Brand Designer

Innovatemap is seeking a talented brand designer to join our growing design team. 

Who You Are

• You enjoy solving problems through visual and verbal design and communicating complex ideas simply no matter the medium.
• You’re comfortable working within clearly defined systems and pushing boundaries. 
• You’re open-handed and quick to ask for an outside perspective.
• You like being challenged. You can move fast. You’re curious and want to keep pace.
• You’re an artist but you know your art exists for business purposes.
• You are excellent at your craft because you are humble. You believe you have a lot to learn.
• You stay current with design and business trends.
• You are detailed, organized and accountable. You are a finisher.
• You don’t take yourself too seriously but still believe design can change the world. 

What You’ll Do

• You will work within a collaborative team context to deliver the following to local and national clients: 
• brand names, brand identities, brand guides, brand activation
• websites, pitch decks, campaigns
• ebooks, overview sheets, email templates, misc. sales enablement materials
• stationery designs, launch pages, case studies, digital ads
• You will collaborate daily with Innovatemap’s Principal Brand Strategist and Senior Brand Designer.
• You will work with pre-revenue startups, high-growth scale-ups, and non-tech companies.
• You will manage your own workflow and remain highly accountable to your team while delivering quality, multidisciplinary work to multiple clients.
• You may own design initiatives from concept to completion.
• You will be client facing.
• You will work with multiple client teams and be a good teammate to talented individuals from different fields, backgrounds, and geographies.

Requirements

• You will likely have 1-5 years professional experience in visual design or brand design. Years of experience is secondary to how you think and how you work. 
• You are coachable.
• You have strong experience in the Adobe Creative Suite (primarily .AI, .INDD, and .PSD)
• You have experience (or an eagerness to learn) Figma.
• You have experience communicating ideas through slide formats like .PPT, .INDD, or .KEY.
• You have a portfolio showcasing your work in a variety of mediums.
• You understand the core principles of brand identity design and website design.
• You are a multidisciplinary visual designer eager to add breadth and depth to your skills.
• You are eager to present your work, even if presenting is an area of growth opportunity today.
• You understand foundational graphic design elements like typography, color usage, composition and layouts.

Nice to have, not required:

• Motion design skills or interests
• Familiarity with Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, or WordPress
• An eagerness to think and work outside your core responsibilities
• An interest in short-form writing or micro-copy
• Illustration skills
• Emerging design disciplines (AR, 3D, Generative design)
• You may have read this job description and didn’t check every box. Then you saw that as a welcome challenge.

If this sounds like you, we would love to talk.

This position is located in Indianapolis, IN or NYC and will be expected to be on-site at least 2 days a week.