Visual Designer
What we do
Teachers Pay Teachers (or TpT, as we call it) is a community of millions of educators who come together to share their work, their insights, and their inspiration with one another. We are the first and largest open marketplace where teachers share, sell, and buy original educational resources. Our community brings immediate access to a world of expertise and offers educators more time to focus on students and teaching. The New York Times called the phenomenon we lead “A Sharing Economy Where Teachers Win”.
Why we do it
Our dream is to make the expertise and wisdom of all the teachers in the world available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. We believe that we can help create real good in the world by empowering the educators to teach their best.
Who we’re looking for
We modeled our company culture on the virtues of our community of teachers and we are assembling one of the most talented teams in New York. We think this article in EdSurge about sums it up. We’re building a team of deeply good people doing great things. We listen first. We love our work. And we are all teachers and learners in whatever we do. We believe that productivity is never an accident. It’s the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, passionate teamwork, and focused effort. We want every day to be fun and to matter.
Role
We're looking for a visual designer who has a knack for shipping beautiful and engaging brand and marketing experiences. Our Visual Designers work on all user-facing communication including product marketing, brand campaigns, and teacher education programs. We produce creative campaigns that communicate and reinforce our core brand values and continue to evolve the TpT voice and tone. You must be comfortable working across many media. You're a conceptual thinker who can bring your ideas to life in new and inspiring ways. You have a strong point of view on design. You're coming into TpT at a great time — you will have a major impact on developing our design sensibilities (this goes for our work, as well as our people).
Responsibilities
- Solve problems conceptually in collaboration with writers, marketers, PMM’s, product designers, and developers.
- Work closely with sales and marketing leadership to operationally improve and accelerate our Product Marketing capabilities
- Maintain brand consistency across our marketing platforms and social media channels
- Translate our marketing messaging into creative, compelling experiences across all external facing platforms.
- Scope and create design templates to make marketing teams and processes more efficient across all relevant channels
- Contribute to our visual identity language and design system
- Be a strategic partner — facilitate brainstorms, run workshops, and help guide thoughtful decision-making throughout our organization
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience as a Visual Designer
- Strong design portfolio
- Implemented tracking and metrics for performance in campaigns
- Degree in Communication Design or related design / art field
- The ability to listen, focus, and articulate thoughtful solutions
- A sense of humor and a cool demeanor
- Expert grasp of design fundamentals: Type, Grids, Proportions, Pacing, Style