Brand Designer, Neo4j

• Provide a link + password to your portfolio of multi-channel tech / B2B work
• 7+ years of global in-house creative development experience in the B2B technology space
• Design/ Creative degree or equivalent experience
• Proven experience partnering with creative professionals across the org
• A vision for creative excellence and the ability to navigate through ambiguity to progress that vision through creative execution in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with digital creative development processes, standards and specs
• Proficiency in Figma, Canva and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Experience with project management tools (like Asana) and virtual collaboration platforms (like Slack, Zoom, Google Drive/ Slides/ Docs, etc.)
• Confidence presenting creative ideas and concepts in a compelling manner
• Results orientation in a high-growth, fast paced environment with a track record of delivering high-caliber brand/ creative work under tight deadlines
• Ability to problem-solve, comfortably wearing many hats as a self-starter
• Eager to learn and grow in a dynamic environment with our dedicated team

Desirable

• Within Corporate Marketing, the Brand & Creative Services team mission is to clearly and compellingly communicate the power of graph technology to the world
• Our small and mighty team (comprised of a brand director, program manager, three designers and a videographer):
• Create a collaborative environment where tech, business and creative minds merge
• Challenge the why and how to achieve customer-first creativity
• Drive brand stewardship through stakeholder education and enablement
• Keep pulse on creative trends and technologies to deliver high bar creativity
• Deliver impact with creative solutions for the business
• We are seeking an inspiring and highly-driven creative to partner with the Director of Brand Strategy & Creative and the Principal Brand Designer to support our in-house creative team on our journey toward building Neo4j into one of the world’s most beloved and trusted tech brands
• As a seasoned in-house marketing creative, you bring your years of experience and intuition to every new creative challenge, raising the creative bar across the business
• You keep tabs on design trends and technologies, and help internal partners to find clever new ways to bring their specific requests to life– always providing a thoughtful POV and expert guidance to the team along the way
• Our in-house creative services function works closely with internal teams and agency partners to tell our brand and product story in a way that is approachable, intentional and confident
• With your killer eye and instincts, you are adept at managing the creative process and provide feedback with empathy and encouragement (NO EGOS, PLEASE)
• Creative Direction (tier 2 & 3 requests): Provide problem-solving creative direction, inspiration, and guidance, consulting with creative professionals across the org (UX, UI, Product & DevRel) to ensure the highest quality of work is produced at scale while adhering to brand guidelines
• Creative Concepting: Support the development of innovative, integrated, and cross-channel creative concepts that resonate with our primary audiences, including heavily technical audiences like developers
• Illustration: Illustration experience used to convey technical concepts in abstract ways via infographics, blog headers & presentations
• Team Support: Be an active participant in the growth and development of the production designers on the team, providing mutual mentorship, feedback, and opportunities for both skill and perspective enhancement
• Creative Planning: Creative thinker with an ability to infuse business needs into design solutions
• Thoughtfully thread the visual language of an idea across relevant touchpoints and tactics, working closely with our expanding ecosystem of brand owners to deliver cohesive, impactful work
• Advocate for your creative work to a variety of cross-functional stakeholders including creative peers, brand leadership and executive staff
• Creative Market Research: Stay current with industry trends, consumer insights, and emerging technologies to inform creative ideation and decisioning
• Brand Partner/ Steward: Thought partner to the Principal Brand Designer & Director of Brand Strategy & natural ability to inspire others– including every employee– to be a brand owner, while building enthusiasm for the Neo4j brand
• Use visual design, creative ideation, compositional sensibilities, typographic rules, and user journey optimization to translate creative concepts into materials for our internal teams and external existing/ prospective customers
• Systems Thinker: Champion consistency of our brand voice and style across the entire brand ecosystem (from booth designs to blog headers, etc)
• Creative Operations: Assist brand program manager in maintaining our growing roster of creative enablement tools. These include our brand hub & guidelines, our digital asset management library, our Canva templates, as well as our Miro & Figma business/ marketing icon libraries
• Creative Resourcing: Unblock in-house creative teams through ongoing, globally-tiered resource calibration & agency engagement for scale
• Agency Enablement: Partner with our Corporate Marketing Creative Operations lead and leadership to launch and deliver engaging brand trainings for all new employees & agencies, and other experiences that incentivize brand ownership across Neo4j
• Creative Performance: Have an interest in and curiosity around optimization- how can we iterate to improve creative performance and brand experience, working closely with marketing operations, web and third parties to uncover performance measures and deliver refinements
• Global Perspective: A global perspective with deep experience with event/ trade show creative, demand gen creative, presentation design, customer stories, explainer videos and brand campaigns
• Collaborative Partner: Brings a strong, experience-driven POV while fostering equally strong working relationships across teams– including the ability to welcome input from diverse perspectives in a way that drives participation and partnership