Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Our client is a Vancouver-based high-growth, well-funded SaaS company dedicated to enhancing software development workflows. Their platform helps development teams quickly find answers to their application-related questions, significantly reducing time spent in meetings and on interruptions, and allowing them to focus more on coding.
With an experienced founding team (second-time founders), this is a small, agile team with large ambitions and the capacity and capability to deliver.
They are searching for a senior brand designer to join their team.
You will:
-Evolve the brand across all touchpoints in collaboration with marketing, sales, product, and engineering teams.
-Develop and maintain a consistent visual identity system that resonates with software development teams.
-Design and iterate on the company website to clearly communicate the company value and personality.
-Create high-impact illustrations and animations for marketing channels, including the website, blog, email campaigns, customer stories, ads, and social media.
-Design engaging materials for conferences, including swag, handouts, signage, and booths.
-Bring a strong, creative voice to strategy and brainstorming sessions, with a focus on storytelling and clarity.
Must Have Skills:
To be successful, you must:
-7+ years of visual design experience, with a focus on branding and digital experiences.
-A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual design skills and excellent design execution down to the smallest of details.
-The ability to understand technical concepts and design material that explains them.
-Skilled at explaining the story behind your designs, and proactive and clear in how you communicate in meetings and in Slack.
-Experience designing a range of marketing materials, from ads, landing pages, and blog content to conference materials, swag, and more.
-Experience designing for software developers with an understanding of how great design can cut through the skepticism of this audience.
-Experience working directly in Figma to prototype your ideas, collaborate with others, and present your work.
-Experience creating motion graphics in After Effects, Lottie, or similar tools.
-Experience creating illustrations in Figma, Illustrator, or similar tools.
-An ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and a love for creative challenges.
-Grace under pressure and a high degree of comfort with the ambiguity that comes with being part of an early-stage start-up.
Please note that due to the small team environment and the growth being experienced by the business, this is an on-site role in Vancouver, BC. (4x in office)
Nice to Have Skills:
We believe the successful candidate will also have:
-Experience working on AI tools and B2B software.
-The ability to understand technical concepts and design material that explains them.
-The ability to write basic HTML and CSS.
