Overview

We are looking for a talented Digital Designer for our fast paced in-house Marketing team, reporting to our Chief Marketing Officer. In addition to having a sharp eye for design, the right candidate should either be, or think like, a "digital native." Your genuine passion for the profession you have chosen is extremely important for this role, and for us. Your enthusiasm, attention to detail, and follow-through are what defines your work. Responsibility is given from day one to use your creativity to help us grow our business. This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in a startup-like culture, with the benefits of a larger enterprise (Ipsos, our parent company).

Responsibilities

Lead Generation (50%)

• Create digital assets for the web, social, email, advertising, and events; including longer-form PDF content for lead generation
• Choose on-brand images from online stock photography websites, such as shutterstock.com, and keep organized in image library
• Use marketing best practices, including the need for a strong call-to-action, and minimal distraction
• Design with a mobile-first mentality, especially when designing emails and landing pages

Branding (25%)

• Own, evolve, and enforce Synthesio's brand guidelines, including logos, colors, fonts, icons, imagery, presentation templates, email signatures, and business cards
• Ensure that designs align with our three core values- global, simple, and fun; and ensure alignment with our software products
• Experiment with new, fresh visuals, without compromising on usability or design best practices
• Take into consideration Ipsos branding to ensure Synthesio branding is complimentary

Sales Enablement (25%)

• Improve presentation decks, and work with Google Slides master and layout templates
• Be the go-to digital design resource for presentations and sales collateral

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Digital Design or a related field
• 2+ years of work experience
• Expert with the Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Intermediate understanding of how to design for HTML5, CSS3 and responsive frameworks
• Familiarity designing for standard ad unit sizes
• Strong comfort-level with G Suite, especially Google Slides, Docs and Drive; or similar
• Strong comfort level keeping and organizing files and source files in the cloud, rather than locally on your desktop
• Effective and consistent at using a project/task management system
• Ability to juggle multiple projects at once, hit deadlines, and see designs through from start-to-finish
• Demonstrates problem-solving skills and gets excited about overcoming obstacles
• Strong attention to detail, by performing quality assurance on work before delivery
• Light-weight video creation & editing a plus
• Experience working with remote teams and across departments is a plus