Visual Designer - TrainingPeaks
As Visual Designer, you will work with the Creative, Marketing & Product teams to design and execute solutions to support their efforts. Your solutions will stem from collaboration and your visual designs will be intuitive and compelling.
You will sit directly with the Marketing Team, work in close collaboration with Project Managers and Team Leads and report to creative leadership.
Core Functions:
- Creative execution of all Marketing materials including content image sourcing and manipulation, email campaign design, event collateral, social media campaigns and branded experiences.
- Be an active member in the cross-functional marketing team by ideating, planning, and executing cross-channel marketing campaigns.
- Be the visual brand ambassador in regards to maintaining our brand standards, voice and tone.
- Sketch and storyboard initial concepts.
- Articulate design rational and solutions in a compelling manner based on research, data and industry best practices.
- Create delightful page layouts and assets using the Adobe Creative Suite, and Sketch.
Requirements
- Solid understanding of visual design and design principles (Contrast, Balance, Emphasis, Movement, White Space, Proportion, Hierarchy, Repetition, Rhythm, Pattern, Unity, and Variety. These principles of design work together to create something that is aesthetically pleasing and optimizes the user experience).
- Understanding of design fundamentals, (methods) such as concepting, mood boards, wireframes, prototypes and mockups - understands when to implement in the mktg/prod design process.
- Execution of visual design fundamentals is the basis for solution delivery and drives collaborative discussions and healthy debate.
- Consistently maintains professional and respectful communication, both internally and externally
- Understands and respects differing points of view with patience and empathy
- Practices active listening by paying close attention to what is being said, asking clarifying questions, and responding appropriately.
- Ability to take art direction from peers and grow from the collaborative design process.
- Excellent time-management skills and the ability to accurately scope work and adhere to multiple project timelines.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Expertise in photoshop (image manipulation and color correction) and experience with other industry standard design and layout software tools (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Figma or Sketch, etc.) with an understanding of how to effectively execute work and utilize and uphold best practices for visual design tools at hand.
- Understand the mechanics of production for web, print, apparel, and large scale event visual design.
- Experience in email design best practices
- Minimum of 5 years experience solving design problems.
- Examples that reflect your ability to solve a variety of digital and print design challenges.
- The efficacy (design intention/quality/timeline) of the designs and deliverables meet the intended goal. Just in time delivery and iteration.
- Ownership/Accountability: You are responsible for the quality of the design and ensuring that it is void of mistakes and is flawless.
Desired Qualifications:
- Basic understanding of the endurance sports market.
- Experience designing for and supporting multimedia efforts (photography, video, animation).
- Understanding of agile marketing principles, values and process and a willingness to further develop in this area.
- Training in user-centered design principles and data-driven design strategies for mobile and web applications.
- Experience in designing web solutions.
- The ability and desire to contribute to the growth of the Design Team by providing guidance and mentorship.
The work characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Benefits
We are musicians, athletes, coaches and teachers who truly believe in our mission to help people achieve their best. Our software platforms connect performers, instructors and creators enabling them to publish, teach and train using the principles of deliberate practice.
You may know us as TrainingPeaks, MakeMusic, TrainHeroic and Alfred Music. All of these brands are under the Peaksware umbrella. TrainingPeaks develops software for coaches and athletes to track, analyze and plan endurance training. TrainHeroic develops software solutions for the strength and conditioning needs of coaches and athletes. MakeMusic develops software to transform how music is composed, taught, learned and performed. Alfred Music creates and publishes educational music to help teachers, students, professionals and hobbyists experience the joy of making music.
TrainingPeaks is part of the Peaksware portfolio of brands. Peaksware has been featured in BuiltInColorado’s Top 100 Companies list since 2017 and our brands have been recognized in Outside Magazine’s “Best Places to Work” multiple years in a row. Peaksware has also been honored as a part of Mogul’s “Top 1,000 Companies for millennial Women Worldwide”. We are proud of our company culture and of consistently being recognized, both locally and nationally, as a top workplace.
We would love to have you join our ever-growing team!
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Compensation:
Peaksware/TrainingPeaks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role is $44,479 - $74,132. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, and certifications.
This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus.
Benefits and Perks:
Health
- 100% company-paid Medical for employees with buy-up options
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Parental Leave
- Teladoc
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Additional coverage options such as accident and critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity
Disability and Life
- Company-paid Short Term Disability
- Company-paid Long Term Disability
- Company-paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
- Employee-paid Supplemental Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and/or Child
Additional*
- 401(K)
- 401(K) Matching
- Pet Insurance
- Significant investment in resources for employee development and professional growth
- Flexible work schedule in a culture of trust
- 9 paid holidays annually and unlimited Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Free TrainingPeaks, TrainHeroic, MakeMusic accounts, and Alfred Music product
- Access to on-site workout room, including locker rooms and showers
- Secure on-site bike storage
- Access to our on-site music studio
- Access to corporate discounts on gym memberships and gear
- Access to nutritious snacks and devour hour, weekly subsidized lunch
*Please note - due to COVID-19 some perks are not readily available at this time.
Please contact [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to review our website or to apply online.
Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment that is well-lighted, heated, and/or air-conditioned with adequate ventilation and a noise level that is usually moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.
All employees must comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to your manager and/or Human Resources.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and move about the facility; use hands to handle, or feel; talk by expressing ideas by means of the spoken word; and hear by perceiving the nature of sounds. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.