Marketing Visual Designer

Posted Jul 27

TXI is a product innovation firm delivering engaging experiences and custom software. We partner with select clients from startup to Fortune 100 to fuel growth by giving users the digital products they want to use. We blend product, design and engineering across web, mobile, IoT, and data into an integrated approach that's proven critical to our partners' success. As we continue to expand our presence in the market, we are seeking a talented and passionate Marketing Visual Designer to join our team. This role is vital towards creating visually stunning and engaging designs that captivate audiences and effectively communicate our brand messages.

As part of the Marketing team, you will work directly with Marketing and other stakeholders across the organization to help define, drive, and execute on many marketing initiatives, brand evolution, and digital properties. While we are a remote-first company, we do have a preference for candidates based in and/or with proximity to Chicago, IL.

Don't hesitate to apply if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications below. If you’re a passionate visual designer and motivated self-starter who loves to thrive in ambiguity, we want to hear from you!

Note: Please include a link to your portfolio or attach design samples along with your application. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

You are:

  • Coming in with 2-3 years of experience with evolving a growing B2B brand and working on an in-house Marketing team, ideally at an agency. 
  • Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of design work, including digital marketing collateral, websites, social media graphics, and branding projects.
  • Interested in—and able to speak to and be an advocate for—ways of measuring the effectiveness of design work as part of the overall marketing strategy.
  • Knowledgeable about incorporating experience tenets, design principles (including typography, color theory, and composition), and a company vision into an ownable visual expression.
  • Interested in learning how the needs of our business drive what we do.
  • Outcomes-oriented and can think through the steps of a project plan, get others on board, and make great things happen.
  • Capable of coming up with new ideas for brand and marketing campaigns while also confident in your ability to execute the details.
  • Highly collaborative–especially among cross-functional teams–and knows how to put critical feedback to good use.
  • Able to think on your feet, pivot quickly, and remain responsive and agile.
  • A talented multi-tasker, managing your own schedule for various projects under tight deadlines while maintaining quality.
  • Able to leverage your strong attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics in order to ensure consistently high-quality design outputs.
  • Ready with an "owner" mentality (we’re an ESOP!) and committed to helping us build trust and become trusted and sought after in the market.
  • A clear communicator. The only thing better than your ideas is your ability to express them. You inspire and influence others.
  • Passionate about doing the right thing—cool and calm when challenged.
  • Skilled and very comfortable with Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and Google Slides.

Nice-to-Haves–our preferred candidates are:

  • Familiar with Final Cut Pro or Premiere and After Effects.
  • Comfortable with and excited to experiment with generative AI prompt engineering for tools like Midjourney, Stable Difusion, DALL-E, and/or Adobe Firefly.
  • Knowledgeable about photography and videography techniques, and experience in capturing high-quality visual content.
  • Knowledgeable about responsive design, HTML and CSS.
  • Able to create designs that meet accessibility standards–and interested in becoming a stronger accessibility advocate.
  • Coming in with a solid understanding of user experience design principles and the ability to apply them to enhance user engagement.
  • Ideally, located in or is able to easily access the greater Chicago area.

What you’ll be doing with us:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, demand, and delivery, to develop visually compelling designs for marketing campaigns—aligned with our brand identity and business objectives.
  • Extend and manage our brand identity and visual guidelines across multiple platforms and channels—maintaining the look and feel of our brand visual style while finding new and exciting ways to evolve design elements
  • Create a wide range of high-quality design artifacts aligned with industry best practices and current design trends, including: landing pages, website layouts, blog and social media posts, podcast cover art, pitch decks, sales enablement collateral like playbooks and case studies, white papers, reports, one-pagers, and company swag that aligns with our brand identity and generates excitement among employees and clients.
  • Ensure all design assets are optimized for web and mobile platforms, taking into consideration responsive design principles.
  • Collaborate with our developers to ensure accurate implementation of designs and provide guidance on design-related considerations during the development process.
  • Use illustration, motion graphics, and animation to create compelling visual content for various marketing initiatives.
  • Capture photography and videography at company events, ensuring high-quality visual documentation of important moments.
  • Perform photo editing and processing to enhance the quality and impact of visual assets.
  • Stay up-to-date with design trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve design quality and effectiveness.
  • Conduct regular design reviews of marketing materials to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand guidelines. We will work on a quarterly basis releasing new assets and designs to our library and community.
  • Present and articulate visual concepts to leadership.

Who We Are

We’re a curious and humble group of people who are intentional about personal growth and supporting each other’s careers. We’re always looking for new skills, frameworks, and approaches to deliver the most meaningful digital product experiences. And we’re constantly pushing ourselves to experiment, explore, and challenge assumptions. 

We bring that same passion for learning and growth to our clients, by digging into their organizations, reframing their problem statements, and spending time with their users. This ensures that we’re pushing our clients forward while developing and delivering valuable products that matter.

Learn more about TXI (video)

What your days will look like, and what success will look like

It’s important to set the right expectations in order to promote your growth at TXI. Here is some of what you can expect in your first two years as a Marketing Visual Designer.  

