Visual Designer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform Ubuntu is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud data science AI engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led profitable and growing.

We are hiring Visual Designers for Brand and Design Systems to join our mission to turn complex open-source software into efficient intuitive products that can change how complex systems are built and conceptions of what open source is capable of. We are looking for exceptional designers who share our passion for impacting the lives of millions of engineers enterprises entrepreneurs and consumers every day. These roles sit in our central Design team who help and learn from each other while working closely with colleagues throughout the organization.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

With a diverse team of design colleagues you will work on a variety of projects evolving our brand guidelines and applying them to communications materials our UI design system and graphic design for digital products.

Clear stylish presentation that aids the user experience of our products is how we raise the bar and reach the widest audience. Real content and information will be at the core of the designs you produce. You know the ins and outs of design and quality heuristics and you care deeply about usability accessibility and web standards. You should have agency company or freelance design experience.

What we are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path

• Confidence to respectfully speak up exchange feedback and share ideas without hesitation

• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results

• Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship

• Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives

• The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues

• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills curiosity flexibility and accountability

• Appreciative of diversity polite and effective in a multi-cultural multi-national organisation

• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation

• Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments

• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location experience and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person

• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 per year

• Annual compensation review

• Recognition rewards

• Annual holiday leave

• Maternity and paternity leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI IoT and the cloud we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently work smarter learn new skills and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience perspectives and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.