Design Lead

At SpotOn, we're helping small businesses and restaurants compete and win with technology to better connect with their customers. Think marketing software, website development, e-commerce, reservations, online ordering, digital loyalty, review management, and both retail and restaurant point-of-sale (POS) solutions.
Recently, SpotOn has:

• Raised $300M in Series F funding (valuing SpotOn at $3.6 Billion)
• Earned awards for Great Places to Work and Built In's Best Places to Work for 2022 & 2023
• Earned award for Inc's Fastest Growing Company in 2023
• Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for Restaurants, Bars, Retail, and Small Business by Capterra users
• Helped local businesses succeed with technology and support to battle through the labor shortage while also helping their employees earn more.

This year, we're going even bigger-caring hard and moving fast down the path of high growth and positive impact.
That's where you come in.
We're looking for a Design Lead that has the ability to both execute and oversee creative projects that define SpotOn's brand.
Execute: a little bit of everything-starting with video, social, but also web, advertising, experiential, and more. You've got a toolbox full of tools, and you haven't let a single one get rusty. You'll use those tools to concept and design marketing elements and campaigns that translate our brand strategy into powerful and purposeful creative work.
Lead: The ideal candidate is not just looking to join the team, but to help SpotOn build and grow a world-class in-house creative department. You'll collaborate with your design teammates, evaluating designs and ideas, sharing your skills and improving theirs. You'll also collaborate with editorial staff to co-create content. You will have a Designer reporting directly to you.
More than managing people and projects, you will have the opportunity to bring new ideas to the table, have direct access to senior leadership to sell those ideas, and be empowered to make them and put them into the world. You will be an essential part of building the SpotOn brand and how it is perceived by clients, prospects, partners, and employees.
Reporting to the Creative Director, the Design Lead partners with peers in the SpotOn Marketing department from all over the country and the world.
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead and design creative projects and activations that live across channels, including video, social media, digital advertising, print, experiential, presentations, brochures, and more
• Take ownership of the brand visual guidelines, constantly reevaluating and improving based on industry and company evolution
• Review and offer feedback to maintain design quality throughout our work
• Collaborate with other creatives to concept ideas
• Champion our brand standards across the business
• Flex according to needs, pivoting from reviewing presentation design to designing social posts to concepting brand swag, all in a given day
• Occasionally support photo and video shoots in every phase-pre-pro, production, and post

Qualifications:
Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend to apply to roles only when they check every box on a job description. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of qualifications and if this role is aligned with your career trajectory.

• Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• A deep understanding of typography, composition, and design principles
• Ability to offer sound design advice backed by experience or examples
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with brand leaders, copywriters, and other designers
• Ability to collaborate with UI designers, ensuring continuity from product through to marketing
• Demonstrated ability to adapt concepts and content according to channel - not just designing content, but developing content to communicate ideas to a specific audience
• Understanding of and experience developing content for performance-based marketing strategies
• Experience designing for motion graphics
• Exceptional presentation skills using both MS PPT and Google Slides
• Able to accept constructive feedback and apply in work
• A willingness and desire to proactively "think and do"

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Advertising or other related field
• 7+ years of relevant experience as a graphic designer or art director or other related field
• A portfolio of successfully launched work that demonstrates conceptual and strategic thinking and execution
• Experience leading creative/design projects
• Management experience a plus
• Agency experience a plus

Benefits:
At SpotOn, we put people above everything else. We're known for our innovative software and technology solutions, but we stand out because of the hard-working humans behind the tech. We can't take care of our clients without taking care of our employees first, and that's why we invest in you with a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k with company match
• RSUs
• Paid vacation, 11 company holidays, sick time, and volunteer time off
• Headspace membership for guided meditation and stress relieving tools through the Sequoia App*
• Employee Resource Groups for Diversity and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA+, and other communities
• Monthly cell phone and internet stipend
• Unlimited access to virtual audio and visual workouts through the Sequoia App*
• Subscription to Linkedin Learning to expand your knowledge on all kinds of fun topics
• Tuition reimbursement for up to 2k per calendar year to assist with classes of your choice

Compensation:

• Our base pay range starts at $90,000 -$120,000 for this role
• Please note the salary range listed is just one component of a competitive compensation package which includes a company stock plan
• Offers will be reflective of the candidate's location and experience.

SpotOn is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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