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As a Brand Designer working at Unblocked, you'll partner with our marketing, sales, and product design leaders to help craft compelling experiences that bring the Unblocked brand to life for software development teams. You’ll have a hand in everything from our website, email campaigns, customer stories, sales materials, swag, conferences, and more.

Unblocked is a high-growth, well-funded SaaS company that helps answer questions software development teams have about their applications. This allows them to spend less time in meetings/dealing with interruptions and more time writing code.

We are a small team with a track record of building developer tools that solve real problems. We encourage participation in the entire product development process, and you will have the opportunity to help define Unblocked and shape its roadmap, implement the solutions that deliver the experience customers love, and get first‑hand feedback from the teams who use what we have built.

• Evolve the Unblocked brand across all touchpoints in collaboration with marketing, sales, product, and engineering teams.

• Develop and maintain a consistent visual identity system that resonates with software development teams.

• Design and iterate on the Unblocked website to clearly communicate our value and personality.

• Create high‑impact illustrations and animations for marketing channels, including our website, blog, email campaigns, customer stories, ads, and social media.

• Design engaging materials for conferences, including swag, handouts, signage, and booths.

• Bring a strong creative voice to strategy and brainstorming sessions with a focus on storytelling and clarity.

You have experience turning high‑level briefs into compelling design solutions and leading the design process from beginning to end. You’ve helped design a range of brand and digital efforts, with a demonstrated track record of strong typography, form, use of color, iconography, and illustration. You care deeply about both the craft of design and about the quality of experience that end users have with the things you create.

• Based in Vancouver, British Columbia (and be in the office 4 days a week).

• 7+ years of visual design experience, with a focus on branding and digital experiences.

• A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual design skills and excellent design execution down to the smallest of details.

• The ability to understand technical concepts and design material that explains them.

• Skilled at explaining the story behind your designs, and proactive and clear in how you communicate in meetings and in Slack.

• Experience designing a range of marketing materials, from ads, landing pages, and blog content to conference materials, swag, and more.

• Experience designing for software developers with an understanding of how great design can cut through the skepticism of this audience.

• Experience working directly in Figma to prototype your ideas, collaborate with others, and present your work.

• Experience creating motion graphics in After Effects, Lottie, or similar tools.

• Experience creating illustrations in Figma, Illustrator, or similar tools.

• An ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and a love for creative challenges.

• Grace under pressure and a high degree of comfort with the ambiguity that comes with being part of an early‑stage start‑up.

• Experience working on AI tools and B2B software.

• The ability to write HTML and CSS.

• Driven to get things done: Anxious to design, build, and ship solutions on aggressive timelines; willing to take pen to paper and write/sketch ideas, concepts, interactions; we are looking for makers, doers, creators!

• Able to play well with others: Comfortable in collaborative work environments; solid communication skills; great presenter, but even a better listener; humble enough to actively solicit and incorporate feedback.

• A passionate, tireless, selfless advocate for the end‑user: Unwavering in your desire to provide the best experience; must be an effective champion for the interests of the customer.

• Different: Unique skill sets, methodologies, working styles, and ideas; able to up‑level an already strong team; inspire the broader team with your expertise; willingness to work outside your comfort zone and learn from others.

• An ambitious malcontent: Dissatisfied with the status quo in the world around you; constantly aware of the potential for improvement with a keen desire to help technology play a more meaningful role in people’s lives.

• A competitive base salary.

• Equity in the company for eligible candidates, offering the opportunity to share in our long‑term success and growth.

• Generous medical and dental benefits.

• A very flexible vacation policy.

• Your choice of Apple hardware to get you started.

• Personal growth. We’re a small company where there’s no shortage of different projects to work on.