Visual Designer

Canonical; A distancia; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading open source software firm is seeking Visual Designers to enhance brand guidelines and improve user experience through design. This remote position offers the opportunity to work with a diverse team and contribute to various projects while ensuring high standards of usability and accessibility. The ideal candidate will possess an undergraduate degree in a technical field and demonstrate exceptional design experience, alongside excellent interpersonal and presentation skills. Join a pioneering company that values excellence and fosters a collaborative work environment.

Servicios

Learning and development budget of USD 2,000

Annual compensation review

Opportunity for international travel

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program

Formación

• Proven track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
• Leadership and commitment to skills development.
• Passion for technology and effective teamwork.

Responsabilidades

• Work on projects evolving brand guidelines and communications materials.
• Ensure usability, accessibility, and web standards in designs.
• Collaborate within a diverse team on design tasks.

Conocimientos

Design experience

Excellent presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Curiosity

Flexibility

Educación

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

Exceptional academic track record

Descripción del empleo

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring Visual Designers for Brand and Design Systems

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

Role Details

With a diverse team of design colleagues, you will work on a variety of projects evolving our brand guidelines and applying them to communications materials, our UI design system, and graphic design for digital products. Clear, stylish presentation that aids the user experience of our products is how we raise the bar and reach the widest audience. Real content and information will be at the core of the designs you produce. You know the ins and outs of design and quality heuristics, and you care deeply about usability, accessibility and web standards. You should have agency, company or freelance design experience.

What we are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship
• Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
• The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

What we offer

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.