THE PURPOSE:

Welcome to Slickdeals, where millions of savvy shoppers discover and share the absolute best deals on the web. Standing behind our incredible deals is our amazing community of shoppers that help educate users on the deals, products, when’s the best time to buy and a whole lot more!

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to take an established brand since 1990 and help take us to the next level of visual creative and brand identity. We’re looking for a proactive thinker that can think outside the box and bring new fresh and innovative designs and concepts to the table for our millions of users.

The right candidate will have demonstrated experience working with web, mobile, collateral based applications and a solid understanding of UXUI and research. In addition to being able to execute different design directions based on various marketing goals.

You’ll be able to apply your passion for design and collaborate with our top product designers, videographers, engineers, and leaders within the company to create innovative experiences across all of Slickdeals’ products and media channels.

THE ROLE:

• Provide strategic designs and design related solutions across a variety of outputs - from brand identity to UX to environmental and e-commerce design.
• Strong experience designing for paid media ads, social, email journeys, landing pages, motion graphics, illustration, iconography and brand identity in addition to other marketing collateral.
• Work hands on with marketing and social strategists to deliver and identify growth opportunities for existing and new users.
• Lead design research and strategy to support design direction for marketing and social initiatives
• Collaborate closely and communicate with fellow designers, engineers, copywriters and leadership on ideation and marketing initiatives.
• Participate in creative and strategic brainstorming processes for marketing initiatives.
• Work closely with the video team on creating engaging, beautifully branded content and graphics for social, PR and video channels.
• Evaluate analytics and metrics surrounding design initiatives to identify how to improve upon and further optimize designs.

THE CANDIDATE:

• You’re a solid designer with a good sense for clean design and are committed to creating an intuitive, engaging and simple user experience for all users.
• Strives for design and brand consistency across all media channels.
• Strong sense of typography and visual design with a keen eye for attention to detail.
• Decent understanding of analytics to help measure the effectiveness of design initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience in designing interfaces of medium complexity.
• Effective at communicating complex ideas across varying levels of the business.
• Proficient working knowledge of design and prototyping tools.
• Can take goals and initiatives from paid media, video and social and translate them into visual concepts and deliverable designs.
• Experience working with and following design systems
• You’re an advocate and demonstrate key design principles in your work to help better define our brand and value to millions of users.
• You understand that building confident relationships with your audience is key.
• You take the time to balance usability with aesthetics. You delight but don’t distract.
• Lastly, you’re flexible. You don’t take feedback personally and allow for fresh perspectives. 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 4 years of experience in Design or related fields (e.g., graphic, interaction, web experience).
• Online portfolio of design focused work samples for web and mobile applications showing a wide range of media.
• Strong experience with Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Invision, After Effects and other relevant design tools
• Experience incorporating research in strategic design processes
• Ability to communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale to the rest of the team
• Critical thinker and problem solving skills to address and improve digital experiences
• Knowledge of photo editing and basic touch ups
• Understanding of basic front-end languages: HTML5, CSS, Javascript, etc.
• Ability to quickly concept design solutions and evaluate directions

Remote work is available in: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.