Visual Designer

Whisk (acquired by Samsung in 2019) is building a Samsung Food Platform which helps millions of users worldwide find and save recipes, connect with like– minded foodie communities, and save time and money on planning, cooking, and shopping. You’ll find Whisk across a variety of devices including mobile apps, web, voice, Samsung Family– Hub fridges, and more.

Whisk has a 4.8 star rating on both the iOS and Android store, was included in Google Play’s Best of 2020 Everyday Essentials list, has been featured on the Apple app store numerous times, and was nominated for a 2021 Webby Award. We’re cooking up great things!

We’re a remote– first, globally distributed team of 100+ people based in the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Korea, Israel and everywhere in between. We’ve been fully distributed since 2016 and pioneered plenty of the practices which are commonplace in remote workplaces today. Want to know more about how we build a team who works together, apart? Visit whisk.com to find out.

We are looking for a Visual Designer to join our dynamic team working to build a best in class global food platform within Samsung. This role is a part– time contract, remote– based.

The Role

As Visual Designer, you will help set the visual quality and tone for Whisk across our marketing programs and product experiences. You will work closely with the growth, design and product teams to produce a variety of visual assets that clearly communicate Whisk’s value in an engaging and exciting way to both Users and Creators across our social channels, website, acquisition and retention campaigns, and apps.

In this role you will have the opportunity to exercise your creative muscle and leverage your previous experience to tell Whisk’s story and shape how Whisk is perceived across all Users and Creators– facing touch points.

You will work with a talented, diverse, and globally distributed team – based primarily in the US and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Produce visual assets (layouts, graphics, gifs, videos, etc) in support of marketing initiatives that elevate our narratives across websites, email, social, ads, web/mobile apps, and more.
• Collaborate with cross– functional partners to craft narratives and bring initiatives to life visually. Understand business initiatives, strategic positioning, timelines, and target audiences, and be able to pivot if needed to meet company and team goals.
• Manage and prioritize incoming creative requests quickly and efficiently to meet tight schedules.
• Elevate our brand and visual language across the platform. Ensure consistent, cohesive, and high– quality design execution that captivates and delights our global audiences.
• Facilitate efficient internal design feedback cycles. Gracefully give and receive feedback relating to the critique of performance and work product.

Requirements

• 4+ years of design experience with multi– channel creative campaigns including landing page, digital advertising, email design, or other marketing and communication design work.
• An outstanding portfolio of work demonstrating mastery in creating effective human– centered design solutions with measurable results.
• Highly refined aesthetic sense (typography, layout, composition, etc) and strong understanding of visual principles and execution in products and marketing campaigns.
• Strong communication and presentation skills and the ability to put work in narrative context. You can build strong rationale based on insights and data.
• Ability to take in ambiguous goals, drive clarity, and deliver high– quality results under pressure. Comfortable working to challenging deadlines in a fast– paced, iterative environment.
• Highly organized and proficient at managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Self– starter who is intrinsically motivated and owns your own success metrics.
• Ability to manage feedback about your own work from a variety of stakeholders as well as delivering clear, constructive feedback to other team members.
• Highly proficient in tools such as Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Final Cut.
• Motion design and video editing experience is a plus.
• Comfortable reviewing data with cross– function partners and draw actionable insights to improve performance.

Our interview process

We know that applying to a new role takes a lot of work and we truly value your time. We are looking forward to reading your application. A portfolio presentation of your work (2 projects, 20 minutes) will be part of the selection process. Please include a link to your portfolio or case studies when applying for the job.

1. Introductory call
2. Portfolio deep dive 1– 1s
3. Presentation and interview with team
4. Reference checks

What we offer:

• Contract– based (long– term), part– time (20 hours per week),
• 100% remote,
• Time zone preferred: You’ll to be flexible to connect with the team’s core work hours (14:00 – 20:00 GMT).

At Whisk, we envision a world in which all great ideas have an equal chance of being realized and believe a commitment to diversity and inclusion is vital to making this happen. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.