Visual Designer
Crayon, United States
Job Description
Crayon is looking for an imaginative and talented visual designer to help drive our company’s marketing initiatives. As a member of the marketing team, you’ll work side-by-side with demand gen, content, and product marketing to create stunning visual solutions across digital and print media.
This position will play a key role in elevating and uniting the brand across multiple platforms, while executing the day-to-day design needs of the organization. You will shape Crayon’s brand and visual presence across all types of marketing materials (website and landing pages, emails, ad banners, infographics, collateral for sales and events, swag, etc.). The Visual Designer may be responsible for an entire project or for stages of the creative process, as needed. This position requires a versatile designer with exceptional attention to detail who can help translate large amounts of information into compelling visuals that tell a story.
Crayon is not interested in getting anyone sick. Safety for our people and community is our number one concern. We’ve been a remote workforce since sending the team home in March 2020 and we will remain remote until we can come together safely and mask-free. Some roles will require us to go to our office in the historic Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. Other roles will have an option of a remote or hybrid position, based on your preference and family's needs.
About the role:
- Create beautiful, compelling and functional visual designs for corporate website pages, email campaigns, online ads and landing pages
- Lead the visual direction and design of marketing content, to include e-books, infographics, white papers and reports
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to ensure we’re putting forth a consistent brand image.
- Design high-impact PowerPoint presentations for webinars, sales presentations, speaking engagements
- Liaise with external vendors when necessary to ensure project completion on time and on budget
- Collaborate closely with other marketing team members, for high-impact, effective communication designs
- Help manage vendor design projects, including website redesigns or large-scale outsourced projects
- Institute brand standards with consistent branding across all materials (web and print) and design guidelines for distribution to internal and external partners
Requirements
A little about you:
- History of Accomplishment. You have a proven track record of success, with at least 3-5 years’ experience in visual design. You also have experience coordinating briefs, design, feedback, and execution on projects.
- Technical.We’re a software company so you should be energized by a technical environment. You’re generally quick at learning and mastering new technologies and programs, and you have expert-level proficiency in graphic/visual design using Adobe Creative Suite, as well as experience with HTML and CSS
- Collaborative Nature. Great ability to work with a variety of teams, gather input and synthesize feedback, and coordinate efforts across multiple areas of the business, especially in a fast-paced environment.
- Detail-Oriented. With great power, comes great responsibility. That means we need to trust you to catch the details and not drop the ball.
- Get S*** Done. You’re motivated, dedicated, have excellent time management skills, and pay attention to details. You don’t shy away from hard work in fact, you embrace it.
- High-Wattage. You are smart, curious, and excited about digging in and moving fast.
- BA or equivalent in Graphic Design, Visual / Communication Design
- Passion for producing exceptionally high-quality visual solutions
- Experience with photography, video editing, post-production and motion graphics a plus
Benefits
Crayon offers a competitive salary, equity, medical, dental, vision, 401k, generous paid parental leave, take-what-you-need paid time off, and an inclusive culture. Learn more about Crayon’s benefits.
Crayon is committed to building a workplace that welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives, because we know that the most successful teams are diverse teams. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.