Senior Designer
Senior Designer
Communications · Remote, Germany
Your Future Team / The IOTA Foundation
The IOTA Foundation is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The Foundation’s mission is to support the development and standardization of new distributed ledger technologies (DLT) that drive permissionless innovation ecosystems, in particular the IOTA Tangle. The IOTA Tangle is an innovative type of DLT specifically designed for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) environment. It is an open-source protocol facilitating novel Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interactions, including secure data transfer, fee-less real-time micropayments, and the collection and dissemination of sensor-based and other types of ‘oracle’ data. The
Job:
The
IOTA Foundation is looking for creative/motivated designer with significant
drive. You should be passionate about your work and enjoy a fast paced
international working environment comprised of a team from different cultures,
backgrounds and time zones. You will play an important role in taking IOTA and
its sub brands to the next level, you should desire to go above and beyond to
produce the best work results. At the IOTA Foundation we embrace change, you
should dare to challenge the status quo and be persistent. Senior Designers at
the IOTA Foundation are fundamental players in the strategy, conception and
design of beautiful, usable and meaningful ideas and products. Bringing
exceptional creative thought and well-crafted solutions, the designers shape
innovative brand experiences and possess broad, up-to-date knowledge of the
most innovative communication trends. We pride ourselves on making each project
as visually appealing as it can be, and we throw in a bunch of fun while doing
it.
Join us if you're interested in making the most stunning products across the whole DLT and IoT Area.
Your Responsibilities
- Asset
Design
As part
of the Design Team you will work closely with the Creative Director and the
Communications team to conceptualize assets in line with the brand guidelines
and direct a team of designers in its execution, assuring that produced assets
match the requirements and transport an expression, idea or thought . You feel
absolutely at ease having to translate complex aspects into visual
representations, analogies and concepts. You take responsibility for the
day-to-day production of assets of the design team, are providing feedback to
them on creative execution and design language, keeping brand guidelines in
mind and assuring a timely, creative and high quality execution.
- Art
Direction & Team Management
You
should have provable leadership and project management experience in order to
lead the entire design process from retrieving information on requirements from
internal and external stakeholders, visual conceptualisation, discussing
requirements and briefing juniors for execution, verifying and approving results
and involving the Creative Director where necessary, while managing production
processes of a small team, assuring quality and deadlines being kept . You are
the Art Director who translates requirements as defined by the Creative
Director, internal and external stakeholders for the design team, briefing and
leading the team, providing direction and taking responsibility for the quality
of any output of the design team.
- Branding
Create
new design systems and contribute to existing systems according to
specifications of the Creative Director or in collaboration with them.
- Client
Expectations
Master
the needs of our clients – working within the boundaries of their brand while
elevating them by generating original concepts that match their needs and requirements
- Getting
Better
Facilitate
feedback with a positive attitude from different teams while ensuring relevant
feedback is captured, properly validated, and implemented. Make proactive
design suggestions that support broader strategic initiatives
Requirements
- 5+
years of art direction, creative direction, design or similar experience
in an advertising agency or startup, or in corporate communications with
provable experience in creative execution
- Outstanding
presentation skills, and a portfolio that shows bold visual communication
and creative execution
- You
are an incredible designer and can both execute on existing brand
direction, or push boundaries when the project calls for it while
maintaining brand consistency throughout all our marketing projects/brand
touchpoints, mostly digital but also including ATL measures and assets
- You
should master processing complex information with ease and be able to
translate it into simple explanatory visual solutions using your
outstanding conceptual skills. The IOTA protocol is a distributed ledger
technology that comes with many complexities you will have to abstract
into visual concepts a layman is able to understand. We do not expect you
to understand the technology from day one, but do expect an outstanding
ability to translate complex matters with ease into something easily
understood on a visual level once being explained to you by other team
members
- Experience
working with motion designers, directors, copywriters and concepters, to
create emotional visual stories with clear purposes
- Proficiency
with Figma and Creative Suite Products
- Exceptional
English skills in written and oral communication
- You’re
a self-starter and you’re committed to “figuring it out”
- Bonus
- Experience/Interest
in IOTA/DLT or Crypto/Blockchain Projects
When
applying, please provide a portfolio of your work explaining your approach and
decision-making as part of the research and design process.
What we offer
- The
opportunity to work with the brightest minds in the industry
- The
opportunity to make a true difference
- Culture
of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback
- A
flexible and agile organization with a flat hierarchy
- Independence
and responsibility from day one
