Lead Brand Designer

Course Hero is scaling! Our Creative team is looking for an experienced Lead Brand Designer to help elevate and evolve Course Hero’s look and feel. We’ll look to you to find new and creative ways to inspire and engage students, tutors, and educators. You’ll work closely with talented designers, copywriters, marketers, product teams, and others to craft the vision and approach for projects big and small. In addition to bringing your own design skills to each of your projects, you’ll help scale design quality throughout the organization by art directing other designers and freelancers, contributing to our brand guidelines, and driving new creative and strategic approaches for marketing campaigns.

If this role sounds exciting and you are looking for an opportunity to apply your skills and experience at a mission-driven, high growth business, we look forward to hearing from you and reviewing your work!  

While we are a hyper-growth tech company, we are also mission driven and strive to create an environment where our team members can be their authentic selves, do their best work, and help us realize our vision - a world where every student graduates, confident and prepared. Come join our award-winning team and culture!

Here are some ways you’ll make an impact 

• Establish and maintain a world-class brand through compelling creative across brand, marketing, and product, including digital, print, and events/experiential marketing  
• Work as part of a larger brand team alongside copywriters, designers, producers, and project managers to shape the vision and strategy for creative projects
• Lead art direction and design for high-impact marketing initiatives, including brand campaigns, landing pages, emails, social, video, events, and product design collaborations
• Champion the evolution of our design system and brand with a focus on creativity, scalability, and consistency across the organization
• Present a compelling design vision and solutions to stakeholders, while communicating the impact of design in solving business problems
• Be a strong advocate and thought leader for creative at Course Hero, including influencing the brand and creative roadmaps
• Art direct and guide the work of junior and mid-level designers and freelancers

Are you our Lead Brand Designer?

• 8+ years of related experience  
• You have a dynamic portfolio with examples of marketing campaign work and examples of how you’ve helped shape the evolution of a brand  
• Strong design eye and strategic thinking abilities, ability to lead all aspects of a project, from high-level concepting to production
• Ability to manage other designers, including mentoring and developing the skillsets of junior and mid-level designers
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to confidently present work to a variety of audiences and stakeholders
• Proactively seeks opportunities to uplevel the organization’s design standards and output through exceptional craft and creative thinking
• Experience art directing motion graphics and illustration
• Expertise with pen and paper, Figma, and Adobe CC

Bonus Points 

• Knowledge of user experience design
• Illustration or motion graphics experience 
• Have a passion for education and our vision of helping every student graduate, confident and prepared 
• BFA/MFA in graphic design, new media, communications design or related discipline

Benefits & Perks!

• Competitive salary, annual bonus, and RSUs
• Medical coverage, including full dental and vision
• Life and disability benefits
• 401(k) program (US)  / retirement savings plan (Canada) with company match
• One month paid sabbatical after 5 years at the company
• Education reimbursement
• Professional development workshops & industry conferences
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible work schedule
• Social responsibility program (volunteer time off and donation matching)
• Annual wellness stipend
• Monthly tech stipend
• Annual family planning stipend
• Monthly snack boxes delivered to your door
• Cell phone allowance

For positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Other locations: IL, MA, NJ.

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. We strongly encourage you to apply if you're interested: we'd love to learn how you can amplify our team with your unique experience!

We are a virtual-first company and have employees dispersed throughout the United States and Canada. We have a market-based pay structure that varies by location. The base pay for this position is dependent on multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed below. You may also be eligible to participate in our bonus program and may be offered an equity award, benefits, and other types of compensation.

In accordance with California law, the base salary for this role if filled within California is $168,000 - $228,000. 

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