Senior Brand & Marketing Designer (f/m/d) – Berlin

At GraphCMS, we're building the leading GraphQL Federated Content Platform. Our goal is to enable developers and content operators to create, enrich, unify, and deliver content across platforms. We are trusted to manage content for teams from over 50,000 organisations like Telenor, Burrow, Gamescom, and Shure. With over $10M in funding from OpenOcean, Peak, and Paua Ventures, you will be part of a remote-first and globally distributed team of over 50 colleagues, committed to working collaboratively, transparently, and passionately.  

• We are customer-centric and goal-driven.
• We believe in innovation and encourage everyone to voice their opinions.
• We use our own product on a daily basis.
• We are open in our communication and feedback.

  Purpose of your role as a Senior Brand & Marketing Designer As our Senior Brand & Marketing Designer, you’ll take on a critical role at GraphCMS to own the design and branding for our marketing efforts. Reporting to the Head of Design, you will work closely with the marketing and design teams.   What you will be working on

• Evolving and leading the design of the marketing website and other digital properties by keeping the end-user experience at the core of everything you do.
• Creating and owning the design system for marketing.
• Working closely with the wider marketing team to create assets for projects like open-source references (websites, apps, etc.), social media, product marketing (announcements, emails, etc.), as well as other initiatives like events and conferences.
• Taking an active role in the evolution of the company’s brand and design language.
• Contributing to and evolving the design culture within the company and the outside world.

  What we expect from you

• You have expertise in all facets of marketing design (UI, brand, art direction).
• You’re an individual contributor with a preference for working independently and taking ownership.
• You have 3+ years of experience working in a design role, preferably at high-growth startups that are developing SaaS products catered to a highly technical audience.
• You have a strong familiarity with creating compelling and understandable designs and graphics for highly technical and abstract concepts.
• You have a strong sense of design aesthetics and a liking for sophisticated design and a solid understanding of typography.
• You are a visual thinker and can translate your thoughts into visuals.
• You’re proficient with design and prototyping tools.
• You think in systems and can work with shared patterns and libraries.
• You have excellent organisation and presentation skills that you use to communicate your ideas.
• You can communicate well in English, which is our official working language.

  While not strictly required, we also value:

• Experience working with a developer-focused company before and understand working with an API-led product.
• Ability to create videos and animations (SVG, Lottie, APNG, etc.).

  We encourage you to apply even if you are not completely sure whether you meet all our requirements. We believe that modesty is a wonderful thing and value your character as much as your talents.   Working at GraphCMS

• We have a low-ego environment where all our team members are empathetic, always understanding and ready to support each other.
• Our team members are super passionate about our product and self motivation is the driving factor for our teams' success.
• We believe in a remote-first approach where everyone is encouraged to do their best from wherever they are, and work together with individual responsibility, accountability and ownership.
• A flexible work environment encourages people to work according to what works best for them and maintain a good work life balance.
• We are an international and friendly team spread across 9 countries, coming together once a year for our annual off-site/retreat.
• We provide a competitive compensation package, the latest IT equipment, and a personal growth & education package.

The Process Please expect the following steps for this role after you apply. The response time is usually within 1 week for each step. You could expect some alterations when necessary.

• Intro call with People Manager
• Interview with Hiring Manager(s)
• Case study or portfolio presentation
• Collaborative workshop + Team Fit call
• Offer

GraphCMS is an equal opportunity employer and committed to hiring people with diverse backgrounds. We believe that diversity, unique backgrounds, qualities, and different cultures enriches the productivity at our work space and also promotes innovation and creativity.