Senior/Lead Creative Designer, Marshmallow
6 Months Fixed Term Contract
1-3 days a week in office
Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm
Be an early applicant
Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
1-3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To back those who find themselves on a different path, either by choice or by circumstance, helping the exceptions to the rules that others aren’t interested in serving.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be someone who can think big and bold when it comes to campaign and ideation, as well as small and detailed with their execution
- A strong portfolio of high-impact, consumer-facing work that demonstrates great typographic, layout, hierarchy and technical skills across all things marketing – digital and print
- A strong understanding of the marketing funnel and how to design for it as well as experience with art direction, photography and storyboarding
- Confident in creative ideation for all channels able to spot and exploit opportunities
- Experience working inhouse and with other creatives ie copywriters to shape messaging to aid design and video art direction with mood and storyboards
- Confident building presentations and taking stakeholders on a journey – communicating your process, ideas and solutions
- Strategic and solutions-focused Understand the ‘why’ and will seek to understand the real outcomes of the brief before heading into creative solutions
- Organised and able to take ownership of complex projects, work with different teams and prioritise to meet deadlines
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment, able to navigate feedback
- Deep understanding of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma (or a confidence that you can upskill quickly in the latter if it’s not in your current skillset)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Creative Designer to join our Creative Studio team
- As an experienced visual designer, you’ll play a big part in helping our in-house studio create bold and effective comms and content across marketing and the wider business
- As part of the Creative Studio you’ll work with our marketing team to create campaigns, promotions and content across all channels that help us reach our new to the UK audience
- You’ll also work with the wider business to help bring the brand, mission and culture to life through comms and offer creative direction, asset creation and brand guardianship to our digital experience in collaboration with the Design and Experience Team
- You’ll be confident storytelling and art directing motion, collaborating with copy and able to work alongside the creative account manager to ‘get stuff done’
- And prepared roll up the sleeves and get stuck in no matter the request
- You’ll be more than someone who just designs, you’ll build relationships with stakeholders, following up on performance and insights to learn how we can iterate to have more impact
- You’ll convey ideas with conviction to educate and persuade when needed, using creative thinking to challenge assumptions and never settle for ‘that will do’
- As a brand ambassador you’ll be responsible for driving high standards and able to understand how branding works from button to billboard
Salary benchmarks
Our take
For many ordinary people, insurance can be inaccessibly expensive. Marshmallow solves this problem by using data and technology to offer fairer coverage for car and van owners.
Car insurers generally quotes drivers according to population data, and many drivers are overcharged due to age and demographic. By leveraging data and proprietary technology, Marshmallow can offer more accurate and personalised quotes delivered in minutes, meaning lower fees for drivers. Naturally, this approach has proven popular, with Marshmallow garnering impressive reviews and accolades since it first launched.
The insurtech space is becoming increasingly competitive, and more and more tech companies are moving into the car insurance space, so the company is currently looking to expand into other insurance areas. Marshmallow’s unicorn status is a clear indicator of the company’s ongoing success and scalability, and will help to facilitate this diversification.
For now, the company is focused on helping those outside the norm, such as those who have uprooted their lives and moved to the UK. But in the future, it hopes to expand to any group of people who are unfairly marginalised and whose problems Marshmallow is uniquely positioned to solve.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$83m
SERIES B
Nov 2020
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $118.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible working - Manage your own time and choose where to work from (in the office, at home, or a little bit of both). Just make sure your team is happy too.
- Ben benefits - Get your hands on your flexible benefits budget with the Ben Mastercard and spend it wherever you want.
- Competitive bonus scheme - designed to reward and recognise high performance 🌟
- Private healthcare - We want to support everyone’s wellbeing at Marshmallow, which is why we offer private healthcare insurance with Vitality.
- Cycle to work scheme - We’re registered under the Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a new bike tax-free. Lycra shorts optional.
- Mental wellbeing - We have partnered with Oliva to offer mental health support and make therapy sessions more accessible.
- Learning and training - Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Weekly book clubs and learning sessions. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset.
- Company socials - We give all of our teams monthly budgets to get to know each other better outside of work. Plus we have company-wide socials every two weeks, themed parties, and more.
Company values
- We have a bias for action - We carry urgency into our every day, knowing that only by making daily progress can we drive long-term growth
- We are challenging and honest - We optimise for truth and progress, which requires us to never shy away from difficult conversations with each other
- We take ownership - We take on challenges, and put our hands up when things go wrong
- We are selfless - We work hard, together and without ego
- We are bold - To serve our customers best, we experiment relentlessly, make tough decisions and go where others won’t
- We simplify for success- We don’t overcomplicate or try to be too clever. Less is more
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Oliver Kent-Braham
(Co-CEO)Previously worked in Growth & Partnerships at Yoti and Leveraged Finance at Investec. Previously founded Reel Money.
David Goaté
(Chief Architect)Previously Software Architect at Yoti, also worked as a software engineer at Homeseller, Cognitran and IG.
Alexander Kent-Braham
(Co-CEO)Previously worked in Product at Yoti. Also co-founded Reel Money and was an Analyst at hedge fund QCM.
People progressing
Joined as Software Engineer, being promoted to Technical Team Lead after 10 months.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Marshmallow
- To solve big problems, we need exceptional people from all walks of life. We're creating a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their unique perspectives and boldest ideas to the table. Belonging - As a community, we foster an environment where everyone feels supported and safe to bring their authentic self to work. Recognition - We recognise and celebrate the differences in our experiences, understanding that our unique contributions help us collectively deliver our best work. Influence - We’re empowered to share our voice and have influence. We value diversity of thought, knowing we are better through our collective perspectives and experiences.
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