Senior Visual Designer (Remote)

All Visual Designer qualifications:

The ideal Senior Visual Designer is a creative problem-solver who is flexible, organized, and detail-oriented. This position requires a working understanding of (and willingness to grow in) production design, digital design (including web and UI/UX), corporate identity, marketing/advertising, and product design as we serve clients in a myriad of diverse industries. Print and packaging experience is a plus. Senior Visual Designers should have strong graphic design and layout skills, with an understanding of industry standard communication design principles.

• Proficiency in the standard tools is required: Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma and Sketch, Google Suite, Keynote and PPT
• Proficiency in basic video editing and animation using After Effects is required, with an expectation to be willing to continue to grow in understanding of these tools
• Due to the nature of our direct relationships with clients, an ability to clearly present design ideas, concepts and projects as well as take design instruction and criticism is essential
• Senior Visual Designers will have effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines (with the support of project managers and creative leadership).
• A strong understanding of social media and other digital social platforms
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills; strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to speak/hear clearly in video conference (zoom/Google meet)
• Available to work 9-5pm M-F in the assigned time zone
• Education – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in Art, Graphic Design, or related field
• Experience – Worked at agency or in-house department at the visual/graphic designer level
• A design portfolio is required for consideration

Additionally:

• A Senior Visual Designer must have the ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task in an agile environment
• A meticulous eye and attention to detail
• An outstanding portfolio and demonstrated track record that reveals thought processes and an ability to rapidly generate creative ideas
• Refined sense of color, scale, harmony, balance and use of negative space
• Deep experience of user-centered design principles and methodologies
• Ability to proof/QC work
• Excellent soft skills, ability to take point on client rotations and should be a candidate for pod lead duties
• Rarely needs QC edits
• Self-motivated and seeks to solve problems independently
• Chooses a skill to specialize more deeply in (animation, illustration, or UI/UX)
• Is a trusted and experienced member of the team
• Willing to teach other team members and goes above and beyond to support other designers
• Takes ownership of maintaining excellent client relationships

Responsibilities

• Develop effective, on-brand, and on-strategy creative including (but not limited to): concepts, sketches, storyboards, wireframes, final digital assets (i.e. landing pages, banners, graphics, packaging renders, resized assets, social media graphics, banner ads, illustrations, simple animations/gifs) etc. and delight our clients by delivering consistently high quality design. Additionally, ensure all designers on a client rotation uphold that same standard.
• Work in small, remote, client-directed design teams and keep Designerds leadership well informed of rotation happenings.
• Conduct oneself in a professional manner, represent Designerds well, and take responsibility for ensuring client happiness while on rotation, including proactively looking for ways to uplevel their experience
• Communicate directly with client teams and Designerds coworkers in a clear, professional and timely manner via Slack, email and video conferencing
• Work independently as well as part of a team to complete daily design requests, support other rotation designers as able/needed
• Create detailed documentation of client design specifications
• Be open to assuming pod lead responsibilities (primary point of client contact, starting a new client rotation alongside an ACD, onboarding designers onto a rotation, hosting 30/30s and caring well for other visual designers)
• Work closely with pod lead, manager, and other team members to service client needs, drive growth, innovation and company culture
• Be comfortable with evolving work environments, reallocations of client designations and shifting priorities
• Be committed to growing in one’s craft and refining skillsets, as well as be willing to learn new tools and abilities as needed

About Designerds

Founded in 2014 in San Francisco, CA, we now work 100% remotely with great success, and have team members located throughout North America.

We’re not your typical creative agency. We embed our agency-trained creatives directly within in-house teams, already onboarded and prepped with all the particulars of the brand and internal processes before work is begun. This saves our clients time and bandwidth getting contractors up and running, alleviates burnout, and allows for continuous coverage of production needs — no more downtime when vacations, illness, or the unforeseen occur.

Why join us? We have a lot to offer. Here are but a few of our perks:

• A friendly, inviting work environment with easygoing, collaborative teammates
• Really, truly 100% remote
• Bonuses for new business referrals
• Flexible time-off / holiday policy

Designerds is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without attention to ethnicity, appearance, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran or disability status.