About the job

About Us

Wild Alaskan Company’s mission is to accelerate humanity’s transition to sustainable food systems by fostering meaningful, interconnected relationships between human beings, wild seafood and the planet.

We deliver wild-caught, sustainable seafood to households across the United States. Powered by our custom-built eCommerce platform and three generations of history and expertise in the Alaskan fishing industry, we constantly strive to meet our promise of a top-notch product and experience. And we do it all in a fully-remote environment that is fast-paced, challenging, and fun.

Wild Alaskan Company is seeking a full-time Designer to grow our brilliant and creative team. A lover of fonts, kerning, shapes, UI design systems, padding, packaging, and well-labeled artboards, you also understand the intricacies of pairing copy with images for the right impact. As a designer, you are hungry to discover problems, brainstorm and deliver pixel perfect work. To be successful in this position, you must have a solid understanding of design principles and working knowledge of motion design, email design, UI best practices, digital advertising and social media.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is interested in being part of a diverse team and working across a broad range of projects that will help accelerate humanity’s transition to sustainable food systems.

About the Role:

Core Responsibilities:

• Play an active role in brainstorming to develop assets that will elevate the brand and hit marketing KPIs
• Develop new email creative to test for CRM initiatives that is UI responsive
• Develop new creative for social media, both paid and organic
• Develop new motion graphics and animations for performance advertising campaigns
• Develop landing pages using CMS platforms like Webflow, Unbounce or Wordpress
• Implement feedback from the Creative Director and other stakeholders to execute final work
• Produce finished creative and artwork for production and/or placement by ensuring that all creative material is provided in the correct format for publication, including, but not limited to, file preparation and output, prepress, and printing
• Execute in a variety of formats/channels, including: banner ads, landing pages, microsites, social media posts, email, presentations, direct mailers, illustrations, infographics, digital/interactive, advertising, print design, video editing, and motion graphics
• Provide general assistance with miscellaneous design tasks for the marketing team and other departments
• Other duties and special projects as assigned

Qualifications:

Requirements

• Hyper-organized, with a proven ability to achieve results on time, communicating progress along the way
• Critical thinker, proactively thinking about and implementing ways to ease creative processes for all parties
• Ability to manage a strict timeline and make sure projects are completed in a timely fashion
• Strong time management skills, manage time effectively and establish priorities while maintaining a level of flexibility in light of new feedback or change in direction
• Thoughtful and detail-oriented, consistently demonstrating a clean and sophisticated aesthetic
• Thorough and proven understanding of digital design, grid systems, illustration, motion graphics, typography, photography and/or basics of copywriting
• Ability to work in a team as well as individually
• Willingness to learn, grown, and implement own ideas and opinions into creative to evolve the company
• General knowledge on responsive design
• Great sensibility for UI design for email and landing pages
• Flawless attention to detail
• Passion for Wild Alaskan’s mission

Nice-to-Haves

• Photo/video editing experience
• Prior experience with a fast growing start-up
• Expertise in seafood, DTC, and/or eCommerce
• Past employment in food

The starting salary range for this position is $50,000 - $80,000, commensurate with skills and experience. Wild Alaskan’s benefits package includes health, vision, and dental insurance, a 401k, 10 company holidays, safe/sick time, vacation, parental leave and more, as well as a delicious box of free fish every month.

At Wild Alaskan, we believe diversity of backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant. We’re committed to creating a work environment that fosters growth, celebrates diversity and fundamentally makes all teammates feel welcome, accepted, nurtured and respected.