Designer, KAYAK

• You’re highly motivated, passionate about travel, curious and collaborative. You can work with autonomy but love a good group project
• You are obsessed with design and can balance business objectives with creative insight
• You’re immaculate in your process and adherence to brand guidelines, but know when to break the rules a little
• You may have worked at an advertising, production or creative agency before this, an in-house design team or maybe you spent the last few years putting out highly edited videos of your cat
• Whatever made you a designer, you know the power and impact phenomenal design can have and wield it effectively. Oh… and you don’t mind the color orange
• Proven experience as a Multimedia Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing your animation, design and video editing skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro
• Experience with Figma (or similar) for design and prototyping
• Experience working with AI tools (Runway, Mid-journey, ChatGPT)
• Strong understanding of design principles, typography and color theory
• Ability to build original designs and concepts, as well as adapt existing assets into engaging animations
• Excellent communication skills, and can take direction and work collaboratively
• Experience in art direction and the ability to lead creative projects is a plus
• What makes you unique, however, is that you don’t see AI as a threat - but as an incredibly important tool to help you get your work done. You stay up to date with how AI is impacting creative, know how to leverage tools that help you be more efficient but also fill in its creative gaps

• As a member of the KAYAK Creative Team, you are responsible for how the brand comes to life for millions of travelers that use our site - and enticing those that don’t
• As a Designer, Multimedia, you bring life to our campaigns, projects and social channels, whether through animation, design or video content
• Your diverse experience helps you adapt as team needs come through, all in the pursuit of making KAYAK the travel brand people actually give a s%$& about
• This is a full-time position reporting to our Senior Creative Director
• Design and animate engaging motion graphics for a variety of digital platforms, including web, social media and video
• Create static designs for landing pages, client pages and product that align with KAYAK’s brand identity and marketing goals
• Switch easily between more traditional projects and quick social turnaround timelines
• Edit video content to support internal and external initiatives (executive interviews, sizzle reels, partner videos)
• Develop and present storyboards and design mocks to articulate creative concepts and visual approaches
• Collaborate with the marketing, social and creative teams to understand project requirements and deliver high-quality visual content
• Apply Figma for design collaboration and After Effects for animation projects
• Support a distributed team by crafting visuals that resonate across diverse markets and cultural contexts
• Work with internal communications teams to help bring our message to our employees, with quick turnarounds
• Stay updated on industry trends and bring fresh ideas to the table to improve our visual storytelling

• Please submit your resume, a link to your portfolio, and a brief cover letter explaining why you’re the flawless fit for this role. Personality encouraged

• Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
• Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
• Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
• Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
• Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
• Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms

KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.