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Stories have been told since the dawn of mankind. They were shared through images, songs, plays, books and movies. Most of the time, the audience was passive. At Articy, we believe that the future of stories is interactive. That’s why our mission is to shape the way that interactive narrative experiences – be it games, e-learning scenarios or interactive video formats – are created. 
 

We are looking for a Product Designer to help turn our vision into reality. You’ll take part in the product design process, from first idea and prototyping of features to detailed interactions and polished visuals. You will be joining a small, passionate team that cares deeply about a collaborative environment and innovative design.

Let’s change the games industry together!

Your role:

• Take broad, conceptual ideas and break them down into design propositions 
• Design entire features by creating concepts, workflows, prototypes as well as high-fidelity UI mockups and design documents that effectively communicate interaction and design intent.
• Conduct user research and usability tests 
• Analyze existing solutions and apply learnings to current workflows and new designs 
• Collaborate closely with the product owner, developers and the rest of the design team 

Your Profile:

• You have hands-on work experience in designing digital products for a worldwide audience 
• You are able to think through complex systems and complex use cases. 
• You have a basic understanding of game development processes and interactive storytelling 
• You are confident using design tools such as Figma
• You love teamwork and thrive in collaborative environments 
• You are able to champion the user’s needs in discussions with stakeholders and other departments
• You are in an European-friendly timezone or able to schedule your working time to include 9:00 to 16:00 GMT+1 (the rest of the hours are flexible)
• You can communicate clearly and effectively in English

Considered a Plus:

• You have created or significantly contributed to the design of one or more published digital projects from beginning to end. 
• You have created or significantly contributed to an interactive story (games, e-learning scenarios, visual novels etc) 
• You like and play computer games

Our Offer:

• Open communication, you will have a voice in our team
• Friendly working atmosphere in a talented team
• Flexible working hours without the crunch-time madness
• Possibility to participate in industry events
• 29 vacation days per year + public holidays of NRW, Germany (Company HQ)
• Employer-funded pension (for employees based in Germany)

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HOW TO APPLY

To apply to this job, Email your application with all required documents to [email protected]

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About FightCamp

 

FightCamp is a connected at-home boxing gym. With FightCamp you get access to world-class boxing and kickboxing trainers, studio-quality equipment, and performance-tracking technology — all from the comfort of your home. The key to a FightCamp workout lies in our Punch Tracking technology — we allow you to measure every strike, deliver real-time stats and fuel your competitive side. 

 

Since launching in February 2018, FightCamp’s revenues have doubled every month. FightCamp is funded by Y Combinator.

 

About the Role of Sr. UX/UI Designer

 

As a Senior UX/UI Designer at FightCamp, you will be responsible for designing and testing new feature concepts for the FightCamp mobile app, as well as gathering user insights.  In this role, you’ll work closely with the Lead UX Designer and other product team members to create a robust and consistent brand experience across every platform. You’ll improve user experience, help drive continued growth, and uphold an excellent company and team culture. 

What We Value

• • Collaborative team players with a growth mindset
  • High attention to detail with a focus on quality and user experience
  • Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Proactive self-starters

What You Will Do

• • Gather and evaluate user needs, requirements, and pain points, in collaboration with the Customer Success team.
  • Illustrate new features and changes to the FightCamp app with storyboards, wireframes, and user flow diagrams
  • Design the mobile UI as well as the aesthetics with mockups and prototypes
  • Define and mockup interactions and animations within the User Interface
  • Generate mockups for other screen resolutions (Ex.: iPad, Television)
  • Create required visual assets and design documentation for the iOS developers to implement new features
  • Generate release notes and marketing assets for app releases
  • Work with the Lead UX Designer and Product Managers to analyze and quantify the impact of changes made to the app, utilizing product analytics as well as user testing
  • Monitor potential UX problemsHelp build and maintain a design system for the mobile app

Requirements

• • 5+ years experience
  • Skilled with design software such as Sketch and InVision
  • Experience with graphic design
  • Strong understanding of mobile design (UX/UI)
  • Experience working with Design Systems
  • Has experience with motion graphics/animation
  • Familiar with Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines
  • Familiar with fitness data tracking apps (Ex.: Strava, Fitbit)

Benefits & Perks

• • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Competitive compensation package with stock options at a high-growth startup
  • Company-sponsored 401(k) plan
  • Paid holidays and sick days
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Flexible work from home options
  • Catered lunches and free snacks (even for remote work)
  • Fitness subsidies
  • One R&D day per sprint

Come Work With Us

 

Want your work to have a significant impact on other people’s lives and well-being? At FightCamp, your work will not only shape who you will become professionally but personally. We’re funded, generating revenues, and one of the most dedicated teams you’ll find. Our mentality is simple. Work smart, play hard. We are a results-driven team that values autonomy and individual responsibility, over hierarchy.

