Visual Designer
**This position is based in Austin, TX**
Who you are: Are you obsessed with all things design? Should your problem-solving prowess and elegant creativity be patented? Looking to join a diverse creative team made up of illustrators, photographers, copywriters, coders, and videographers? Spiceworks just might have your dream job! We’re looking for a mega-talented designer who’s one part visual/graphic designer and one part problem-solver… with a portfolio to prove it. At Spiceworks, you'll design digital promotions for our brand, help us grow our audience, and craft some of the first experiences people have with us.
Who we are: Launched in 2006, Spiceworks is an Austin-based company that’s shaking up the tech space and transforming how products (hardware, software, and IT services) are marketed and sold to millions of IT professionals around the world.
Thousands of tech brands (including Microsoft, Dell, HP, and Rackspace) use Spiceworks to reach and connect with these IT pros. Historically a tough market to reach, vendors love the unique ways Spiceworks helps them connect with this elusive market… so much so that Forbes touted us “the future of media.”
ResponsibilitiesYour day-to-day (as a Spiceworks Visual Designer, you’ll):
- Design kick ass digital and print materials including event booths, signage, reports, collateral, landing pages, presentations and more
- Use design to solve real-world problems and deliver results that’ll impact company-wide goals
- Think through objectives to produce solutions with the creative force of 10,000 design dynamos (a.k.a., craft visually amazing content)
- Translate objectives into effective design for a wide range of materials
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment and collaborate seamlessly with designers, marketers, and copywriters across marketing
- Self-manage a variety of projects, deadlines, and (internal) clients
- Make a mark at international events and reach a global audience with your eye-catching, original work.
What does it take to do this job?
- You’re a design geek: You follow industry leaders, voraciously consume blogs and feeds, and have ten sources of inspiration at your fingertips
- Stellar design skills (and an online portfolio that showcases them)
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, PowerPoint and other industry software
- Out-of-this-world project management skills
- A strong work ethic (“9 to 5” is just a Dolly Parton song to you)
- Agility: You can think on your feet and adapt well to a quickly changing environment
- Killer communication skills (both written and verbal) otherwise known to your internal clients as your “bedside manner”
Nice-to-haves (bonuses that might help set you apart):
- Proficiency with HTML and CSS
- Experience working with other design mediums (web/motion)
- Environmental design experience
- UX experience
The Visual Designer will report to the Marketing Design Manager.