Crystal Equation Corporation

*W2 Contract – Not Applicable for C2C/C2H*

Pay range is $95-$100 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

THE PROMISES WE MAKE:

At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.

Art Director

Onsite in New York, NY – Local Candidates Only

We are shaping innovative experiences in service of giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Our multidisciplinary design teams are creating new ways to help people connect, find communities and grow businesses. Together, we are committed to building innovative technologies to serve billions of people around the globe.

We are looking for an Art Director to join our team driving coherence of the brand in product. Visual systems is a pillar within the team focused on mobile and web surfaces, shared product primitives, and libraries that scale the brand across our Family of Apps and Labs.

Our mission is to provide creative direction that helps define the brand. We focus on creating, evolving, and maintaining visual systems that enable expression including iconography, illustration, animation, and design system primitives.

This Art Director will collaborate with other art directors, producers, product teams, and brand strategists on driving our visual design standards and quality. This role will propose creative concepts and strategies, guiding development and shipping solutions that resonate with our global audience across various forms of expression. You should be comfortable working across many mediums, and always be curious and eager to experiment.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented creative practitioner, with a passion for design systems, brand, and holistic thinking, who strives for simplicity, and is known as a strategic partner to their cross-functional peers. They should have the ability to adapt to various creative styles and mediums, know how to think systematically and strategically, articulate design decisions, and iterate quickly. They will cover the design spectrum–from quick, rough ideation to polished final deliverables–we’ll look for work that thinks big and gets attention, but also follows a conceptual thread down to the smallest details.

Responsibilities

• Partner deeply with product design to apply brand expression to product moments, driving creative innovation, and delivering brand guidance
• Work independently but also collaborate closely with designers, engineers, content design and brand strategy to ensure a coherent brand expression across our ecosystem
• Develop visual identity platforms, systems and singular artifacts across, typography, palette, illustration, and iconography systems
• Communicate design direction and in addition to being a hands on designer
• Clearly articulate strategic thinking and design decisions to a variety of partners
• Give and solicit feedback from UX design peers in service of building the best products
• Work independently on multiple projects at a high caliber level, keep project timelines on track and show progress
• Employ design and facilitation methods to run workshops and define approaches that drive cross functional alignment
• Clearly articulate concepts with cross-functional teams and vendors (internally and externally) by driving towards shared milestones
• Contribute to a culture of excellence with a focus on craft and quality on the work
• Alongside the Design Ops, align on key priorities with cross-functional teams to build shared goals, milestones and objectives
• Inspire your teammates, give and receive feedback, and critique respectfully
• Able to meet multiple deadlines, prioritize work, and keep projects moving forward

Requirements

• Candidates should have broad experience working on a variety of projects with multiple partners and on tight timelines
• 5+ years experience with product, branding and communication design
• A portfolio that demonstrates product, branding, communication design experience
• Demonstrated experience with engaging launched projects
• Demonstrated experience with systematized design solutions
• Experience in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Knowledge of iOS, Android, and WWW design

Requirements

• Experience with design systems and product teams
• Experience working in illustration systems for scaled product design systems
• Experience with in icon systems for scaled product design systems

Crystal Equation Corporation

Summary:

The main function of marketing manager is to run marketing activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities and plans; implementing sales plans and managing marketing staff.

Responsibilities:

• Accomplishes marketing human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling and coaching employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves marketing operational objectives by contributing marketing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Meets marketing financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor’s share, and competitor’s strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share.
• Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product development.
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Accomplishes marketing and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Skills:

• Verbal and written communication skills, multi-tasking, customer service skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
• Ability to keep information organized and confidential.
• Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, communications, or journalism.

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Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day to day posting, copywriting and community management
• Maintain an editorial calendar, ensuring that programming is strategically-timed and supportive of key product launches and cultural moments.
• Oversee production of short-form video features with creators for ongoing series through development of video briefs and scripts with creators.
• Support production logistics by managing creator payments and marketing releases.
• Source and facilitate outreach to a diverse cast of creators to be featured across social handles.
• Pitch and develop engaging and educational content ideas for Instagram and Tiktok.
• Assist with content production at creator-facing events and conferences.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of all business objectives, product launches as well as broader industry challenges and opportunities.
• Competitive monitoring with a focus on specific category trends and opportunities to optimize content.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 4+ years of social experience
• Experience managing an Instagram account for a global brand
• Organizational and project management experience
• Experience managing an editorial content calendar
• Deep understanding of the creator ecosystem and social trends
• Experience with social media measurement and analytics tools
• Experience managing response to public issues via social and a sense of judgment around corporate tone

Crystal Equation Corporation