Senior Growth Visual & Motion Designer @ Superhuman (Contract)

TLDR

Create engaging visual assets that impact millions, collaborating with a diverse team while contributing to an exciting multi-product future at Superhuman.

About Superhuman: Grammarly is now part of Superhuman, the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work, integrating with over 1 million applications and websites. The company’s products include Grammarly’s writing assistance, Coda’s collaborative workspaces, Mail’s inbox management, and Go, the proactive AI assistant that understands context and delivers help automatically. Founded in 2009, Superhuman empowers over 40 million people, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and focus on what matters. Learn more at superhuman.com and about our values here. About the Role: To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a curious, energetic, and craft-caring Visual Designer to join our Growth Design team. Your designs will reach millions of people daily: you’ll create graphic assets that enhance our customers’ full end-to-end experience, from the moment they discover us through an SEO page or web page, to in-product onboarding, and all the way to upgrading or continuously engaging with us. You’ll collaborate with a fun, diverse team of talented growth experts, all passionate about user experimentation and innovative ways to optimize better and grow our product.  You’ll create visual assets for a variety of touchpoints, including websites, in-product onboarding experiences, lifecycle marketing moments, paywalls and preview experiences, new feature moments, and personalization surfaces. Grammarly is stepping toward an exciting multi-product future, and your designs will help impact how we ensure our customer journeys are meaningful, clear, educational and inspiring. Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead the design and execution of visual assets for web and mobile product experiences, product experiments, and growth design materials.
  • Develop and refine processes for intake, partnership, and visual asset production, and partner with Design Operations to socialize and scale systems
  • Collaborate with product managers, developers, marketers, and other stakeholders to deliver cohesive and impactful design solutions, and adovicate for high quality design standards
  • Partner closely with product and content designers, motivating a culture of creativity, graphic excellence and visual support
  • Incorporate data-driven insights and stakeholder feedback to iterate on and improve designs
  • Create moments of user delight and personality. Storyboard and imagine how static and motion elements enhance user engagement
  • Partner with the Design Foundations and Brand Creative teams to develop, maintain, and advocate for design systems, style guides, and brand standards at the individual product and company level
  • Ensure visual consistency and brand alignment across user touchpoints
  • Share visual insights from growth experiments to design partner teams for collective knowledge building
  • Stay up to date with industry trends, tools, and best practices to drive innovation and best-in-class craft
  • Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
  • 5+ years of professional experience as a visual designer or in a similar design role
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and modern design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch).
  • Strong portfolio showcasing a breadth of visual design projects, graphic design production, visual systems, communication design, and creative problem-solving
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
  • Exceptional attention to detail and organizational abilities
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Preferred:

  • Experience with motion graphics or product animation
  • Curiosity and hunger to learn and deepen product motion skills
  • Familiarity with UX/UI principles and web accessibility standards
  • Experience working in cross-functional and agile teams
  • Details
    Duration: 6 months

    Compensation: $90 - $110 / hour

    Commitment: 40 hours per week

    Location
  • Hubs: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or Vancouver

  • Not strictly required to be in a hub, but preferred for conversion potential

  • New York preferred (allows toggling between Berlin and SF offices)


  • Visa: We can only accept U.S. citizens and Green Card Holders for U.S.-based candidates, and Canadian citizens for Vancouver applicants.

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