 

We are looking for other A+ players to join our team. Come shape the future of at-home fitness with us.

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About Us:

Vault Health is a leading virtual-first healthcare platform that specializes in delivering remote diagnostics and specialty care to consumers directly, through their employers, and through their local public health agencies. Vault also leverages its virtual platform to facilitate decentralized clinical trials for companies in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries. Vault is a leading provider of at-home FDA-approved COVID-19 testing in the U.S., whose solution has been deployed to numerous local and state governments, airlines, universities, professional athletic teams, companies, and organizations. Today, Vault employs more than 500 employees across the country and expects to continue growing as we expand our products and services.

The Opportunity:

Vault Health is looking for a Director of Creative Operations to strategically manage our  Creative and Marketing project portfolio, lead the updates to and development of effective workflows, and build and implement a process for efficient resource allocation across people and budgets. This person should be passionate about streamlining processes and improving the way things work.

We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated, and details-obsessed leader with experience working on different types of marketing and creative projects dedicated to delivering impactful and special customer experiences; this person must be eager to take on new challenges, to introduce and implement new systems and ideas, and to grow, test and learn. The role will report directly to the company’s Chief Marketing Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Define, update and implement processes to ensure Marketing & Creative teams work effectively together and cross-functionally
• Develop and simplify technical workflows to operationalize projects for scalability
• Work with and oversee our agencies and internal resources to manage our portfolio of projects
• Research, identify, pitch, onboard and fully integrate tools, systems or methodologies that help us work more effectively and efficiently
• Design and lead regular meetings (and written reports) to review resource use and project pipeline across all marketing & creative disciplines to enable effective decision making
• Create clear calendar reviews and regular “dashboard updates” for visibility at both working team and leadership levels
• Collaborate with CMO and Marketing team, Product Development team, ans Sales Team Brand to design and implement effective cross-functional process, including templates, approvals and gates, to bring new products and campaigns to market
• Manage and oversee a small but growing team of Project Managers and Creative, Design and Production staff.

Qualifications:

• Loves the creative process and working with both creative and business minded colleagues!
• 7+ years of relevant experience either in-house and/or in agencies
• Has experience with advertising, digital/social content, websites, packaging, and collateral 
• Has track record of establishing and improving SLAs, and developing best practices in PM
• Can effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously, with strong eye for detail
• Has the ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Possesses strong relationship building/partnering skills with the ability to work with varying levels of individual contributors and management

Vault Health is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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Moodle with us! Find out about your new workplace

Moodle is the world’s most trusted online learning solution. The engine of our ecosystem is Moodle LMS, the secure and customisable open source learning management platform used by over 250 million learners worldwide. Developed in conjunction with our community, Moodle LMS is complemented by an ecosystem of products including Moodle Workplace and a network of partners and services providing hosting, customisations and support. We also teach and support educators to create effective online learning experiences and share open education resources. Collectively, we empower educators to improve our world.

We’ve built a passionate team of hard-working and driven people from all over the world, united by a shared belief in the ability of our platform to make a positive difference to our world. We respect our colleagues and value an open and innovative workplace, filled with integrity and of course a strong focus on education (yes, these are our company values!)

Find out more about us on our website.

What your new job can look like

This is a brand new role we’ve created to support our commitment to crafting a fantastic user experience across all of our products. This role will initially report directly to the CEO, and will be tasked with building Moodle’s UX design system, establishing principles, frameworks and best practices for the organisation.

With a combination of strategy, process development, user research and some hands on design responsibilities, this is a key role that will bring together a range of stakeholders and help define the future of UX at Moodle.

