About Common
Common is the nation’s leading residential brand offering convenience and community through coliving and traditional apartments. Our signature approach to end-to-end property management and technology offerings allows us to deliver unparalleled experiences across 27 buildings, 6 cities, and over 800 members. Common is the preferred choice for both residents looking for a stress-free and all-inclusive living environment, and for real estate owners seeking reliable, above-market returns. Launched in October 2015, we now operate homes in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. and receive over 3,000 new member applications per week.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Common’s team. We challenge ourselves every day not just to think about ways to make city living better, but to activate on those ideas in meaningful ways. Our team is comprised of real estate professionals, designers, engineers, salespeople, marketers, client service representatives, and so much more. We work collaboratively, value self-startership, and embrace a “whatever it takes” mentality to ensure our work is done and done well.

Common was founded by General Assembly co-founder Brad Hargreaves and has raised over $65MM in venture funding. 

About the Role

We’re looking for a highly creative designer who can work across various digital platforms and teams to tell the story of Common. This role will report to Common’s Creative Director, and will be responsible for creating assets to support Common’s marketing team. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in an evolving, fast-paced startup environment, and excited about the opportunity to help develop the first consumer facing residential brand.  

Responsibilities 

• Work collaboratively with Common’s marketing team to bring concepts to life across social media and marketing platforms 
• Transform Common’s value prop into stunning visual representations for both B2B and B2C audiences 
• Collaborate with outside brand partners to create collateral for cross promotional partnerships
• Ad hoc assistance in designing landing pages and sales collateral for growth marketing
• Design visually compelling presentations for pitches, capabilities decks, and more (Google Slides, Powerpoint, InDesign) 

Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience, preferably with a startup or D2C brand
• Proficiency in Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite
• A deep understanding of typography
• An interest in the current brand marketing and social media landscape
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stake-holders both internal and external
• Experience with creating animated content 
• Bonus: photography and video editing experience 
• Bonus: HTML/CSS knowledge

What We Offer

Common truly values our employees and wants to do everything to ensure that our employees are not only happy and professionally fulfilled, but also that they have the opportunity to be healthy. Because of this, we are committed to providing a number of affordable and valuable health and wellness benefits for our employees such as paid vacation and sick time, medical, dental and vision insurance, Company paid life insurance, Company paid STD/LTD, FSA + HSA options, commuter transit benefits, paid parental leave and a 401K. Additional benefits such as equity, paid holidays, weekly team lunches + happy hours, a fully stocked kitchen, job training + development opportunities + a great wellness program are also available. And as always, we are regularly evaluating our offerings to ensure employees' needs are being met.

We are committed to affirmatively providing equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, legally protected physical or mental disability, military or veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal or state law.