Senior Visual Communication Designer, Global Brand & Marketing, Contract-to-Hire

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level7+ years expContract

Posted 9 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and evolve brand identity and visual storytelling across print, digital, and social channels while steering campaigns and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Lead brand identity systems and design guidelines across platforms
Drive visual storytelling through campaigns and social content
Collaborate across teams to align project objectives and outcomes

Job Description

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain brand identity systems and design guidelines.
Create compelling visual content for various platforms, including print, digital, and environmental mediums.
Lead and manage visual communication and social media marketing strategies.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to guide project objectives and ensure alignment with team goals.
Utilize advanced graphic design skills to create logos, icons, symbols, and UI/visual design systems.
Drive advertising and marketing campaigns, focusing on brand storytelling and strategic possibilities.
Art direct photo, video, and layout projects, ensuring high-quality visual storytelling.
Design marketing collateral, including brochures, digital and social ads.
Assist our business development teams with storytelling materials; decks, event materials, landing page design, email newsletters, etc.

Requirements

5-7 years minimum of professional experience in brand communications and visual design related to marketing.
1-2 years of project management experience with multidisciplinary teams.
Experience with digital design tools including Figma, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Experience in digital user experience design; lightweight front-end website design, email newsletter layouts, etc.
Excellent storytelling and engagement knowledge, with expertise in LinkedIn and Instagram.
Advanced graphic design and branding experience, with a strong sense of layout, color, and typography.
Proven ability in creating brand identity systems, designing logos, publication design, and art direction.
Strong self-starter who can initiate and manage projects autonomously.

Preferred

Experience establishing and expressing brand identity, from understanding strategy through creative interpretation and execution, including: visual identities, brand systems, and guidelines for implementation
Experience in concept ideation, design research, and prototyping, with a curiosity for learning and experimenting across visual, digital, and experiential mediums
Ability to work across a wide range of design challenges, recognizing patterns, and translating insights into thoughtful visual solutions
Comfort moving between exploratory and polished work, helping teams bring ideas to life through strong craft and storytelling

Benefits

As a full-time temporary position, this role is eligible for employee benefits.

IDEO Tokyo

*English follows Japanese.IDEOは、1978年に米国カリフォルニアのパロアルトで創業しました。「デザインを通じて世界にポジティブな変化を生み出す」ことを志し、2020年現在、世界の9拠点にて事業を展開しています。当初より「人間中心」アプローチを掲げ、Apple社の初代マウスや、世界初のラップトップ型PCに代表されるプロダクトデザインで知られるようになりましたが、急速に複雑化する社会の課題とニーズに応えるべく、ビジネスから社会システムまでより広い領域において新たな価値を創造してきました。来年開業10周年を迎えるIDEO Tokyoは、デザインとクリエイティビティを通じて日本の変化に貢献する、という独自のミッションの元、日本の大企業からベンチャー、政府、教育機関など、さまざまな組織の新規事業創出や組織変革をサポートしています。10カ国以上の地域出身の約40名のデザイナーたちのさまざまな専門性とスキル、観点を活かして、多様な課題に取り組んでいます。<IDEO Tokyo の主たる事業領域>▶︎デザインコンサルティング事業デザインを通じて、組織の変革と事業創造を支援。▶︎ラーニング事業組織や個人の創造性を引き出すマインドセット、ツールについて学ぶプログラムや協働の場をデザイン、提供。▶︎D4V(ベンチャー投資事業)デザインを通じて、日本のスタートアップ、起業家の成長と成功を支援。IDEO is a design company known for its human-centered, interdisciplinary approach. We aim to create positive impact through design by applying our creative mindsets and skills, and by teaching others to do the same. We help clients and customers around the world build the capacity and outcomes required to navigate today’s complexity and lead their markets.IDEO Tokyo will celebrate its 10th anniversary in March 2021. Our mission is to help enable change in Japan through design and creativity. We work on challenges that unlock people's creative confidence and bring innovative thinking to individuals, businesses, and institutions. Whether it's helping to design human-centered experiences, building new ventures, or teaching the skills and methods needed to help transform organizations, our work aims to push Japan to be at its creative best.IDEO Tokyo’s Offers- Design ConsultingHelping Japanese organizations innovate through design and creativity, enabling organizational transformation and new business creation.- Learning ProgramsHelping Japanese organizations and individuals learn the mindsets and tools to be more creative.- D4V (Venture Capital)Helping Japanese ventures and entrepreneurs grow through capital, mentoring and design.

Founded in 2011

Minato, Tokyo, JPN

jp.ideo.com