Beyond this, most days will involve a mix of:

• Leading a UX guild of designers across our product teams, sharing knowledge and promoting best practice
• Collaborating with the CEO and Product Managers on the development and execution of a UX roadmap that addresses new customer and revenue growth opportunities head-on
• Establishing UX principles and frameworks that guide the overall Moodle Product UX process
• Designing innovative solutions, communicating the rationale behind design decisions, and generating buy-in from team members, community, and other stakeholders.
• Optimising and scaling the design system to the latest design standards and modern UI patterns.
• Improving the usability of Moodle by incorporating experimental and observational research methods to guide the design, development, and refinement of Moodle products.

Requirements

We'd love to meet you

Especially if you can talk to us about your:

• Experience in a leading role driving UX strategy and design culture
• Direct experience working at a software product company as a member of agile teams, building, iterating and launching great software products
• Understanding of design systems, as well as experience leveraging and contributing to design systems, with a deep knowledge of current UX design strategies and trends across both web and mobile platforms
• Passion for working directly with product managers and developers, drawing on expertise to collectively create terrific user experiences
• Proficiency with industry-standard design and prototyping tools (e.g. Axure, Invision, Sketch, etc.)

Benefits

What's in it for you?

We’ve already talked about the importance we place on achieving our mission to empower educators to improve our world, our passion for our values and some of the cool things we are doing as a company.

So what about this?!

• Make a real difference in this brand new role where you can develop and guide UX strategy
• Work from anywhere in this fully remote role with lots of flexibility
• Join us as we progress through the next exciting phase of growth
• We don’t believe in formal dress codes, bring your full self to work in your own style

 

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This UX Researcher position or Senior UX Researcher position for our Ops Section is 100% remote.

It’s an exciting time to join our team. We're the world’s largest all-remote company, and we've been intentionally building our culture this way from the start. With more than 1,200 team members in 65+ countries, GitLab is a place where you can contribute from almost anywhere. We are an ambitious, productive team that embraces a set of shared ​values​ in everything we do.

As a UX Researcher at GitLab, you will be responsible for guiding research initiatives within a product groups that are working on features relatated to the Ops portion of the DevOps lifecycle. The work you’ll do will help shape the future of a range of features including Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Montioring.

The culture here at GitLab is something we’re incredibly proud of. Some of the benefits you’ll be entitled to vary by the region or country you’re in. However, all GitLab team members are fully remote and receive a "no ask, must tell" paid-time-off policy, where we don’t count the number of days you take off annually -- instead, we focus on your results. You can work the hours you choose, enabled by our asynchronous approach to communication. You can also expect stock options and a competitive salary. Our compensation calculator will be shared with selected candidates before any interview.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) are fundamental to the success of GitLab. We want to infuse DIB in every way possible and in all that we do. We strive to create a transparent environment where all team members around the world feel that their voices are heard and welcomed. We also aim to be a place where people can show up as their full selves each day and contribute their best. With more than 100,000 organizations using GitLab, our goal is to have a team that is representative of our users.

What you'll do in this role

• Proactively identify generative user research projects within your stage groups. Work collaboratively with Product Managers to execute research projects.
• Divide your time across strategic research, problem validation, and solution validation.
• Guide, and where necessary train, Product Designers in how to undertake evaluative research projects and in how to create strategic deliverables (such as journey maps, storyboards, competitive analyses, and personas).
• Form a working understanding of the technology and features of the stage groups to which you are assigned, and have working knowledge of the end-to-end GitLab product.
• Evangelize research. Share user insights with the broader organization and externally in creative ways to increase empathy.
• Lead strategic user research initiatives that span multiple stage groups (and possibly the entire product).
• Mentor UX Researchers, both inside and outside of your stage groups.
• Actively contribute to UX Research processes, documentation, and repositories.
• Engage in social media efforts, including writing blog articles and responding on Twitter, as appropriate.
• Interview potential UX candidates.

You should apply if you bring:

• Significant professional experience with user research.
• Experience integrating user research into product designs.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
• Experience working for a tech startup.
• Experience working with a remote team.
• Enterprise software experience.

You'll stand out if you bring:

• Developer platform/tool industry experience.
• Degree in psychology, human factors, human-computer interaction or related field.
• Passion for open source tools.
• Passion for developer experience.

Also, we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role.

Our hiring process for this UX Researcher position typically follows five stages. The details of this process can be found within our job family page.

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This Product Design Manager position for our Manage & Plan stages is 100% remote.

