Senior Designer

About the Role

We’re looking for a talented Senior Designer to join our Brand Creative team. This role is ideal for someone with 3+ years of experience with strong command of design fundamentals and who cares deeply about design craft. You understand how thoughtful typography, layout, and visual systems support brand and marketing impact and execute high-quality creative across multiple marketing channels.

You’ll work on a variety of marketing initiatives—from digital campaigns including paid media, email, landing pages, and long-form digital publications and interactive content to print formats such as direct mail, event graphics, and environmental design. The ideal candidate balances conceptual thinking and problem-solving with meticulous execution. You also confidently manage work from idea through presentation while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

This role sits within the in-house Brand Creative team — part of the Brand Activation organization within Marketing — and partners closely with stakeholders across Content, Demand Generation & ABM, Product Marketing, Customer Marketing, Web, and Events.

** This is a hybrid role which requires at least 3 days a week onsite in our (brand new!) Framingham, MA office** 

**Applicants must have valid permanent work authorization in the U.S. (e.g., U.S. citizen, permanent resident). We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. 

What You’ll Do

Design & Execution

• Design marketing assets across digital and physical channels, including paid social, email, landing pages, long-form digital publications and interactive content, direct mail, and event graphics

• Produce polished, production-ready creative aligned with brand standards and business goals

• Contribute ideas and visual approaches during campaign/asset concept development

• Maintain a high bar for typography, layout, visual hierarchy, accessibility, and overall design craft

Creative Process

• Translate creative briefs and marketing objectives into clear visual solutions

• Present work in internal reviews and stakeholder meetings, articulating design rationale

• Iterate on feedback while maintaining creative intent and quality

Production & Platforms

• Prepare assets to channel specifications across digital and print formats

• Create or support interactive marketing experiences using tools such as Ceros

• Collaborate with developers and marketers to ensure design intent carries through execution

Collaboration

• Partner with creative directors, copywriters, marketers, and developers

• Contribute to maintaining and evolving the brand system across channels

• Support team initiatives that improve workflow, consistency, and creative quality

What You Bring

Experience

• 3+ years of design experience within an in-house team or creative agency working on established brands (SaaS experience is preferred, but not required)

• Designs across integrated marketing channels, including paid social, email, landing pages, digital content experiences, and print materials such as direct mail, event graphics, and marketing collateral

• Has strong time management skills and is comfortable working with multiple stakeholders on concurrent projects.

• Owns projects from concept through final production, including ability to prepare and present work and incorporating stakeholder feedback.

• Works alongside marketers, copywriters, developers, and product marketing teams with a collaborative, problem-solving, team-player mindset

Design Craft

• Strong command of design fundamentals including typography, composition, color, hierarchy, and accessibility

• Brings curiosity, taste, and attention to detail to every project with a portfolio that shows strong design and strategic thinking.

• Finger on the pulse with design trends and tools. Constantly looking for opportunities to apply those to their workflows and creative output.

Ownership & Communication

• Self-motivated with strong time management and organizational skills

• Comfortable managing projects independently while maintaining clear and timely communication with stakeholders

• Ability to confidently present and explain design decisions tied to business goals

Tools

• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; After Effects a plus)

• Proficiency in MS PowerPoint (building masters, animations, charts, etc.), and working knowledge of Word, Excel

• Familiarity with Ceros or similar interactive content platforms

• Incorporates AI tools to support ideation and workflow efficiency

• Fluency with project management tools such as Asana

• Understands and works within design systems and component-based workflows

Bonus

• Working knowledge of storyboarding, motion, or animation fundamentals

• Ability to contribute to visual storytelling and narrative-driven design

• Comfortable collaborating with front-end developers or motion/video teams

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating strong design craft, conceptual thinking, and the ability to apply brand systems across multiple marketing channels.

• Candidates should be prepared to discuss the design thinking and decision-making behind their work.

The base salary range for this position is $72,000–$88,000. Offered base compensation within this range will be determined based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, geographic location, and other factors relevant to the scope and responsibilities of this role.

This role is also eligible for bonus or other variable compensation based on job performance and our standard benefits package, which supports employee well-being and work-life balance.

Thank you for considering joining our team. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. If you encounter any difficulties or have specific accessibility requirements while applying for this position, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at g[email protected] for assistance. We are committed to ensuring equal access to opportunities for all individuals. 

At  Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, and innovative with a growth mindset. We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.  

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large sized workplace category. We were also recognised as a Best Workplace for Women and a Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium sized workplace category.

•  We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as a Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based on solely on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.