by Ronald Barron | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Graphic Designer, Little Passports
at BEGiN
US Remote
*Current Remote Locations: AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WY.
*This role is not eligible for CO state or any not listed above.
Little Passports, part of the BEGiN family, has a new opportunity for a Senior Graphic Designer to join our growing team! This role will report to our Creative Director in San Francisco, and can be 100% remote based in select US locations* (see below).
BEGiN is an award-winning educational technology company with a worldwide impact. With products as effective as they are fun, BEGiN’s family of brands builds critical skills for school and life.
We’re a diverse team of talented people passionate about creating educational content kids love. At BEGiN, we have the rare opportunity to make a dent in the universe by bringing high-quality at-home learning to kids globally!
Little Passports is a direct-to-consumer children’s brand developing original stories and activities focused on geography, culture, science, and art. We are a mission-driven company inspired to help children discover the wonders and mysteries of the world around them. Our award-winning subscriptions have delivered millions of one-of-a-kind activity kits to children around the globe. With our products, children not only learn about a subject but go on an imaginative global adventure, enriching their minds and developing an awareness of the wider world.
Reporting to the Creative Director, the Senior Graphic Designer will collaborate on high-level design concepts and creative strategy and have a direct hand in helping to shape and evolve the Little Passports brand. We’re looking for a seasoned designer with a mastery of a broad range of design skills and knowledge to create high-impact work across all of our key consumer touchpoints. This role sits within the Little Passports Marketing team and will work cross-functionally to develop innovative and engaging creative across Digital, Print, and TV. You must be able to seamlessly take a project from concept to execution, using in-house and outside help, while still taking on design tasks as needed.
You will:
- Drive the best expression of the brand through storytelling and creative execution across all Marketing channels.
- Oversee lifestyle and product photo and video shoots, from concept and mood boarding through to preproduction, production, and post.
- Collaborate and pitch in as needed with other Creatives on crossover projects.
- Innovate and iterate on Creative to target business goals and KPIs.
- Collaborate with various teams within Marketing and across the Company, including Product and Site, to design creative concepts that integrate multiple vehicles of brand visuals.
- Help to evolve Little Passports’s visual identity and maintain consistency throughout all aspects of design.
- Be able to collaborate with a team of designers through the end-to-end design process, providing clear direction, reviewing work and encouraging innovation, creative thinking, new ideas and solutions.
- Ensure all design deliverables are of the highest quality and the best visual representation of our brand.
- Assist in driving improvement, efficiency and effectiveness into all methodologies and deliverables and suggest new methods and techniques to improve our creative development processes.
- Contribute to a strong Design team culture, encouraging and developing collaborative relationships with our Marketing and cross-functional partners.
- Update and maintain style guides for the Little Passports brand.
Must Haves:
- 3-5 years of design experience with a Marketing Design and Branding background.
- Ability to apply design principles across static and motion design.
- Excellent typography skills.
- Mastery in applying the principles of identity and visual system design across multiple touchpoints.
- Meticulous attention to detail and ability to lead and produce inspired creative work while under tight deadlines.
- Strong organizational, communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, multitask, prioritize projects, and communicate progress.
- Experience working on consumer brands.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Expert knowledge in the following tools/programs: Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
Nice-to-Haves:
- Some knowledge of the following tools/programs: Figma, Adobe XD.
- Motion Graphic experience.
- Video editing experience.
- Illustration experience.
- Writing experience.
We like people who:
- Are open to suggestions, collaborative, and thrive in team environments.
- Love and are willing to learn new technologies and styles.
- Are resourceful and entrepreneurial with the ability to turnaround high-quality projects quickly without depending on a large team.
What you’ll get:
- BEGiN offers competitive compensation, including equity and full benefits.
- Smart, passionate, and engaged co-workers.
- Excellent top-tier Medical/Dental/Vision benefits.
- 401k company match.
- The chance to have a big impact, quickly.
- The rare opportunity to make a dent.
BEGiN is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
At BEGiN, we are committed to building a diverse team of talented people who are passionate about creating educational content kids love. We believe in fostering a culture where productivity can flourish, one that is empathetic, respectful, and inclusive. At BEGiN, we know that diversity, equity, and inclusion aren’t just an idea, a one-time initiative, or phrases to throw into a job post: they’re a daily practice and an ongoing conversation. We survey our team about inclusivity, run training on DEI topics, and have a committee to ensure we are all continuing to learn and grow.
