Marketing Designer

Permanent position

Wellington, New Zealand

Optimal Workshop is building discovery tools for crafting better human experiences. Our software is used by experience designers, information architects and user researchers in over 100 countries and in over 70 languages worldwide.

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Position description

Are you passionate about design, brand and marketing? Love the beauty of your craft? Want to hone your
skills while working in a UX research software company that truly values empathetic design in all its
forms? We’re looking for a hands-on marketing designer to join our team. You’ll have a fluent
understanding of what makes great visual design and a curiosity that drives you to experiment,
collaborate, learn new skills, and seek out feedback to make your design better.

We’re looking for someone with the following:

• 3+ years experience in visual design, with a focus on UI, marketing, brand, graphic, illustration and/or outputs.
• Experience creating easy to use brand guidelines and documentation.
• Experience in print design and production
• Experience in digital design and production
• An ability to work collaboratively with developers on digital marketing projects.
• An understanding of conversion rate optimization, applied through principles of web design.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• A love for crafting great design with an expert eye for detail.
• An ability to prototype and test out your ideas with others, caring about usability and accessibility.
• A desire to grow by seeking constructive feedback and providing it in return;
• Keeps up to date with visual communication trends over time,
• A passion of all things UX.
• A growth mindset, willing to experiment, learn and adapt alongside a fast-growing company.
• A curious, proactive and friendly manner.

Bonus points if you have experience with some the following:

• Photography and art direction.
• Motion design and production.
• Experience navigating and updating a CMS (We use WordPress).
• An understanding of basic HTML & CSS

On any given day you could be:

• Bringing joy and playfulness into our customer’s lives
• Crafting designs that align with our brand strategy and organisation culture
• Communicating with our customers (and potential customers) through design on a variety of platforms
• Working collaboratively in a passionate team of marketers, developers, and designers
• Implementing beautiful designs that sparks joy throughout the entire customer experience.
• Turning visions and strategic requirements into concepts
• Striving for a highly usable and engaging end-to-end user experience
• Ensuring that our brand assets align with our brand strategy
• Educating non-designers in when, where, why and how to use brand assets
• Applying strategic thinking and demonstrating awareness of business goals
• Socializing and implementing best practices for marketing and brand design, leveraging industry standards
• Supporting the team at Optimal Workshop with their design requirements.

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and accessibility experience are preferred but not essential. Ultimately, we
are looking for an amazing person first – not just a list of bullet points. In exchange for your skills, we will
provide you with the tools you need, the work environment you crave, the best colleagues, professional
development and a smorgasbord of office dogs to pat.