It’s an exciting time to join our team. We're the world’s largest all-remote company, and we've been intentionally building our culture this way from the start. With more than 1,200 team members in 65+ countries, GitLab is a place where you can contribute from almost anywhere. We are an ambitious, productive team that embraces a set of shared ​values​ in everything we do.

As a Product Design Manager at GitLab, you will be responsible for managing a team of 6+ talented Product Designers. Each of these Product Designers is embedded into a cross-functional product team within our Manage & Plan stages.

The Product Designers in these stages work on high-traffic, ever-maturing product categories, such as our issue tracking tools, access management capabilities, and compliance features. The work you’ll oversee will be impactful and highly visible to millions of our users around the world.

The culture here at GitLab is something we’re incredibly proud of. Some of the benefits you’ll be entitled to vary by the region or country you’re in. However, all GitLab team members are fully remote and receive a "no ask, must tell" paid-time-off policy, where we don’t count the number of days you take off annually -- instead, we focus on your results. You can work the hours you choose, enabled by our asynchronous approach to communication. You can also expect stock options and a competitive salary. Our compensation calculator will be shared with selected candidates before any interview.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) are fundamental to the success of GitLab. We want to infuse DIB in every way possible and in all that we do. We strive to create a transparent environment where all team members around the world feel that their voices are heard and welcomed. We also aim to be a place where people can show up as their full selves each day and contribute their best. With more than 100,000 organizations using GitLab, our goal is to have a team that is representative of our users.

What you'll do in this role

• You’ll advocate for good product design practices, ensure the visibility of product design across functions, create space for collaboration, and bring a deep level of subject matter expertise to the team.
• You’ll work with your direct reports to build out a UX strategy for your Manage team & Plan team that aligns with our mission, vision, and strategy.
• You’ll approach management in a way that is informed by our view on what is required of a Manager at GitLab. Here, we default to asynchronous communication, so your management style will need to work in the context of our all-remote, global team.
• You’ll collaborate with our R&D Leadership team to manage OKRs for our design practice. These OKRs will shape your team’s process, define your responsibilities as a manager, and feed into the responsibilities of your direct reports while enabling our company to meet its goals.
• You’ll play a part in the evolution of our design culture, as we continue to mature our UX practice.
• You’ll champion the importance of participation in critiques, content creation, and speaking engagements.
• You’ll foster a safe space for your team, where they’re comfortable sharing feedback and advocating for change they see as necessary.
• You’ll play a big part in hiring a team of world-class Product Designers. You’ll need to be highly engaged in the recruiting process as we scale our global team.
• You’ll work with cross-functional partners to identify and remedy pain points in our product development process, ensuring effective collaboration with our Product, Development, and Quality counterparts.

You should apply if:

• You’ve got, at minimum, a few years of experience managing Product or UX design teams of 4+ direct reports.
• You have experience managing designers who work on complex web applications, enterprise software, or developer tooling. Someone who will bring a deep understanding of project planning, analytics, or compliance tools will be preferred.
• You’ve got hands-on experience working on product strategy and product design for a complex enterprise application or SaaS tool.
• Your knowledge, vision, and experience will enable you to play a key role in shaping the next evolution of developer tooling.
• You enjoy advocating for user research and usability testing, and you continually look to improve your team’s user research and usability testing abilities.
• You want to manage a team that is designing a complex product with cross-functional users and continually evolving needs.
• The idea of playing a key part in the evolution of our Pajamas Design System is truly exciting to you.
• You understand frontend code, Git, and the limitations of frontend technology. You can demonstrate this through your hands-on coding skills with HTML/CSS/JS, command-line Git, or by showing us you have a deep understanding of the needs of engineers you’ve worked with previously.
• You’re comfortable with design reviews and occasionally being hands-on with design tools like Sketch or Figma.
• Mentoring, leading, and growing your team is truly motivating to you.
• Our values of collaboration, results, efficiency, diversity, iteration, and transparency resonate with you.
• You'll thrive in an environment where self-learning and self-service are encouraged and instilled as a part of our culture.

Also, we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role.

Our hiring process for this Product Design Manager position typically follows six stages. The details of this process can be found within our job family page.

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At Automattic, we believe in making the web a better place. We’re the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, WordPress VIP, and more, and we’re looking for seasoned Brand/Creative Designers to keep the web free and open with us.

You’ll join a diverse design team and work closely with marketers, engineers, and customer support from around the world in a fully remote company to launch creative marketing and brand work, supporting products that make online publishing and commerce accessible to everyone.

