Graphic Designer - Contract to Full-time
Hybrid - On-Site & Remote
Project-based
About Marin Skincare
Marin is a Portland, Maine-based skincare brand creating transformative, Glycoprotein-powered essentials for dry, damaged skin. Founded by two Bioengineers who ‘scratched our own itch’, we discovered the next big skincare ingredient, Marine Glycoproteins, an upcycled natural byproduct of lobster processing that hydrates, soothes and repairs dry, damaged skin. From scrappy beginnings to the launch of our rebrand, new Lip Treatments, national news coverage and viral TikToks, we have the momentum to become a category leader and are hiring a highly creative, marketing-minded designer to join our team, produce world-class creatives and execute disruptively unique campaigns with us.
Learn more about us and our story at www.MarinSkincare.com.
About the Role
Joining the team in a stage of rapid growth, you’ll take Marin emails, ads and overall design to the next level - you’re the creative execution through which the brand comes to life in each facet of graphic design. On a weekly basis, you’ll work collaboratively with the Founders, Head of Marketing and Head of Social to design emails, paid ad creatives, organic social creatives, site landing pages, merch and more.
Every visual moment the brand shows up an opportunity to storytell, educate and entertain - it’s your job to bring the brand to life while accomplishing our marketing goals in a disruptively creative, authentic manner. From clean, salient email storytelling to scroll-stopping ads, and visually compelling website journeys to collectable merch drops, your role will be a blend of dynamic collaboration and independence.
While every day is a new adventure, the focus areas of this role are email design (50%), paid social creatives (30%), and landing page creation (20%), with the opportunity to grow and be exposed to more areas of the business.
About You
You are THE design wizard - the creative that lives and breathes design, brands and campaigns. You have an eye for engaging visuals, salient storytelling and creative that converts. You think deeper than literal and seek to communicate multi-dimensionally through copy, color, shapes, textures and other thoughtful elements of the creative multiverse. You have your finger on the pulse for the latest cool brands, design trends and best practices, but you’re not afraid to experiment with what you think could work.
You’ll become an integral part of our collaboratively entrepreneurial culture of hard work, high energy, fun and fulfillment in the work we do – rooted in a core value of Quality of Life for our customers, people and planet. We’re excited to bring on people who are radically ambitious, ready to ‘lean in’, be invested in growing the brand as much as they’re invested in growing themselves personally and professionally, to drive rapid growth and join the impact-driven rocket ship that is Marin.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with our head of marketing to execute visually compelling email marketing campaigns that align with the Marin brand ethos, storytelling style and visual identity.
- Work with our head of social to create best-in-class paid static and animated ads for Meta, Tiktok + Pinterest.
- Produce high-quality graphics for digital and print materials (website, packaging, merch, in-store marketing collaterals, infographics, etc.)
- Execute intelligently with out-of-the-box and creative solutions while maintaining design identity and brand aesthetics.
- Continuous improvement: stay up-to-date with industry trends, software, best practices and emerging technologies.
Requirements and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years demonstrated professional experience in graphic design, preferably in beauty, skincare, CPG and DTC.
- Strong portfolio showcasing experience in email marketing design, digital and print materials, and branding, demonstrate an exceptional eye for detail, image curation, visual storytelling, typography, layout, form and color theory.
- Creative, out-of-the-box thinker with an eye and passion for creating and storytelling through visual content, who’s not afraid to experiment and is in tune with trends, with the ability to spot “content moments”/creative opportunities and execute swiftly on them.
- Be a driven, coachable self-starter with a great sense of humor, who’s as confidently ambitious as thoughtfully humble; A team player with strong communication skills that’s comfortable receiving feedback.
- Bring an “anything is figureoutable” and “anything is possible” mindset, who’s not afraid to try new things and think outside the box.
- Capable of self-managing projects under tight deadlines, and be self-sovereign in bringing the brand to life with video content (be capable of both individually and collaboratively developing content ideas, but being ultimately responsible for ideation to editing to execution)
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma or similar software
- 5+ years in DTC
- 5+ years working at startups or small, scrappy teams
Marin Skincare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
