$50k - 80k depending on experience

Stack Overflow exists to serve developers. Whether we’re helping them get answers to their questions or find a new job, we build products that millions of developers use. As one of two brand designers at Stack Overflow, you’ll create integrated campaigns and brand initiatives that are thoughtful, impactful, and beautiful.

As a brand designer on our design team, you’ll be responsible for creating on-brand design solutions for projects that span brand identity, editorial design, marketing collateral, physical spaces, swag, internal communications, in-product illustration, and everything in between. You’ll work with other designers, members of the marketing team, and project stakeholders throughout your work. Our design team culture strongly emphasizes collaboration over competition, so you’ll be working with folks who are eager to help each other succeed.

We’re looking to hire the best person wherever you are in the world, though for this role we’re specifically looking for someone whose working hours can include 9AM - 12PM, US East Coast time. We work remotely, so you can work from home and interact with the team over Slack and video chat (we also have yearly meetups in-person!). We have offices in New York, London, and Munich, so if you’re in (or want to relocate to) one of those cities, you’re more than welcome.

Skills & Requirements

What you’ll do:

• Conceptualize and craft elegant on-brand visuals that bring complex ideas and technical content to life.
• Ensure all work aligns with design principles and brand standards for a cohesive brand experience.
• Brainstorm, collaborate, trade feedback, and defend design decisions with stakeholders.
• Manage and prioritize day-to-day design workload of multiple projects from concept to completion.
• Work with a cross-functional team to iterate on and improve our brand identity.
• Contribute to Stacks, our design system.

What we want to see:

• At least 1 year of on-the-job design experience at an ad agency, firm, or in-house team (internships count!).
• Evidence of high-quality design work in a portfolio that demonstrates strong conceptual thinking through a variety of projects.
• Evidence of a strong sense of design principles, typography, and layout.
• Experience designing for a variety of creative projects including digital and non-digital promotional channels.
• Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other industry-standard creative tools.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A desire to or experience with working in a distributed environment (where all team members are remote).
• High levels of organization and ability to work independently.

Also note:

• If this job interests you but you aren’t certain if you meet all of the requirements, apply anyway!
• We don’t consider applications without cover letters - please make sure to include yours, and make sure to talk specifically about what interests you in working here! We promise - we read every single one.

What you’ll get in return:

• Flexible hours
• 20 days paid vacation + holidays
• Completely free health insurance - no copay, no premiums (US residents)
• Generous parental leave (10-16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
• Employees will never be poked with a sharp stick

If you want to work remotely…. We’ll help you set up a great home office, with an ergonomic chair, standing desk, and any other equipment you need to do your job.

If you want to work in our office… You’ll get your own private office in our headquarters in New York City, and enjoy additional benefits like free lunch every day prepared by our own in-house chefs, transportation reimbursement, and all the espresso you can drink.

About Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow is the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. More than 50 million professional and aspiring programmers visit Stack Overflow each month to help solve coding problems, develop new skills, and find job opportunities.

We partner with businesses to help them understand, hire, engage, and enable the world's developers. Our products and services are focused on developer marketing, technical recruiting, market research, and enterprise knowledge sharing.

We believe in hiring smart people and getting out of their way. We have an office in New York with some of the best amenities of any New York startup, and we have people who work remotely all over the world. We keep meetings and ceremony to an absolute minimum.

What we value:

• Servant Leadership: We lead by empowering and inspiring people to do their best work, not by micromanaging. We hire smart people, set them up for success, then get out of their way.
• Collaboration: The best products are created when people from different backgrounds and disciplines work closely together in an environment of respect and trust.
• Transparency: Trust is built on openness and transparency. If there is not a good reason to keep it a secret, we share it. For example, we share our complete engineering salary formula.
• Inclusion: We do our best work when we can be our whole selves at work. We’re committed to policies and benefits that support people, and leaders who foster an open and inclusive culture.

Diverse teams build better products.