Brand Designer

About us:

Based in New York but fully distributed, Shortcut builds project management software for software and product teams that people actually want to use - just ask an engineer how they feel about Jira. Thousands of the fastest-growing software companies use Shortcut to plan and build software, including Glossier, Venmo, Daitaku, Scale AI, FullStory, LaunchDarkly, and others. 

What you'll do:

As a Brand Designer on our Creative Team, you’ll create illustrations and design layouts that compliment our product and content, inspire smiles and sensible chuckles, and help to create a consistent brand experience across all our communication touchpoints. 

Our burgeoning Creative Team has a healthy appreciation for design, education, and what we jokingly call “light business humor”. In a sea of rote calls-to-action and email-gated white papers, we strive to create joy through our words, images, and moving images. We’re here to help Shortcut hit and exceed its Q1 KPIs and OKRs, increase our MQLs, and tackle every other business acronym out there, while also making sure we (and our users) have fun in the process. 

Ideally you’ll enjoy dabbling in illustration, layouts, and graphic design. This is a remote role and reports to the Creative Director (who is also remote) within the Marketing team.

You will:

• Draw pictures for a living, but in a fancy way
• Assist us as we evolve and grow the principles behind our brand
• Use human centered design to make it easier for customers to sign up for our product, while also learning how to get the most from it 
• Design for multi-channel creative campaigns and brand content, including but not limited to display ads, drip campaigns, and social media
• Work closely with the Creative Director and Sr Brand Designer to maintain brand guidelines and systems to support consistency across the entire customer journey
• Work closely with in-house copywriters, project managers, product designers, and developers to make design decisions informed by research, brand positioning, and business objectives

You should have:

• An exceptional portfolio of illustration work, concept-led digital content, and campaigns
• 3+ years working on digital marketing with an in-house team or agency
• Experience with a SaaS-based business is a huge plus
• Experience with brands in the collaboration tools market is a plus, but not necessary

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements listed, we still encourage you to apply. Job requirements are a wishlist, not a checklist, and we're happy to help the right candidate grow into this role - if you're excited about Shortcut, we're excited about you!

What we offer:

• Compensation: A competitive salary in addition to meaningful equity in the company - you should be able to take ownership of what you’re helping to build.
• Benefits: Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, FSA, OneMedical, Teladoc, Health Advocate, 401(k), commuter benefits
• Work-life balance: A flexible open vacation policy, in addition to 10 company holidays, 5 sick days, and 3 “Dot Days” (our term for bonus days off), community (volunteer) PTO, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave. We also observe 40 hour work weeks without the expectation of after-hours or weekend work.
• Learning and development: A $2,000 annual stipend to use toward conferences, educational courses, books, membership fees and more
• WFH: We are a fully remote company, and we provide all the equipment you need to work from home in addition to an annual WFH stipend.

Target base salary for this role based on experience: $115,000-$139,000 annually + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

At Shortcut, we embrace the different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences our team members bring to the table.  As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome all applicants and teammates regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].