Visual Designer
Job description
Visual Designer role at Canonical focused on evolving brand guidelines and applying them to communications materials, UI design systems, and graphic design for digital products. The role sits in the central Design team and is based remotely in the EMEA region.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · EMEA region
- Languages
- English – professional
What you'll do
- Work on a variety of projects evolving brand guidelines and applying them to communications materials, UI design system, and graphic design for digital products
- Produce clear, stylish presentation that aids the user experience of products
- Ensure real content and information are at the core of designs
- Apply design and quality heuristics with care for usability, accessibility and web standards
What we're looking for
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about an alternative chosen path
- Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
- Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
- Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship
- Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
- The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
- Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
- Agency, company or freelance design experience
Your team
Design team
Central Design team, who help and learn from each other while working closely with colleagues throughout the organization
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles.
Mission
To turn complex, open-source software into efficient, intuitive products that can change how complex systems are built and conceptions of what open source is capable of
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- Publishes Ubuntu
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office based roles
- Founder led, profitable and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
Partners & customers
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity
- Fairness