Brand Designer

Sköna is on the hunt for a visionary designer with unmatched technical prowess, impeccable design instincts, and a laser focus on detail to join our San Francisco team. You’ll be an integral part of the team, ready to take on any challenge with passion and creativity. From juggling diverse projects and tight deadlines to crafting cutting-edge designs that elevate established brands, you thrive in pushing boundaries and delivering flawless final products. Your insatiable curiosity, relentless drive for excellence, and eagerness to master new skills make you a standout in the field. 

About Sköna

We’re a small (but mighty) B2B tech creative agency based in San Francisco and Stockholm. Our niche is to transform companies into brave brands and we work with our clients on a range of creative services including brand strategy and development, website development, event marketing, outdoor advertising, and much more. Our team is tight-knit and we love what we do. We like to do great work but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We focus on collaboration to produce beautiful results, which means we leave our egos at the door.

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Concept, design and develop creative for client projects including branding, campaigns, websites, banners, motion/video and and see through to execution
• Manage, understand and design for on-brand creative extensions, develop client brand guidelines, UI style guides, brand assets
• Deliver clean, technical and accurate print pre-press production files and optimized digital production files and presentations 
• Develop print (Collateral) and digital Mockups (Booths, 3-D objects, prototyping) 
• Bring strategic thinking to the execution of all creative
• Continually strive to progress your design and production skills, and understanding alongside the projects you work on
• Optimize and prioritize efficient workflows within the Sköna Creative Process to deliver projects on time.
• Effectively present work to clients and teams

Skills & Qualifications

• 4+ years of proven experience in design, with a portfolio that showcases a breadth of digital and print deliverables that drive business results
• Expert proficiency in Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Figma, Google Suite, MS Office
• Excellent proficiency in print and digital production
• Highly developed interpersonal skills that works well with a multidisciplinary team
• Passionate about the field of design, and up-to-date with new production tools and design trends
• Experience in web design/UI is preferred
• Motion experience (After Effects, Premiere), Web motion/prototyping (Principle, SVGator), 3D-modeling (Cinema 4-D) is a plus
• Creative problem solver and can-do attitude
• B2B experience and agency experience both a plus
• Organizational and time-management skills to work efficiently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

6 signs that you are the right candidate

• You are a creative problem solver–you have an entrepreneurial spirit and you act proactively. 
• You have a doggedly curious spirit.
• You are fun to work with–and you have great people skills. 
• You love design and using creativity as a tool to help elevate brands and drive business growth.
• You like working in a small environment with a flat organization where everyone’s opinion is respected. In other words, the idea of Team Skona always coming first appeals to you!
• You embrace discomfort – you think outside the box and are open to new ideas, types of work, and ways of doing things.

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience
• 401(k) plan matching
• Paid federal company holidays + winter holiday closure
• Full medical/dental/vision package to fit your needs
• Competitive vacation policy
• Commuter benefits
• Weekly team lunch and snacks provided

Sköna is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to apply. Sköna does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, age, mental or physical disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law.