Within 1 month, you will

// Start the company onboarding process and learn more about our company’s culture, values, history, and commitments to our clients

// Gain an understanding of our integrated development process, tooling and frameworks, and project approach 

// Learn from our integrated teams of designers, developers, and delivery managers 

// Learn more about the client experience, from product discovery to delivery and then to maintenance 

// Go deeper into the employee experience of working at TXI. Meet with key leaders across the company and build relationships with the broader team

Within 3 months, you will

// Complete your onboarding process with your onboarding cohort

// Review the career grid and meet with your manager to identify goals

// Receive your first quarterly feedback report from the Director of Marketing

// Attend your first TXI Quarterly with the rest of the organization

Within 6 months, you will

// Complete a review with your manager 

// Push your team to do its best work yet. You’ll know the team well by this point and understand how to encourage them to do work we are all incredibly proud of

 Within 1 to 2 years, you will 

// Attend a company retreat to get to know all of the employees outside of the office setting 

// Look back proudly on the projects and organizational changes you’ve inspired or directed, ​​as well as the impact you have made across TXI

Some reasons why you might like working with us

We have been recognized for both our internal employee experience and for delivering a trusted customer experience. At TXI, we are intentional about the way we work and how we support both our team and our clients. 

1. We focus on Product Innovation by helping to envision initial new product concepts for our clients. We are core contributors to shaping the work that we do and the problems we're working to solve. In addition to that ideation stage, we get to help them bring these new concepts to market. We help both to build the right thing (design thinking and product discovery) and build the thing right (agile mindset and iterative approach).

2. We care about DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging). To deliver the best solutions, we need as many bright and diverse minds in the room as possible, and we need to be able to learn from them once they’re there. That’s why we’re working to create an environment that’s inclusive for everyone. Learn more about our DEIB learnings, roadmap, and history.  

3. We work in a variety of industries and encourage our team members to explore new domains, solve different kinds of problems, and adopt new technologies. There is no getting bored in our portfolio. You’ll work across life science, healthcare, EdTech, manufacturing, and nonprofits–just to name a few–and build web, mobile, and IoT solutions. 

4. We work in integrated teams (and occasionally we will work as staff augmentation if there's a good rationale for it). At TXI, we seek to bring all of the good ideas to the table so you learn from the talented teammates you regularly pair with. Product, design, and engineering regularly collaborate.

5. We are intentional about supporting each individual's growth. "Challenge and support each other" is a core value of the company and we take that mission seriously. That's why every employee has a personal learning & development budget and a bi-weekly conversation with their manager about their progress–as well as why we created career grids to equitably promote each person's path at TXI. 

6. We believe that wellness and a sustainable pace deliver the best outcomes. We commit to being dedicated partners to our clients for a sustainable 35 hours per week. We don't require regular travel or client on-site time, though there will be occasional in-person client meetings to move work forward. Our team members enjoy flexible schedules with a remote-first working environment and discretionary time off because we respect that everyone has a life outside of work. 

7. We value transparency and open discussion. You will have a front-line view of the company's performance, risks and issues, finances, and budgets. With unique tools and facilitation techniques, we also regularly connect with each other and discuss topics as a company to guide our path forward. 

8. We build products that matter. We advance the causes and goals of our partners and consistently deliver outcomes for them. See some examples below.

What We Make

For over two decades, we've partnered with clients across industries to research, design, and develop custom web and mobile applications that make a meaningful impact. Some examples of that impact include: 

<> Empowering nonprofits with real-time insight into progress and potential for donor impact through transformative fundraising software 

<> Designing a digital experience that is driven by evidence-based treatment and therapy plans to support LGBTQ+ youths who face societal and personal biases due to their orientation  

<> Driving accountability and motivation for patients recovering from spinal surgery through an integrated mobile app and a wearable device on the patient’s lower back

<> Improving prediction of patient enrollment in global clinical trials for life-saving drugs through the integration of advanced analytics and digital innovation  

<> Creating a new mobile app to inspire employees to love where they work by delivering meaningful savings and recognition in their workplace, while also amplifying merchant partner reach across the U.S.

But the work is just one part of what makes TXI a rewarding place to be. We support each others’ interests—whether it’s volunteering, organizing meetups, speaking at industry events, or learning new techniques and technologies. If there's something you're passionate about, we want you to pursue it and teach it to the rest of us. Our company Brunch & Learns and regular practice meetings are just some of the ways we create space for sharing, learning, and professional development.

What We Offer

We believe in equitable pay. The salary range for this role is $60,000 - $80,000. In addition to base compensation, we offer a bi-annual bonus based on company performance as well as the following benefits, which are intended to take care of you (and the people you care about):

- Discretionary paid time off

- Quality health insurance and medical travel benefit

- Paid parental leave policy (equal for all TXI parents)

- 401k plan, including employer matching

- The option to work fully remotely with minimal client or onsite client work

- Company retreats and Quarterly days, both of which are a chance to connect with each other in person and outside of the office

- Benefits for continuing education, donation matching, home office improvements, and renewable energy switching

- Employee Stock Ownership Program: TXI is 100% employee owned through an ESOP, which grants shares of company stock to all employees as a retirement benefit

- TXI is proud to be a carbon neutral organization, thanks to its partnership with Climate Vault. That means all activities done by our employees (you!) are neutralized as part of our company’s annual carbon footprint.

Location

US-friendly hours are strongly preferred. We have a remote environment at TXI, with distributed team members in the US, Canada, and Europe who work from home. We communicate and collaborate effectively in a remote environment using tools like Miro, Notion, Slack, and Zoom. We also prioritize virtual bonding and emphasize inclusivity, autonomy, and trust while cultivating a safe and welcoming environment that is conducive to supporting a positive employee experience.

While we encourage asynchronous communication, we often work in pairs or in collaboration sessions. Therefore, it is important to have some core hours of overlap with our clients and your fellow team members. Regardless of where you are living and working, all TXIers have multiple opportunities throughout the year to meet and hang out in person to continue building those connections. 

We take equality seriously

TXI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal opportunity employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender (including gender identity, change of sex, and transgender status), sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry, national origin, military or veteran status, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.