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior UI Designer
NYC OR REMOTE
PRODUCT + DESIGN – DESIGN
FULL-TIME
Olo’s newest team, Customer Intelligence + FOH, is passionate about reimagining the restaurant experience by bringing everything a restaurant knows about each customer to every interaction and business decision.
Our first-ever-purpose-built-for-restaurants CDP & CRM are at the core of our products and bring powerful customer intelligence to operations, marketing, guest sentiment, and more. We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer to design essential systems and features for our Host Application as part of this creative team.
Working with the Associate Director of Product Design and reporting to the VP of Product for the Customer Intelligence + FOH team, you will join us as the second designer on our growing team, jump headfirst into designing for an action packed environment, and help take our design system to the next level.
If you are passionate about UI/UX design, comfortable working solo or collaboratively to accomplish projects, and excel in a high ownership environment while taking large projects from spec to ship, this may be the perfect role for you.
You can work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. or at Olo’s headquarters in NYC on the 82nd floor of One World Trade Center.
What You’ll Do
- Design clean, intuitive flows that set the vision for our user experience
- Work to understand our users’ pain points and let them guide product decisions
- Collaborate with engineers, the customer experience team and stakeholders to implement designs across the entire product lifecycle
- Take full ownership of your work and the details required to ship a successful product
- Implement design system elements into existing and newly designed web dashboard experiences
What We’ll Expect From You
- You have 6+ years work experience, and a portfolio that shows a high level of understanding of UI/UX design across a variety of platforms
- You can take information and run a project autonomously while keeping important partners in the loop
- You clearly articulate design decisions and build strong relationships with designers and partners
- You have empathy for the end-user and want to validate designs by gathering their feedback
- You excel in both a high ownership and in a team environment — you enjoy trying new products to improve efficiency
- You are passionate about the craft of design and want to contribute to a high-quality, design-forward brand
- Essential knowledge of web user interface best practices
- Strong knowledge of Figma, Adobe CC, and Prototyping
- As a bonus — basic or advanced front-end development experience
About Olo
Olo is a leading on-demand commerce platform powering the restaurant industry’s digital transformation. Millions of orders per day run on Olo’s enterprise SaaS engine, enabling brands to maximize the convergence of digital and brick-and-mortar operations. The Olo platform provides the infrastructure to capture demand and manage consumer orders from every channel. With integrations to over 100 technology partners, Olo customers can build digital experiences with the largest and most flexible restaurant commerce ecosystem on the market. Over 500 restaurant brands use Olo to grow digital sales, maximize profitability, and preserve direct consumer relationships. Learn more at olo.com.
Olo’s headquarters is located on the 82nd floor of One World Trade Center. In addition to our NYC cohort, over 75% of our team works remotely across the U.S. We offer great benefits, such as 20 days of Paid Time Off, fully paid health, a 401k match, dental and vision care premiums, company equity, a generous parental leave plan, and perks like team events. Check out our culture map: https://www.olo.com/images/culture.jpg.
We encourage you to apply!
We value diversity. At Olo, we know a diverse and inclusive team not only makes our products better, but our workplace better. Many groups are underrepresented across the tech sector and we are committed to doing our part to move the needle.
Olo is an equal opportunity employer and diversity is valued at our company. All applicants receive consideration for employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you like what you read, hear, and/or know about Olo, and want to be a part of our team, please do not hesitate to apply We are excited to hear from you!
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Product Designer – Metacritic & GameSpot
Location: Remote
We’re seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer and critical thinker to join our growing Product Design Team. You’ll play an instrumental role in developing core consumer-facing products for a large and diverse audience. You’ll join a team creating user-centered, digital experiences that help exciting brands like Metacritic and GameSpot enable passionate fans to discover and enjoy their next amazing entertainment experience.
This role calls for a passionate individual who is highly skilled in design thinking, user-centered design processes, and interface design. The right candidate for this role will be highly-organized and collaborative; with a passion for solving problems cross-functionally. But you won’t do it alone you’ll have a collaborative cross-disciplinary team of designers, writers, engineers, product managers and researchers to support you.