What you’ll do

• Work independently and collaboratively on exceptional concepts, creative ideas, and visual design for marketing campaigns to promote our brands across various digital and traditional channels and mediums.
• Actively evolve and contribute to brand and marketing design systems, creative templates, and style guides to help our brand design team grow our skills and scale our practice.
• Work closely with the marketing and business teams on the development and validation of projects directly related to growing the business.
• Collaborate regularly with engineers and product designers to ship consistent, high-quality experiences across marketing and product.
• Manage and oversee project work with external creative contractors.
• Communicate and share often in written, verbal, and visual forms to create alignment and move the work towards implementation.

What we are looking for

• Extensive experience in brand and marketing creative design working on consumer brands or products in an agency or in-house environments.
• A design portfolio with examples of brand and web design work showing your keen eye for good design and attention to detail.
• Proactive attitude in leading big design changes and being comfortable to challenge the status quo.
• Ability to take projects from creation to final execution, managing and prioritizing multiple projects with various stakeholders.
• Strategic problem-solving skills and a capacity to switch between creative storytelling and systems thinking.
• Experience creating or working with existing illustrations is a plus.
• A genuine interest and familiarity with some of our products and the open-source community.
• Familiarity with remote work (or excitement to try it!).

How we work

We’re a global, distributed workforce in over 70 countries. We value open source, prioritize transparent communication, believe that good ideas can (and do) come from anywhere, so we encourage Automatticians to work together across positions and roles. Together we create, develop, and care for a collection of digital products and services that are committed to democratizing publishing and commerce.

• We’re kind to each other and our users – we strive to build a positive, supportive, and inclusive culture of cohesive teams focused on delivering value to our customers.
• We have no set hours, or expectation that you’re online from 9 to 5. You create a schedule that allows you to get your best work done.
• We travel sometimes to meet up and work together.
• We welcome collaboration, and you can be involved in any discussion across our many communication channels. Here’s more about what we expect from ourselves.

HOW TO APPLY

If you’d like to apply, fill out our application form below.

We are lucky to receive many applications, so try to make your application stand out.

We’re serious about growing diversity in the tech industry —  it’s essential to creating the best products. We purposely build Automattic to be a place where people not only love their work, but also show respect and empathy to those with whom we interact. Diversity typically includes but is not limited to, differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political and religious affiliation, socioeconomic background, cultural background, geographic location, disabilities and abilities, relationship status, veteran status, and age. To work on diversity means that we welcome these differences, and strive to increase the visibility of traditionally underrepresented groups. Read more about our dedication to diversity and inclusion.

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InVision is the leading product design and development platform for teams building world-class digital products. It’s every company’s imperative to continuously innovate and improve on their customer experience: InVision’s platform, education, and community enable creative collaboration across teams and geographies for improved speed-to-market and powerful business results.

More than 7 million people across global enterprises and small teams come to us when they are looking for digital transformation. That process doesn’t start and end in any design tool: it encompasses ideation, conversation, visual collaboration and so much more. Teams use InVision to create, prototype and test new ideas; develop repeatable and streamlined processes in design, product and engineering; and improve workflows to move more efficiently from inspiration to production and drive innovation. The InVision platform allows teams to collaborate throughout the process with every stakeholder, giving individuals the visibility and know-how they require. Customers include 100 percent of the Fortune 100 and organizations including American Express, Adidas, Boeing, Ford Motor, Netflix, HBO, Ikea, Slack and Virgin Atlantic.

InVision is a fully distributed company with people in more than 20 countries. Investors include Accel, ICONIQ, FirstMark, Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, and Spark Capital. Visit us at InVisionApp.com and InVisionApp.com/blog.

Our team is in search of a Lead Product Designer to help us transform the way design and development work together.  

About the team: 

DSM is on the forefront of shaping how design and development work together. You will play an important role in driving and executing on our efforts in realizing the promise of design systems. If you have a passion for designing and shipping experiences that demonstrate empathy and strong advocacy for users while balancing the vision and constraints of engineering, then this might be the role for you! 

