Marketing Designer, Polarsteps
App for planning, tracking and documenting your travel
Open for applications
App for planning, tracking and documenting your travel
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
On a mission to spend their days building something that helps people as they explore this world — showing them the way and capturing the stories they create as they go.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in brand and marketing design, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates your ability to deliver high-quality, performance-driven creative work
- A versatile approach that allows you to navigate between high-level content strategy and hands-on design tasks, always with an eye for detail and quality
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate creative ideas clearly, combined with a proactive, forward-thinking mindset
- A balance of craft and critical thinking—you understand how to merge creativity with business objectives to drive impactful results
- Experience in A/B testing, using data-driven insights to optimize designs and develop thoughtful hypotheses to guide future design decisions
- A keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of how to design within brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all touchpoints
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite and Figma, with working knowledge of motion and video editing as a must-have
What the job involves
- Collaborate with the team to develop and iterate on top-performing static, video, and animated advertising materials. You'll experiment with new creative concepts driven by insights and learnings
- Work closely with copywriters and marketers to bring campaigns to life and maintain them across various platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, blogs, and LinkedIn
- Create eye-catching designs for emails and feature announcements, ensuring all external communication stays fresh, on-brand, and attention-grabbing
- Experiment with App Store visuals that represent our brand and clearly communicate our product’s value at first glance
- Continuously test your designs, gather insights, and incorporate those findings to refine and improve on each iteration
- Design internal communication materials such as onboarding packs, office materials, event invitations, and presentation decks. Your work will keep the team informed, engaged, and aligned
- Create unique merchandise designs for internal use, such as team swag for events, stickers, and external giveaways. You'll help keep the brand alive, not just online but in physical form too
- Guard and evolve our brand identity by ensuring all visuals—both internal and external—are aligned with our style, tone, and message, maintaining a unified look across all touchpoints
- Review and refine external collaborations, ensuring that any content produced with freelancers, creators, or partners aligns with our brand's story and standards, no matter who’s creating it
Our take
Polarsteps was founded by avid travellers who set out to automate well documented travel experiences for its first users. Now, it aims to be the go-to for travel planning, tracking and blogging. It allows its users to enjoy the travel experience while taking care of the documentation.
Travel innovation is not new, however, Polarsteps sets itself apart by optimising their product to work independent of mobile reception when needed, catering for long and remote travel experiences.
It is this promised convenience that secured their impressive customer growth. They have used this to build larger teams and a more robust product offering to set them up as a leading travel app.
Kirsty
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2019
$3.2m
SERIES A
Aug 2017
$1m
SEED
Total funding: $4.7m
Company benefits
- A yearly free flight to a random location! Give our Teleporter a spin here
- A shiny new MacBook to work your magic on
- Hybrid working. Split your time between the office and your home as you see fit
- An extensive home office set-up — everything from noise-canceling headphones to a standing desk
- 28 days of vacation (for adventures or sitting on the couch, it's up to you)
- The option to switch up your zoom background by working from another country for up to 5 weeks a year
- A personal development budget for that curious mind of yours!
- A pension plan to help you save for those around-the-world retirement trips
- Delicious daily team lunches
- Awesome monthly parties, as well as team trips away
- A lively office in downtown Amsterdam, with travel costs reimbursed
- Free Polarsteps Travel Books to contain all your far-flung adventures
Company values
- We are dedicated to our craft
- We are explorers at heart
- We are human
- Enjoy the ride
- Be good, Do good
Company HQ
De Weteringschans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Leadership
Koen Droste
(Co-founder)Previously co-founded Companyspot.nl in 2009 and Upcoming in 2013. They have previous experience in publishing, sales and product management.
Niek Bokkers
(Creative Director)Previously worked as a concept developer and owned and managed a creative lab for 15 years.
Job Harmsen
(Head of Design)Ran a website design outfit and moved on to join Concept M as a Designer.
Maximiliano Neustadt
(CEO ad interim / CTO)They have had extensive experience as a Software Developer and in leading software teams.
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