Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain Zymo Research’s visual identity across campaigns, social media, email, print, presentations, trade shows, product collateral, photography, and digital touchpoints.
• Translate brand strategy into clear visual principles, including typography, layout, color usage, imagery, hierarchy, iconography, and overall design philosophy.
• Help build the next version of Zymo Research’s brand guide, moving beyond logos and colors into a practical visual system.
• Create and refine templates for recurring needs such as decks, social media, email headers, campaign assets, brochures, product sheets, event materials, and internal communications.
• Guide and review in-house design work to ensure strong visual hierarchy, clarity, polish, and brand consistency.
• Provide clear creative feedback and serve as a key reviewer for major brand and marketing assets.
• Help organize existing templates and assets, identify outdated or inconsistent materials, and support cleaner file systems, approved examples, and version control.
• Partner with project and operations leads to improve creative intake, review, and delivery workflows.
• Work closely with Marketing, Product Marketing, Scientific Communications, Social Media, Commercial, Creative, and Web/UX teams to ensure Zymo Research’s visual identity is expressed consistently across channels.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in brand design, visual identity, graphic design, art direction, or creative systems.
• Strong portfolio showing excellent design judgment, typography, layout, visual hierarchy, and brand consistency.
• Strong understanding of design as a visual and creative problem-solving discipline — not decoration.
• Experience developing brand guidelines, templates, visual systems, or design standards.
• Ability to translate brand strategy and voice into practical visual principles.
• Strong creative review skills and the ability to guide designers without micromanaging.
• Understanding of how brand design adapts across digital, print, social, campaigns, presentations, events, and product collateral.
• Strong organizational instincts around templates, asset libraries, file structure, and design process.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with marketing, creative, web, scientific, product, and commercial stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience in life science, biotech, healthcare, technical B2B, or another complex industry.
• Experience working with in-house creative teams.
• Experience directing photography, video visuals, campaign imagery, or social-first creative.
• Familiarity with web/UX design systems and how they connect to broader brand identity.
• Experience using AI or emerging creative tools to support visual exploration, template development, or production efficiency.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Coverages
• EAP Sessions
• Vacation Time plus Company Holidays
• Paid Sick Leave
• Generous 401(K) with matching
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Complimentary fruit, snacks, and beverages
• Complimentary catered lunches on Thursdays
• Complimentary EV Charging
• Cell phone stipend