What you’ll do:

• Shape the next generation of design system solutions
• Take on full ownership of a variety of high-impact initiatives & product experiences by contributing to our vision, strategy, process, and approach whilst supporting and advocating for user empathy and design process throughout
• Work closely with designers, product managers, engineering and leadership in a highly collaborative environment to facilitate, lead, challenge, and build consensus on solutions
• Oversee the user experience of products from conception through launch as well as additional ongoing iterations
• Give and solicit feedback from other designers in order to continually raise our bar for quality
• Learn from a diverse international team and provide mentorship to other designers to fuel professional growth

What you’ll bring: 

• 7+ years of relevant experience in design of digital products that have been released to market, with a proven track record of success
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end (from brief to shipping) digital products within a cross-functional team environment with an iterative approach that leverages quantitative and qualitative measurement
• Demonstrated ability to think at a high level about product strategy but also act–with speed and precision–to identify and deliver the tactical pieces that realize it
• Thorough knowledge and experience across a range of design approaches and methodologies
• Proactive initiative that identifies problems and acts on opportunities to improve the product offering
• Excellent written & verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong collaboration skills across disciplines that drive change
• Ability to manage and contribute to multiple projects concurrently

Please note: Candidates must share an online or PDF portfolio to be considered for this role. Applications without a portfolio are unlikely to be considered.

About InVision:

InVision offers an incredibly unique work environment. The company employs a diverse team all over the world. Each InVision team member is given the freedom and tools to do their best work from wherever they choose.

The benefits we offer in the United States and Canada include competitive health plans and retirement plans. Some InVision-wide benefits offered to all employees across the globe include a flexible vacation policy, monthly coffee shop stipends, annual allowances for books related to your profession, and home office setup & wellness reimbursements. InVision is an international employer so some benefit offerings will vary from country to country.

InVision is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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We’re looking for a Creative Specialist Lead to help us take on the next set of challenges. Somebody capable of building opinions by defining goals, direction and strategy, but also comfortable getting into the weeds and working directly with their team. At Shopify, leaders sketch, too. They thrive on change and operate on trust, leveraging the diverse perspectives of the people on their team in everything they do. We’re fascinated by how you think, how you break down problems and come up with solutions. We look for those who are curious, never satisfied and always seek to do better and make better. Those who want to deeply understand why people do things.

You and the other members of the team will constantly work to improve how we present Shopify to prospective merchants and create compelling content that resonates with our audiences. Working on multiple types of projects at once, you’ll have to be good at managing your time and priorities as well as resourceful and flexible. We are a friendly, collaborative team, who leave their ego at the door, focussed on creating high-quality experiences that grow Shopify above everything else.

As Creative Specialist Lead on the Growth Team, you play a special role in building great communications for entrepreneurs around the world. You are responsible for leading a team of diverse creatives, including Photo, Motion and Audio-Visual productions, towards our vision and for driving the overall craft quality. You will work together with Research, Data, SEO and Creatives to deliver the solutions that help entrepreneurs from around the world to succeed.

Responsibilities

• You’ve led a team in a multidisciplinary environment, including photography, research, content strategy, and motion design strategy.
• You understand how to take users on a complete journey from discovery to adoption and success.
• You understand that leadership is a craft, and know how to mentor your team members to help them grow and succeed.
• You love solving complex problems with simple and compelling audiovisual solutions.
• You like to collaborate with management and data to balance the right decisions for the product with the right decisions for the users.
• You provide teams with long term vision and strategy but don’t mind doing the work yourself when the situation arises.
   

 

Qualifications

• Minimum education level: undergraduate degree in design
• Minimum years of Creative production and management experience: 15 years
• A keen eye for good design and attention to detail.
• Providing technical and strategic design on marketing efforts and product initiatives.
• Ensuring that your team ships exceptionally high creative quality on projects.
• Working closely with the Growth Specialist, Data Analysts, Product Manager and Producers on your projects to balance creative, technical, business, and merchant requirements.
• A soft spot for the end user - advocating for them in all areas of your work is core to what you do.
• An understanding that great experiences come from collaborative decision-making with front-end developers, engineers, researchers, creatives, content strategists, and other disciplines.
• The desire to drive creative through an end-to-end UX process, including research, ideation, iteration, and validation.
• Proficiency with Audiovisual production, Motion Design, Photography, and the software for each craft.
• A passion for solving creative problems while wearing multiple hats and owning all facets of design (content strategy, storyboarding, art direction, photography and motion design).
• Exceptional Creative abilities are shown in an extensive portfolio of projects.
• Knowledge and familiarity with a data-informed approach to design -- you’ve used tools and resources needed to measure the success of design decisions (A/B testing tools, Google Analytics, etc.).
• Adjust quickly to shifting approaches, situations, and priorities.
• Passion for unpacking and solving complex problems.
• The ability to prioritize simultaneous project requests from various teams.
• Anticipating hiring needs on your team and helping to recruit for them.

