Brand Designer

| Chicago | Remote
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ABOUT US

NextCapital is the leader in enterprise digital advice. NextCapital partners with world-class institutions to deliver personalized planning and managed accounts to individual investors, whether they’re saving for retirement in a 401(k) or IRA or investing in a taxable brokerage account. Our open-architecture digital advice solution provides better outcomes for our partners and individual investors by offering integrated account aggregation, analytics, planning and portfolio management, and customizable advice methodology and fiduciary roles.

Learn more about NextCapital at www.themuse.com/companies/nextcapital

***At this time, NextCapital will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.***

JOIN OUR TEAM

We are seeking an experienced and creative Brand Designer to join our growing Marketing team. We are looking for someone who is excited to bring our voice to life across a range of projects, while helping to amplify our company’s mission of helping everyone retire successfully. The ideal candidate can manage multiple projects, delivers unique highly-polished work, is self-motivated, and owns projects from concept to delivery.

What your day could consist of:

  • Collaborate closely with the internal teams to create internal and external marketing materials for both print and digital distribution
  • Effectively communicate design vision, process, and decisions to internal stakeholders
  • Amplify the brand expression consistently across multiple channels
  • Design and build presentations with direction and feedback from executive leadership
  • Develop brand campaign materials (templates, visualizations, collateral) that can be systematized, while still enabling unique customer experiences.

Requirements

What is needed:

  • 2-4 years of experience supporting B2B and B2C organizations with a portfolio that demonstrates range in visual style and execution
  • Creation of custom illustrations to support brand storytelling
  • Building presentations (Google slides) for cross-functional teams (you can make complex B2B content visually engaging)
  • Strong background in the creation of digital and print experiences
  • Experience in branding, marketing, and advertising
  • Outstanding typographic skills (you catch kerning, leading issues before presenting designs)
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), Sketch, InVision, Google Suite required
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Driven, curious self-starter who has stellar organization skills (you love file naming standards and file structure organization)

Nice to have:

  • Familiarity with Adobe After Effects for animated/motion digital marketing and associated best practices
  • Miro, whiteboard tools
  • Knowledge of design best practices for paid social (particularly LinkedIn), digital ads, email, and content marketing
  • Experience leveraging data and research to inform design decisions

WHERE THIS ROLE MAY LEAD YOU

  • You will have the opportunity to grow in a lead role, and potentially principal position in which you manage others.
  • Drive evolution of the NextCapital brand across new and existing channels in partnership with Marketing, UX, Product, and other teams.
  • Help to inform NextCapital’s external marketing strategy for existing customers and prospects.

Benefits

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT

  • Disrupt the financial advice industry by bringing affordable, easy to use financial tools to millions of people
  • Have a direct impact on the strategic growth and scale of the company
  • Enjoy a laid back work environment & learn from FinTech’s best & brightest
  • Receive great benefits like stock options, 401(k) match, and employer contributions to health, dental and vision coverage
  • Join a fast growing company where you can have a real impact on the company's future
  • When the COVID-19 pandemic cools down, participate in company-sponsored cornhole leagues, company outings, wine tastings, fantasy football leagues, hackathons and other fun events if located/traveling to the Chicago area.
  • When our pandemic ‘remoteness’ ends, enjoy our office on Michigan Avenue with a view of Millennium Park and Lake Michigan if located in the Chicago area and wanting to return to office life.
  • And, yes, when we’re able to safely re-convene in a physical space, sip locally roasted coffee, kombucha, or craft beer at your modular sitting/standing desk if located in the Chicago area.
  • Participate in women in tech events and service days at local organizations
  • Relax with monthly, company wide, guided meditation sessions
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Located on Michigan Avenue, right across the street from Millennium Park and Pritzker Pavilion with an unobstructed view of the lake.

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