Senior Brand Designer

Posted:
11/4/2024, 7:26:07 AM

Location(s):
New York, United States ⋅ New York, New York, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Growth & Marketing

Pay:
$78/hr or $162,240 total comp

Brand design is what Squarespace is known for. We prioritize making every touchpoint of our brand as visually compelling and memorable as possible. As a modern creative organization, we seek designers who bring both aesthetic sensibility and a solid design process that can be applied across a range of deliverables.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Brand Designer to lead the charge in creating powerful brand campaigns, captivating social media content, and high-impact multimedia experiences across websites, apps, video, and beyond. This role calls for a visionary creative who not only understands the pulse of modern design but also inspires teams to push boundaries and deliver compelling work. Our Senior Brand Designers set the standard across projects, guiding brand alignment and elevating our voice across different touchpoints.

You’ll work on both Squarespace and our sub-brands, like Acuity Scheduling, with a focus on crafting stories and visuals that address the needs of both B2C and B2B audiences. Collaborating closely with producers, designers, art directors, and marketing managers, you’ll deliver sophisticated design solutions that resonate deeply with our audiences through a refined use of typography, color, and animation.

You will report to the Brand Design Director.

You'll Get To…

  • Lead design direction for brand campaigns, multimedia content, and social media initiatives, ensuring alignment with our core brand and sub-brands
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce visually engaging and cohesive brand assets across various media touchpoints
  • Create designs for performance marketing, testing creative ideas to see what resonates best with different customer groups and boosts engagement and conversion
  • Tailor designs for different audience profiles, adapting style and tone to fit each brand and audience
  • Maintain a pulse on design and technology trends, bringing fresh ideas to keep our projects innovative and relevant
  • Present design concepts to stakeholders, and work fluidly within a feedback loop to refine and perfect final outputs

Who We're Looking For

  • 6+ years of experience as a designer at agencies, studios or in-house
  • Strong understanding of steps necessary to take a project from concept to launch
  • Broad awareness of design and technology trends
  • Interest in mentoring more junior designers to help elevate their work 
  • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Figma 

Benefits & Perks

  • A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums 
  • Fertility and adoption benefits
  • Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
  • Headspace mindfulness app subscription
  • Global Employee Assistance Program (available January 2025)
  • Retirement benefits with employer match
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
  • Pretax commuter benefit
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee donation match to community organizations
  • 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
  • Dog-friendly workplace
  • Free lunch and snacks
  • Private rooftop
  • Hack week twice per year!

Cash Compensation Range: $126,500 - $203,550 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to receive an incentive award as part of their total compensation.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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Squarespace

Website: https://www.squarespace.com/

Headquarter Location: New York, New York, United States

Employee Count: 1001-5000

Year Founded: 2003

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Secondary

Industries: Developer Tools ⋅ E-Commerce Platforms ⋅ Publishing ⋅ Software ⋅ Web Design