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We are specifically looking for someone capable of creating marketing initiatives with a cross-discipline team, which includes creative development and collaboration across design, development, UX and content design. We’re looking for a passionate, positive, creative self-starter, who can produce quality content packages end-to-end in a collaborative team environment, but with minimal direct oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced creative and visual storytelling from conceptualization through delivery
• Responsible for creating and editing animated marketing and advertising materials
• Ability to work with developers to combine animation with code
• Responsible for amplifying the visual branding of company public image through motion design, products, and promotional material across a variety of digital and experiential media
• Directing and adding compelling motion and animation into interactive projects in addition to creating animatics, motion guides and case studies
• Create motion elements from a designer's initial design layout, or ability to conduct initial design
• Generate stories, ideas, campaigns and thoughts and create compelling visual experiences
• Create and maintain motion graphics-specific templates, instructions, documentation, and best practices
• Maintain best-in-class video production practices and setups
• Oversee productions from start to finish, beginning with initial concept and ending with final video deliverables.
• Develop scripts, treatments, and storyboards 
• Actively stay on top of marketing trends, goals and performance indicators 
• Capable of handling some high-level budget management including POs, contracts, expenses and tracking
   

 

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge in animation and motion graphics and secondary knowledge in filmmaking, design, post-production process, storytelling.
• Experience generating powerful, credible original video content. Producing, designing, animating, and editing video.
• Advanced proficiency in After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator and Figma.
• Strong understanding of 2D with some 3D knowledge.
• Strong storytelling and storyboarding skills
• You live at the intersection of marketing and user experience, and understand how to take people on a complete journey, end to end.
• Good understanding of typography and composition. Capable of producing assets rapidly if necessary.
• Ability to keep pace and adapt to the latest technology and social media best practices while constantly learning and improving
• The ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment, always thriving on change
• Exceptional ability to collaborate on motion design projects and integrate feedback
• Experience working on set and with a video production crew a benefit.

LOCATIONS

Americas

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DESCRIPTION

We are specifically looking for someone capable of creating marketing initiatives with a cross-discipline team, which includes creative development and collaboration across design, development, UX and content design. We’re looking for a passionate, positive, creative self-starter, who can produce quality content packages end-to-end in a collaborative team environment, but with minimal direct oversight.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating and editing animated marketing and advertising materials
• Ability to work with developers to combine animation with code
• Responsible for amplifying the visual branding of company public image through motion design, products, and promotional material across a variety of digital and experiential media
• Directing and adding compelling motion and animation into interactive projects in addition to creating animatics, motion guides and case studies
• Create motion elements from a designer's initial design layout, or ability to conduct initial design
• Generate stories, ideas, campaigns and thoughts and create compelling visual experiences
• Create and maintain motion graphics-specific templates, instructions, documentation, and best practices
• Provide advanced creative and visual storytelling from conceptualization through shooting and editing
• Maintain best-in-class video production practices and setups
• Oversee productions from start to finish, beginning with initial concept and ending with final video deliverables.
• Develop scripts, treatments, and storyboards 
• Actively stay on top of marketing trends, goals and performance indicators 
• Capable of handling some high-level budget management including POs, contracts, expenses and tracking
   

 

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge in animation and motion graphics and secondary knowledge in filmmaking, design, post-production process, storytelling.
• Experience generating powerful, credible original video content. Producing, designing, animating, and editing video.
• Advanced proficiency in After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator and Figma. Ability to work in HTML5 is an asset. 
• Strong understanding of 2D with some 3D knowledge.
• Strong storytelling and storyboarding skills
• You live at the intersection of marketing and user experience, and understand how to take people on a complete journey, end to end.
• Good understanding of typography and composition. Capable of producing assets rapidly if necessary.
• Ability to keep pace and adapt to the latest technology and social media best practices while constantly learning and improving
• The ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment, always thriving on change
• Exceptional ability to collaborate on motion design projects and integrate feedback
• Experience working on set and with a video production crew a benefit.

LOCATIONS

Americas

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