Graphic Designer

SalesLabX is a people first organization, based in Austin, TX. Sure, our expertise is in marketing automation and optimization, but we care about creating meaningful connections, both with our clients and within our team. We're a small but rapidly growing tech start-up, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, charitable giving, and creating a fun and nurturing work environment for our team members. We invest in the growth and happiness of our team so that we can all rise collectively toward success! In fact, we were named as one of Inc Magazine’s 2023 Best Places to Work, largely due to our thoughtful benefits and inclusive culture.

We're looking for individuals that share our vision of a creative and innovative workplace, where your skills and achievements can multiply at hyper speed.

As a Graphic Designer, you will be responsible for producing creative deliverables from concept to completion, including but not limited to emails, webpages, and social media assets. We're looking for someone who is proactive, positive, and passionate about creating beautiful and functional designs. You'll also be highly skilled in communication, a quick problem solver, have exceptional time management skills, and high attention to detail. You'll be collaborating with a team of designers, developers, and account coordinators.

If you're looking to grow professionally with a group of rad people that will lift you up and value you for your hard work...well, we encourage you to apply!

Responsibilities:

• Design large scale, business-critical projects from concept to completion with minimal supervision using Adobe CC and various web apps
• Create assets for email, web pages, and social media
• Ensure that all work aligns with our clients’ brand guidelines
• Assist in upkeep of client brand profiles and asset organization
• Interpret projects briefs to meet clients’ needs
• Follow internal processes
• Collaborate with and clearly communicate around projects with internal teams
• Keep abreast of current design and industry trends
• Schedule emails and social media posts on behalf of clients
• Assisting junior designers with best practices for time and task management and creating and presenting high quality design work
• Occasionally supporting Senior Designers and Design Team Lead with tasks such as delegating and following up on tasks, leading huddles and trainings, diagnosing problems and communication gaps across teams, and onboarding new designers to the team

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Proficient understanding of key design principles such as such as typographical hierarchy, alignment, white space, etc. Has intermediate-advanced eye for design
• Ability to adapt design style to fit multiple brands visual languages, expert ability to maintain brand consistency in designs
• Excels in collaborative environments
• Passion for tech and innovation
• Proficient written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to manage time well to complete assigned tasks by deadline
• Ability to adapt and learn quickly
• Creative & quick problem-solving skills
• Consistent and Reliable
• Very organized, high level of efficiency and accuracy (very detail oriented)
• Expert in internal design tools including Adobe CC, Figma, etc
• Beginner HTML & CSS knowledge
• Competent UX/UI design knowledge
• Beginner to Competent copywriting skills
• Competent animation skills (Adobe Animate, Adobe After Effects, CapCut)
• Beginner marketing strategy and brand positioning skills, comfortable applying this knowledge to design work
• Comfortable receiving and asking for feedback, comfortable providing team feedback to team lead
• Beginner public speaking and presentation skills - comfortable leading short trainings and demos
• Very comfortable explaining complex design ideas
• Proficient ability to work well under pressure. Able to manage stress and deal with unforeseen challenges.
• Confident with change, is flexible, adaptable, and open-minded

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 2 years work experience OR equivalent combination of education and freelance experience in Graphic Design
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Portfolio required

Preferred Qualifications:

• BFA in Design, Communications, or relevant field preferred
• Marketing experience preferred
• HTML proficiency and Email/Web Design Skills
• Copywriting or Content writing Skills/Experience
• Social Media Management Skills/Experience
• WordPress/Elementor Experience
• Animation Experience
• UX/UI knowledge

Benefits:

Our 2023 Best Places to Work assessment revealed that our organization shines in contrast to other organizations our size when it comes to benefit offerings. You can find a list of our exciting benefits below.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K Matching
• Charitable Donation Matching
• Home Office Workspace Stipend
• Professional Development Stipend
• Employer-funded Professional Certification Opportunities
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Wellness Stipend
• Mental Health Therapy Stipend
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Regular Team Events (such as Virtual Happy Hours)
• 40 Hours Required time off
• One Week End of Year Holiday
• Access to organization professional development subscriptions
• Personal Care Travel Reimbursement

Job Type: Full-time

COVID-19 considerations:

We are currently working remotely with plans to move to an optional, hybrid work-from-home/in-office model in the future.