Senior Brand Designer

Quick Take: Axios is a digital media company that tells you what matters and why, to make you smarter, faster. We're hiring a Senior Brand Designer to help build and grow our brand at Axios.

Why it Matters: This person will work in the Brand Design team designing ads, events, landing pages, social media templates and more, making sure that everything we do always looks and feels like Axios.

Go Deeper: This Senior Designer will work within a collaborative team that supports many other departments in the company. You will help our team design high-quality deliverables that are clear, smart and engaging. You will work in a constantly evolving environment to protect, refine and grow the Axios brand.

The Details:

• You are an experienced designer with a full understanding of the design craft, including typography, color, layout, etc.
• You are able to design, own and lead complex projects
• You can work on all stages of design, from ideation on a new brand to execution of finalized assets
• You are able to give art direction to more junior members of the team
• You think about the future with your designs, and have a clear sense of scalability and ability to design systems
• You are able to present work to stakeholders, take feedback and defend your ideas
• We are a remote team, so you are organized and communicative
• We’re a small team working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You show initiative and flexibility to help our team work smarter.
• Everything you do is designed to the highest standard, both in concept and execution

Requirements:

• 4-6 years design experience at an agency or in-house
• A strong portfolio showing brand design (both applying existing branding and creating new brands from scratch)
• Proficient in design software (Adobe creative suite, Figma, etc)
• The ability to design new brand systems thinking of scalability (application to different types of media and touch points, ease of use by other designers or external agencies, how it might grow the following year, etc)
• Experience self-managing complex projects with some degree of ambiguity
• Comfortable presenting work to different stakeholders (from teammates to leadership)
• A clear sense of design work process, from briefing to execution

Nice-to-haves:

Our team wears a lot of hats and supports many different departments, so aside from being a talented and experienced brand designer, we’re interested in anything else you bring to the table. Let us know your other skills, such as:

• Marketing design
• Preparing files for print
• Webflow
• Advertising
• Motion design
• Illustration
• Events or experiential design
• Signage or wayfinding
• Experience working on brand guidelines
• Color theory
• Merchandising and swag

Responsibilities:

• Design a variety of assets (both digital and in print), making sure they are consistently on brand
• Ideate, iterate and refine new brands and visual identity systems that live within the larger Axios brand
• Design within existing brand systems, evolving and refining them when necessary
• Think of the Axios brand holistically, identifying and flagging when something feels off
• Update and contribute to our brand guidelines
• Self-manage your projects, navigating ambiguity, communicating with stakeholders, respecting deadlines
• Collaborate with other team members and on occasion provide feedback and guidance to more junior team members
• Update information and landing pages on Webflow

Starting salary for this role is in the range of $100,000 - $120,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account cost of labor differentials across the country. Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location.

What Axios brings to the table besides salary:

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company-sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement 

Axios is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. 

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Axios makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.