Interactive Designer - Edmonton, AB | Granify | FreshGigs.ca | 01/10/15
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Interactive Designer full-time

Location: Edmonton, AB
Company Name: Granify ()
Category: Design, Marketing
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Did you know? Granify is backed by early investors in Facebook, Twitter, AirBnB, Pinterest, Palantir and Yelp and recently won Top E-Commerce Solution and Top Digital Startup at the 2014 Digital Alberta Awards!

Granify is one of the fastest growing big data startups in the world. We are determined to redefine the trillion dollar e-commerce market, and we hope you can help us to achieve this ambitious mission!

Join us and you will enjoy a bustling startup vibe where everyone has fun, cooperates and sees the impact of their work. As a key member of our team, you will design persuasive messages that improve shopper experience on our partner websites. This position is based in Edmonton.


What You'll Do:

  • Brainstorm ways to increase conversions, average order value, provide a better overall user experience for shoppers
  • Develop concepts from the idea phase to beautiful, fully designed compositions that match the customer's brand
  • Constantly refine and optimize designs based on performance metrics (conversion rate, order value, etc)
  • Work with our sales and marketing team on creating sales collateral, ads, landing pages, ebooks, blog graphics, and more

You will also be required to challenge the CEO in foosball regularly.

Must Haves:

  • 3+ years of graphic design experience
  • Strong online portfolio of previous work
  • A knack for beautiful design and aesthetics (fonts, colour, composition, etc)
  • Expertise with Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign

Assets:

  • HTML/CSS experience
  • UI experience
  • Interest or background in marketing and consumer psychology

About You:

  • You live & breathe design and creativity You probably spent a lot of your childhood doodling, perhaps even designed t-shirts for your high school band
  • You have a strong desire to ship, iterate quickly, and continually improve
  • Choosing to become a graphic designer wasn't really a career choice — it was simply you continuing what you're naturally motivated to do
  • Bad typography makes you cringe
  • Color palettes that look wrong irritate you
  • A single pixel misalignment makes you twitch
  • You know how to make interactions "feel" right

Perks:

  • Competitive salary
  • Performance based bonuses
  • Awesome learning opportunities
  • Attend industry events and conferences
  • Full health benefits package (medical / dental / vision)
  • Stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages of your choice
  • Cleaning services, catered lunches, and Booster Juice Wednesdays
  • Patio space, occasional foosball matches, and an amazing team to work with
  • Significant opportunities to evolve your skill set
  • Make an immediate, meaningful and recognized impact
  • Stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages of your choice
  • A bustling vibe where everyone has fun, cooperates and sees the impact of their work

*Only applications with a cover letter, resume, and portfolio will be considered*

Working At Granify

Granify is an exceptional company where you’ll have an incredible impact on our success. Some facts:

  • Named Alberta’s Top Startup
  • Backed by the same early investors as Facebook, Twitter, AirBnB, Pinterest and Yelp
  • Featured in Inc, Venture Beat, TechCrunch, Reuters and many other publications
  • Customers in 19 countries
  • Revenue increased over 1200% in 2014
  • Extremely well capitalized

We take care of our stars. You’ll be offered market leading compensation and generous benefits. Some of our unique perks include free catered lunches, bi-weekly massages in the office and prepaid house cleaning services.

You’ll work hard, learn quickly, be compensated well and have plenty of excitement on a daily basis! We’re a close team and have a lot of fun in and out of the office.

The opportunities for growth, development and career progression are limitless as we continue to tackle incredible challenges to drive even more value for our customers in 2015 and beyond.

Sounds awesome, right?

If this sounds like your kind of opportunity we'd love to chat! In your application please include:

  • Your Resume and cover letter
  • Your portfolio / work samples
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