters so if you're looking for a place where ambition is celebrated and growth is tangible, Smart Circle may be the place for you!

Total Rewards:

Full-time positions qualify for a benefits package that includes vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, medical (with an HSA plan option), dental, vision and company paid Basic Life insurance, opportunity to enroll in Voluntary Life plans, Employee Assistance Program, 401K with employer match, employee referral program, home office stipend and opportunities for team building, growth, and development. Team members have on-demand access to an LMS with a variety of courses to further their professional and personal development.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Smart Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to building a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered to grow, regardless of background or identity.

We recruit, hire, evaluate, and promote based on talent and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability status, or any other protected characteristic under state or federal law. Discrimination or harassment of any kind has no place here, and we expect every team member to uphold a culture of dignity and respect.