Associate Brand Designer
Location: Remote in the US
Start Date: ASAP
About CreativeX:
CreativeX is building technology to power every creative decision with data. Our tools and data application help some of the world's biggest brands, including Facebook, Unilever, Google, Heineken, and more, measure everything from the quality to the diversity and accessibility of their content.
We're looking for someone to join our Design team as an Associate Brand Designer with experience in building brands and a productive output. This role will report to Collin Cummings, Lead Brand Designer. Although we have office locations in Portland, OR, New York City, and London, UK, we are open to this role being completely remote anywhere in the US.
Unfortunately, we are not able to offer any visa sponsorship for this role at this time.
Please make sure to link your portfolio to your CV or include a link to your portfolio when submitting your application for this role.
You will be responsible for:
- Helping take new brand directions and strategies and apply them to our various expressions and visual language.
- Building presentations, web pages, marketing collateral, internal creative work, and pushing beyond as we explore more profound ways to express the brand.
- Bringing constructive and articulate brand thinking to teams cross-functionally.
- Contributing to brand development beyond visuals, considering messaging and presence throughout all brand-focused initiatives.
- Provide clear, objective, and constructive critiques of creative work.
- A productive creative process from sketch to execution. We want to avoid going straight to Figma, Illustrator, etc.
- Sensitivity to principles of art and composition.
Who you are:
- A designer with 1-3 years of experience and a broad focus on building brands.
- A productive designer with a robust portfolio showing a diverse body of visual work.
- A conceptual thinker with a strong ideation and iteration process and a distinct affinity for storytelling and visual narrative.
- A flexible collaborator who is able to thrive in a fully remote and async work environment.
- Illustration is a big part of our work, so we need someone who can play with this and grow in this skill.
- Should have strong design skills in typography and layout.
- Good conceptual thinking and implementation skills. This should lean toward narrative and editorial work that can support and elevate our content.
- Comfort and ease working frequently with a marketing team.
- Given this is a small creative team, you should be open to receiving feedback and critique.
- Strong tendency to try, fail, iterate, and learn. We like messiness.
- Strong communication skills that complement a fully distributed and asynchronous team is a must.
Preferred Qualifications / Experience:
- 1-3 years of productive brand-focused design work.
- A clear understanding of core design and brand concepts.
- Proficient with Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
- Bonus: Proficiency in motion design, brand strategy, and data visualization.
The preferred qualifications are not dealbreakers! At CreativeX we encourage applicants of all backgrounds and identities to apply for roles that align with their own interests and career trajectory. If you see yourself in this role, we would love to see your application!
Salary: $75k - $82k
What we Offer:
Fully paid medical, dental, and vision (US) and Private medical insurance (UK)
✈️ Generous time off + bank holidays (+ Elevate Fridays*)
Education budget to be used for individual learning experiences or grouped with your team for joint learning
Annual subscription to Calm and Headspace for your mental wellbeing
Monthly coaching to talk to a trained professional about career goals, relationships, and personal development
Stock options as we believe that everyone should have a stake in the business
3-month full pay parenting leave for all employees who have been with the company for one (1) year
Employee contributions to a 401(k) once they have completed their eligibility period
- Elevate Fridays are our version of the 4-day work week! We use this day however we see fit but we encourage everyone to do something that gives them the mind space they need to excel in their work from Monday-Thursday. Elevate Fridays are reviewed biannually.
CreativeX provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.