What You’ll Do:
- Redesign the future of Metacritic and GameSpot – everything from navigation and discovery solutions to product pages, articles + reviews, galleries and other innovative new consumption experiences. Leverage contemporary design aesthetics and best practices to improve usability and performance along the way.
- Collaborative frequently with the design team, product managers, engineers, researchers and editorial staff to develop and refine features. This includes user flows, screen flows, wireframes, visual designs, sketches, prototyping, and developer specs.
- Communicate and present your work, aligning stakeholders and explaining your creative process.
- Maintain and contribute to a scalable design system.
- Lead, mentor and train less experienced talent while developing followership and respect among teammates at all levels.
- Be autonomous and take full ownership of your work every step of the way.
What We’re Looking For:
- 3+ years of experience working on consumer-facing products.
- You have a strong visual portfolio or PDF to reflect that work – supported by a track record of launching real-world products with clear user and business success results to point to.
- You have experience working in a cross-functional team.
- Strong understanding of both UI and UX best practices.
- You have a solid visual design sense and clean command over interaction design, typography, and usability.
- You have experience collaborating, iterating, and testing with Product and Engineering to discover solutions that exceed user expectations.
- A passion for movies, games and entertainment is always a plus!
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Staff Design Ops Manager, Growth (Remote)
Location: Remote, United States
Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart that enables anyone to build a beautiful online presence. Our product teams are deeply collaborative, and each member is directly responsible for the team’s success.
We’re looking for a Staff Design Ops Manager to lead design programs within our Growth team. Design Ops Managers at Squarespace are embedded within our Product Design organization and amplify the impact of design by allowing our designers to focus on the work. You will lead programs for the design group in which you are embedded, and implement processes to influence how we collaborate with matrixed teams to optimize design output. Some of your core partners will be design leadership, product managers, product designers, content strategists, user researchers, engineers, technical program managers and legal/business affairs.
You will report to the Senior Manager of Design Operations. We are open to this position being remote.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Continuously look to optimize and improve our design processes in measurable ways
- Own design program management thought leadership for the entire product area, becoming the go-to subject matter expert
- Successfully negotiate new priorities and disruptive solutions with multiple stakeholders and leadership
- Influence cross-functional partners to focus on efforts that have the largest business impact
- Guide and document design feedback and identify opportunities to maximize design output
- Partner with your design managers to develop plans for onboarding new designers
- Guide design scoping, timelines, and delivery in collaboration with product teams
- Maintain design program status and communicate across the product team
- Coordinate discovery loops and usability studies in partnership with product designers
- Create and manage budgets for content licensing
- Coordinate with legal to secure licensing agreements with content providers
QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of experience as a digital producer or program manager with a background in product, digital, or tech
- Stakeholder management; You have the ability to build consensus around a high quality solution that affects the strategy and roadmap of your product area, which can come with a high degree of difficult strategic and organizational challenges
- Communication; You are comfortable presenting large proposals to leadership confidently. You define and champion the team goals of the product area
- Experience working closely with designers and familiarity with research methods and product development
- Experience building programs from scratch and measuring their impact
- Ability to identify and address blockers with a solutions oriented approach
- Team-player mentality with a limitless determination to succeed and grow
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by Ronald Barron | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Graphic Designer
Graphic Design
California
Temp
Job Description
Graphic Designer
The Sage Group’s client, an American technology company with services that include ride-hailing, food delivery, package delivery, couriers and freight transportation is searching for a Production Designer to join their Engineering Enablement team. We are searching for a graphic designer who will help build a cohesive brand kit for the overall team as well as its sub teams. The brand kit shall include but not be limited to items such as logos, communication templates, signatures, slide presentations, and internal website design. The Engineering enablement team works to increase engineering productivity through learning development, as well as technical writing. This team works across engineering programs such as machine learning and code documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Working on a Brand Kit the general team and all of its sub-teams
- Working to identify blind spots for learning and development, presentations, websites, etc.
Qualifications:
- Strong portfolio showing brand and logo designs
- Communication and collaboration skills. Being able to work productivity with a team.
- Ability to work in a timely manner. Self-motivated.
Location: Remote, USA
Duration: 12 Month Contract
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