Senior Marketing Designer

Job Description

We’re seeking a Senior Marketing Designer to join our team and own the design of our marketing website, social media graphics, email marketing, and brand. The ideal candidate has a passion for design and a desire to make an impact at a growing company. They have a strong portfolio of design work, proficiency with design systems and motion design, experience using AI, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible work environment, and the opportunity for growth and development. 

Who are we?

Ortto (formerly Autopilot) is an Australian-founded software company that makes customer journeys simple. Ortto combines a customer data platform (CDP), multi-channel marketing automation and analytics into a single platform. We enable customers to execute customer communication and journeys, based on data sets across the customer lifecycle, to help drive growth and retention across their customer base. 

Ortto embraces flexible work, with team members working remotely across the globe, and a Head Office in Sydney’s CBD. Ortto is backed by great investment partners including Blackbird Ventures, Salesforce, Southern Cross Ventures, and Rembrandt Venture Partners. We are a profitable company with a big future and are looking for the best talent to join the team and be part of their long-term vision.

The role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Marketing Designer to join our team at Ortto. In this role, you will be responsible for improving and maintaining the visual aesthetic of our website and brand.

As a Senior Marketing Designer, you should have a strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to create beautiful and effective designs. You should be well-versed in design software (we use Figma) and have a deep understanding of web design principles and motion design techniques.

In this role, you will work closely with our marketing and product teams to create designs that effectively communicate our brand messaging and drive user engagement. You will also be responsible for conducting user research and testing to ensure that your designs are intuitive and easy to use.

We are looking for someone who is highly collaborative and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to clearly articulate design decisions to both technical and non-technical team members.

If you are a talented and passionate designer looking to make an impact at a growing company, we encourage you to apply. We offer competitive salaries, a flexible work environment, and ample opportunities for growth and development.

Responsibilities:

• Improving and maintaining the visual aesthetic of the Ortto website, brand, and social media materials
• Creating beautiful and effective designs for web and other marketing materials
• Collaborating with the marketing and product teams to ensure designs align with brand messaging and drives user engagement
• Communicating design decisions to both technical and non-technical team members
• Working effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Creating motion design materials as needed, such as animation for web banners or video ads

Skills:

• Strong portfolio demonstrating experience in creating effective designs for web, motion design, and other marketing materials
• Proficiency in Figma
• Deep understanding of web design principles and motion design techniques
• Experience leveraging AI for design, such as using AI-powered design tools or integrating AI graphics into designs
• Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate design decisions
• Collaborative and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Passion for design and a desire to make an impact at a growing company
• Conducting user research and testing to ensure designs are intuitive and easy to use

The perks:

• Work in a product-led organisation with a talent dense group of highly passionate people. We value producing a high-quality product and continuous improvement.
• Competitive salary
• Work from a timezone, not an office. 
• Home office allowance. We pay up to AU$500/quarter.
• 4.5 work week (yep that’s right, knock off at lunch of a Friday)
• Be an owner (every member of the team gets stock options)

The hiring process for this role:

Our hiring process generally takes 1-2 weeks based on availability.

• Submit an application with your resume.
• If your skills and experience meet the requirements you will be invited to a short interview on Google Meet. The goal of this interview is to hear from you directly on your related experience, background, and why you think you’re suitable for the role.
• If you are successful following the first interview, you’ll be invited to complete a task relevant to the role to assess your capabilities and experience. 
• From there, you’ll meet our design and marketing team and then a final stage with one of our founders – this last stage is to ask questions and hear about the vision & direction of Ortto.
• If you are successful following this stage we will make you an offer.