Brand Designer

Description

The Brand Strategy & Creative team at the Skimm is a group of ambitious and collaborative designers and strategists who define and execute the Skimm’s visual identity. As a Brand Designer, you’ll create designs that support our sales, commerce, marketing needs and editorial products while contributing to the evolution of the Skimm’s brand.

The ideal candidate has a sophisticated aesthetic, strong technical design skills, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

• Partner with sales, brand strategy, creative, commerce, editorial, marketing, and product teams to turn ideas into compelling, polished design solutions across campaigns, presentations, and brand collateral.
• Concept and design pitch decks, RFP responses, and category materials that support the sales team in telling strong stories and pursuing new business.
• Evolve sales and brand templates while developing new, creative approaches for pitching ideas to partners and clients.
• Design post-sale campaign assets, supporting the translation of sold ideas into high-quality creative across newsletters, marketing emails, branded content, and digital placements.
• Design and refine newsletter templates, marketing emails, promotional assets, and business collateral that support both pre-sale storytelling and post-sale delivery, elevate the Skimm’s brand, and drive revenue.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support the concepting and execution of integrated campaign creative across editorial, commerce, and client initiatives.
• Innovate with the design team to evolve the Skimm’s visual language while maintaining brand consistency.
• Stay current on design trends, tools, and techniques, applying fresh thinking to everyday work.
• Own projects independently while partnering closely with senior designers and cross-functional stakeholders.

• 3+ years of professional experience in digital design
• Strong critical thinking and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a team, as well as independently
• Self‑learning, able to learn new tools quickly and work in a fast‑evolving environment
• Expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with strong technical proficiency in email design and layout.
• Experience expressing a brand identity across all channels and campaigns
• Sophisticated design aesthetic with a passion for typography, strong composition skills, and an understanding of grids and color theory
• Familiarity with creating assets for marketing emails, newsletters, and digital campaigns.
• Solid understanding of branding, growth marketing, and visual storytelling.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across teams and incorporate feedback effectively.

• Experience designing for email platforms
• Familiarity with the Skimm’s audience, tone, and brand voice.
• Interest in commerce and editorial design trends targeting millennial women.
• Passion for the Skimm’s mission to simplify life for its audience.

the Skimm is a digital media company, dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions. We’ve made it our mission to help you live smarter. Everyday, we’re breaking down the news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women so that they can navigate their daily lives and futures – from managing their paychecks to casting their ballots – with confidence.

We provide our dedicated audience of millions with reliable, non‑partisan information, informing and empowering them while fitting into their daily routines.

Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, connectivity, health, cybersecurity, and martech. Today, Ziff Davis is focused on seven key verticals – Technology, Connectivity, Shopping, Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cybersecurity and Marketing Technology. Its brands include IGN, Mashable, Retail Me Not , PCMag, Humble Bundle, Spiceworks, Ookla (Speedtest), Root Metrics,…