Graphic Designer

Spreedly is the world's leading Payments Orchestration solution. Our vision is that the world is better with a diversified, inclusive payment ecosystem. Our mission is to accelerate commerce with an open, secure, and flexible payment platform that welcomes all payment participants. Backed by Spectrum Equity, with a $75M investment, Spreedly is experiencing rapid growth.

We now serve 600 customers globally.  Many of these direct customers are platforms and marketplaces that have thousands of their merchants leveraging our payments platform.  Our customers include industry leaders in digital goods, order ahead and delivery, online marketplaces, donation/giving platforms, event ticketing, and financial services.

Our employees help us execute against our vision through building a culture focused on autonomy, transparency, and collaboration in a dynamic, high-growth organization.

About the Role:

The Graphic Designer is a creative problem-solver who works within the Marketing team but collaborates on company-wide design needs. The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, curious, and opportunistic about how design can positively impact an organization. 

This role requires a combination of creative flair, knowledge of design tools, and a professional approach to time, costs, and deadlines. You will collaborate with the Marketing, Product, and other internal teams to deliver compelling and cohesive visual materials for our website, sales collateral, presentations, marketing campaigns, and other creative needs across the organization. This position will report to the VP of Marketing. 

If you are driven by design excellence and thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment, we would love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a growing organization’s creative process and make a significant impact on our brand’s visual identity and marketing success.

This role is open to candidates who currently reside within a commutable distance of our headquarter office in Durham, North Carolina, with the expectation of one to two days a week to be spent in the office.

• Ideate and design compelling, branded assets across all channels, including digital, print, email, video, social, and web
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design a range of artifacts/books, workshops, online experiences, brand systems, journey maps, presentations, videos, etc.
• Generate provocative ideas and insights to lead the production and execution of innovative and enticing branding, resulting in measurable growth in engagement and revenue
• Design proposals and narratives to understand a client's needs and motivate action with a compelling vision for the future
• Work closely with strategists and analysts to create immersive experiences for clients, built to yield measurable insights
• Foster an open culture of design critique and feedback
• Creative Leadership:  Produce high-quality visual content 
• Project Management:  Interface with Marketing, Product, Sales, and other departments to meet their visual and promotional needs, managing multiple projects from concept through completion
• Design Expertise:  Hands-on design of key projects, demonstrating expertise in various design aspects from typography to layout to interactive media 
• Innovation:  Push the boundaries of digital and traditional design with fresh, innovative ideas. Keep up-to-date with trends in graphic design and technologies, integrating them into our operations and practices
• Collaboration and Support:  Foster a collaborative, supportive, and productive environment within the team 
• Tools Mastery:  Evaluate and adopt new tools as needed to enhance productivity and creativity

• 3+ years of graphic and/or motion design experience in a professional setting, with experience in a software environment
• A strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of design skills across digital and print media
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and familiarity with other design software
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to self-prioritize tasks and manage timelines effectively
• A bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual arts, or a related field is preferred
• Hands-on experience with multiple forms of creative expression including graphic design, motion graphics, video,  animation, storyboarding, UI/UX, etc.
• Must have experience as a designer owning complex projects from start to finish and showing a high level of creativity and organization
• As this role will primarily collaborate with colleagues and partners based out of the US and the UK, fluency in the English language, both written and spoken, is required

• Competitive salary + Equity
• Outstanding Medical and Dental benefits, including 100% employer-paid options
• Company-paid Life and Disability insurance
• Optional vision and supplemental insurance options, and various Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Open Paid Time Off policy + 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents
• Matching 401(k) plan (5% up to $5,000 yearly)
• Monthly home working/digital lifestyle stipend, new MacBook, and one-time accessory reimbursement
• LinkedIn Learning subscription
• Access to company-paid professional coaching service
• Visits to HQ in Durham, North Carolina for remote employees

Spreedly is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We actively work to drive out even unintentional discrimination in our hiring processes via practices like blindly graded work samples, structured interviews, and diversity awareness training.

Due to the sensitive nature of what Spreedly does - handling payment data - finalist candidates must complete a successful background and reference check.

At this time Spreedly is unable to provide sponsorship for employment, and we are not set up to support remote employees who reside in California or New York. In order to be considered for employment, applicants must be currently legally authorized to work in the job location country and not require future sponsorship in order to continue working in that country.

We appreciate your interest in our company. Because of the high volume of resume flow, we may only respond to those candidates that we think will be a potential fit.