Marketing Brand Designer - Contract

Connected is looking for a Marketing Brand Designer to join our Remote-First team on contract for 7 months. You’ll report directly to our Director of Growth to support the evolution of Connected’s brand design and the execution of our Go-To-Market strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with our sales and product development teams to produce compelling design materials as required, including long form pieces of content (white-papers, ebooks), slide decks, web design, email newsletters, print material, and other brand assets
• Manage design for all existing and future brand channels and mediums (Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Website)
• Maintain and optimize existing website design and user experience for multiple devices
• Develop website assets such as landing pages, microsites, blog graphics, and animations
• Ensure all Connected-branded materials align to company brand guidelines and design standards
• Design branded engagement materials for conferences, meetups, company events, surprise and delight initiatives, and recruiting events including swag, packaging, signage, landing pages, and presentations
• Work with external vendors, such as agencies, freelancers, videographers, and printers, to maintain brand consistency
• Manage brand asset management system and marketing automation efforts
• Work on evolving the Connected visual Brand

Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience in graphic design within a corporate environment
• Strong portfolio of work demonstrating exceptional graphic design skills, UI/UX skills is a plus
• Knowledge of design principles in a print, online, and social media context
• Demonstrated project and time management skills
• Experience with corporate branding and marketing

• Expertise with graphic design tools including Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience designing for Keynote and Google Suite documents
• Strong work ethic, self-directed, reliable, and accountable
• Experience with Wordpress, Unbounce, motion graphics, and video editing is a plus

At Connected, we know that the best products are built by diverse and inclusive teams - teams that reflect a range of users and experiences. We're looking for product builders with diverse backgrounds - which go beyond the standard education, work experience, and geolocation. If you want to change how product development is approached, and who products are built for, we encourage you to apply.

We also know that some people aren't comfortable applying unless they feel totally qualified. If you're on the fence or unsure if your experience perfectly matches our job posting, we'd really like you to apply. We are happy to chat and get to know you better, and you can get to know us better as well.

We are also committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment process for individuals with disabilities, in line with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you need an accommodation, reach out to our HR team at [email protected] and we’ll work with you to understand what is needed.