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Mediavine is seeking an experienced Manager of Digital Design to join the Marketing & Communications team.

About Mediavine

Mediavine is a fast-growing advertising management company representing over 10,000 websites in the food, lifestyle, DIY, and entertainment space. Founded by content creators, for content creators, Mediavine is a Top 20 Comscore property, exclusively reaching over 125 million monthly unique visitors. With best-in-class technology and a commitment to traffic quality and brand safety, we ensure optimal performance for our creators.

Mission & Culture

We help content creators build sustainable businesses. From educational tools and cutting-edge plugins to ad technology that maximizes earnings without slowing down your site, our motivation is ensuring your brand and business grow in every respect.

We are striving to build an inclusive and diverse team of highly talented individuals that reflects the industries we serve and the world we live in. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels welcomed. We are looking for individuals that will challenge us to continuously evolve and make Mediavine the employer of choice for people of all backgrounds. We strongly encourage minorities and individuals from underrepresented groups in technology to apply for this position.

Diversity and inclusion aren't platitudes to us; we take them seriously. Have a look at our team and read through our blog posts to learn more about our values and to discover if Mediavine is the place for you!

Position Title & Overview:

The Manager of Digital Design is a leader on the Marketing & Communication team, responsible for maintaining the visual brand of Mediavine, as well as its services and products, across a wide range of material. Although digital design is Mediavines primary output, the Manager of Digital Design will display advanced skills in graphic design from print to web including typography, layout, imaging, illustration and color theory as well as a deep understanding and mastery of visual brand guidelines. They will also operate with a high level understanding of Mediavines many ad and product offerings to make them easily understandable to our many audience members.

The ideal candidate is an experienced manager. A player/coach who takes as much pride in leading a high performing team as they take in contributing to design ideas and projects. The ideal candidate will have applicable experience developing an end product from concept, through iteration and feedback to the completed deliverable. They will engage with stakeholders for go-to-market launches, demonstrate the confidence to stand by their teams designs, along with the ability to accept and incorporate feedback, with an execution-oriented approach to work.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all Marketing and Communications design efforts as the directly responsible individual for brand evolution, website design in collaboration with the UX team, external landing page testing, digital marketing assets (display ads, social media content, blog and newsletter posts, etc), and lifecycle templates
• Provide feedback to team and stakeholders based on design industry standards and trends while encouraging creativity and innovation
• Maintain our brand standards and design systems, recognizing there is always room for improvement (but also knowing where to prioritize the teams time)
• Oversee all outward-facing collateral, including creation of brand/logo conceptualization, social media and blog graphics and layout of print pieces such as programs and brochures
• Collaborate with other Marketing & Communication leads such as MarComm Ops to identify needs for design projects to be completed, monitoring the bandwidth of each designer and delegating level of effort accordingly
• Partner with internal stakeholders across the business to ensure designs are consistent
• Innovate and conceptualize projects, whether email, graphic design, video, or other initiatives, to push the brand creatively and exceed stakeholders expectations
• Source, interview, and manage external vendors, consultants, and advisors for work you either cant do, or are better off not doing, recognizing when to roll up your sleeves, as well as when outside help is our best option
• Manage visual brand assets, photography and video editing, animation, newsletter design, event design and website maintenance to include branded swag, internal and external presentations
• Manage a small team; setting clear expectations, providing mentorship and guidance ranging from day-to-day performance to career development ultimately ensuring the teams work and day-to-day activities align with the larger MarComm department goals
• Required travel on an as needed basis, for our annual All Hands Retreat, Team Retreat/Meetings and/or industry events/conferences (approx. 15%)

Requirements

Location

• Must currently live in the United States

You Have:

• Bachelors Degree in Marketing, preferred
  
• 7+ years of experience in digital design
• 5+ years of experience in marketing & communications, preferably content marketing
• 3+ years of experience as a manager with direct reports
• Strong sense of typography, fluency in Pantone, lover of color (especially teal) and skilled in proofing and color matching
• Advanced knowledge of all Adobe Creative Cloud programs, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere and After Effects. Canva experience is a plus
• Proficient with WordPress and has some knowledge of CSS and HTML (such as the ability to code a newsletter template and add a CSS class to the corporate website)
• Experience with designing content for social media (LinkedIn, IG, Twitter, YouTube)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience sharing ideas and presenting designs to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to move concepts forward with varied degrees of detail from stakeholders
• Willingness to take feedback openly and positively, to then put into action
• An impressive portfolio that showcases strong design fundamentals, familiarity with design systems, and projects ranging from brand development to website examples to marketing assets
• Ability to be a strategic thinker who brainstorms proactively, is a natural problem solver and can meet tight deadlines
• Experience working with outside contractors when expertise is needed beyond the skills of the team
• Ability to work independently, a highly self-motivated individual who seeks out ways to contribute without being asked
• Ability to travel up to approximately 15%

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Figma
• Podcast editing and publication experience
• Animation/Illustration experience

Benefits

• Remote work environment
• Travel opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits including 401k, Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Learning allowance
• Generous Vacation/Time off policies
• Additional side benefits such as home-office upgrades, tuition reimbursement, paid gym memberships and wellness retreats, upgraded flights, cool swag and more
• Company match charitable donations

Mediavine is an Equal Opportunity Employer