Senior Designer

Cosmic is a Social Impact Creative Agency. We empower social impact organizations to catalyze real world change by helping them nail their impact story, build brand awareness, and inspire action. While we have deep roots in our original community in Santa Cruz, CA, we are a distributed team. A bit about us:

We are deeply committed to our mission to support social impact organizations working towards creating a more just and equitable world
We’re a team of creatives, strategists, and technologists dedicated to exploring how digital experiences can spark real world change
We work a 4-day week and believe that good work is sustained through true work/life balance
Our team has a broad spectrum of interests. Our culture’s defined by an appreciation for social good, design, music, coffee, craft beer & food, outdoor adventure, amazing film & TV, and finding the perfect animated gif to express our thoughts.
We value impact, intention, innovation, integrity, balance, and empathy

You

Cosmic is looking to add an outstanding Senior Designer to join our team. If the following description sounds like you, then we’d like to meet.

Exceptional ability to translate high-level strategic concepts into visual designs and experiences
Strong familiarity with modern design aesthetics and patterns for web and app design
Strong ability to translate brand identity into web and app designs
Strong understanding and appreciation for color, typography, and composition
Strong ability to create iconography, illustrations, and supporting creative content for web and app designs
Strong understanding of atomic/component-driven design philosophies
Solid understanding of the communications and marketing interplay between websites, social channels, and communication channels
Solid understanding of modern web technologies and workflows
Ability to work directly with developers to implement designs and provide assistance during design handoff
Ability to present and champion your design work and the thinking behind it to other team members, our Creative Director, and clients
Able to work within a fast paced sprint cycle where new work and iterations to previous work is presented to the client on a weekly basis
Good communication skills, a positive attitude, enjoy working with clients and a team that are purpose driven
Enjoy collaboration and respects other team members diverse opinions and perspectives
Experience in either a creative agency or the internal design department of an established company
Strong ability to work independently and effectively in a remote team environment

The Gig

Your day to day will be a mix of designing for client projects and collaborating with our content writer, creative director, and dev team
Design brands, websites, and digital experiences that help tell stories and drive action
Develop information architectures for websites, apps, and digital action centers
Collaborate with the dev team to create interesting digital experiences and interactions
Collaborate on the content strategy with the team’s content strategist and creative director
Join weekly sprints with each of our clients, where you will present your designs in collaboration with the team
Continuously help to evolve our processes and workflows
Stay up to date on the social impact space including design, messaging, technology, and digital solutions used for donor engagement, content publishing, social engagement, sales processes, and emerging design/digital trends that could support clients in the social impact space
Continue to evolve as a thoughtful, empathetic designer

Perks & Benefits

We work a 4-day work week (32-40 hours per week). Enjoy 3-day weekends every week!
We are a distributed team
401k Plan + employer contributions after a year on the job
2 weeks paid vacation each year
5 days paid sick time each year
5 paid holidays each year, plus the Studio closes for the last 2.5 weeks of the year as an additional long paid holiday
Northern California centric brand
Join a humble, collaborative team