Graphic Designer and Marketing Artist

Salary Competitive
Equity To be negotiated

We are Blidz - a social shopping app combining game mechanics and easy to use shopping features. Think: CostCo meets Disneyland!

Our role-model is Pinduoduo. Haven't heard about Pinduoduo? In just four years, Pinduoduo has become China’s #2 shopping app valued at $100 billion on Nasdaq by cracking the new code in eCommerce. Blidz has pioneered Pinduoduo’s social eCommerce model by adapting it to Western consumer needs. The result; Blidz is out in the US on all major platforms with great KPIs and backed by top-tier venture capital investors (General Catalyst) and David Helgason, the founder of Unity.

You are an experienced graphic design generalist with an eye for color and composition. You are comfortable with wearing multiple hats and taking on UI/UX, marketing art and occasional video editing tasks.

This is a unique opportunity to join a company at its most pivotal point in growth, where you can make a big difference and help us build a design direction for the years to come.


Responsibilities

  • Own the art pipeline for our brand’s visual identity - create style guides as well as various graphic assets and develop their application across all of the designs we produce

  • Actively contribute to product design tasks in terms of UI / UX of the Blidz application and help translate marketing art learnings into product design

  • Develop graphic design for our marketing collateral - for our AppStores, PR, social media, UA and other channels

  • Be a hands-on go-getter: develop visually stunning artwork for a large variety of purposes

  • Anticipate the needs of our marketing and product teams and excel in communication across departments, proactively streamline productivity

  • Work closely with the head of growth and product lead to develop a consistent brand image for all company design projects

  • Develop and iterate on video creatives for our user acquisition campaigns in required lengths and resolutions


Requirements

  • Cultural fit

  • BA/MA in art, design or related field

  • Excellent understanding of composition and color theory as well as knowledge of visual and stylistic trends in graphic design

  • Excellent knowledge of Adobe software

  • Experience with Figma

  • Fluency in English

  • 3+ years of agency, gaming or ecommerce experience

  • Great communication skills

  • Ability to produce a large volume of iterations within strict deadlines


Bonus points from

  • Experience with web, HTML, CSS

  • Experience / understanding of the game industry or relevant IT sectors

  • Previous exposure to eCommerce


What we offer

  • Competitive salary

  • Equity package

  • Freedom to choose your own working hours (flexitime)

  • Ability to work remotely whenever you feel the need to (telecommuting)

  • Best views in town from our large office in the heart of Helsinki (top-floor direct view of senate etc.)

  • Chance to work with modern technologies in a flexible senior team

  • An opportunity to take a big role and make a big difference

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Near public transit
Near public transit

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Equity package
Equity package

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

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Blidz

Blidz is a social shopping app combining game mechanics and easy to use shopping features. Think: CostCo meets Disneyland! Our role-model is Pinduoduo. Haven't heard about Pinduoduo? In just four years, Pinduoduo has become China’s #2 shopping app valued at $100 billion on Nasdaq by cracking the new code in eCommerce. Blidz has pioneered Pinduoduo’s social eCommerce model by adapting it to Western consumer needs. The result; Blidz is out in the US on all major platforms with great KPIs and backed by top-tier venture capital investors (General Catalyst) and David Helgason, the founder of Unity.

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