Visual Designer - Quantum

Overview

IBM Research is shaping the future of computing by making quantum technology accessible to researchers, developers, and enterprises worldwide. Design plays a critical role in translating highly complex ideas into clear, engaging, and human-centered experiences across our products, platforms, and brand. On the Quantum team, you’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality.

With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

As a visual designer for IBM Quantum, you will work at the intersection of science, design, and culture to design experiences for one of the most innovative technology initiatives  will help define and evolve the visual expression of IBM Quantum across digital products, marketing, and brand experiences. You will craft visual experiences that aid in communicating complex concepts and influencing user behavior, with the overall goal of making quantum more broadly usable and accessible.

To do all of this, you will collaborate closely with a cross-disciplinary team of UX designers, user researchers, product managers, and developers to ensure a cohesive, high-quality visual system across web, social, and event touch points—while pushing the brand forward over time.

• Iterating on and delivering high-quality visual designs for the IBM Quantum website and IBM Quantum Platform, in addition to marketing, social media and editorial content
• Leveraging and assisting in the evolution of the IBM Quantum and Qiskit brands
• Ensuring designs align with the larger IBM Brand and Carbon Design Systems
• Developing original illustration and typography-driven designs that bring clarity, personality, and digestibility to complex topics
• Partnering with third-party vendors (agencies, motion studios, printers, fabricators) to deliver high-quality outcomes
• Contributing to event design (physical and digital), including environmental graphics, stage visuals, event activations, and presentation materials
• Collaborating with UX designers and developers to ensure visual consistency and accessibility of designs, throughout the handover, review and release processes
• Produce motion and animation assets for web, presentations, and social channels

• Strong experience as a visual, graphic, or brand designer creating work for digital products and platforms
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop
• Exceptional skills in illustration, typography, and composition, with strong attention to detail and a high standard of craft
• Ability to translate abstract or complex concepts into clear, engaging visual designs
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, with strong communication, presentation, and delivery skills
• Comfort working with design systems and contributing to their evolution

• Experience in designing online user interfaces that enable users to interact with complex technologies
• Experience creating animations and motion graphics for digital and presentation use
• Experience designing technical or scientific content
• Event or environmental design experience
• Experience working with external vendors and partners
• Good organization and time management skills, with the ability to work with tight deadlines and on multiple projects simultaneously