Sculpt is a social media marketing agency built for change. In a world where consumer expectations shift as fast as Facebook’s algorithms, we help our client’s brand story stay consistent and marketing keep pace.

Sculpt launched in 2012 with a goal to help the brands in our backyard connect with their human customers more humanly. Today, our community managers, strategists, and communication designers (hint: that’s you) have become the secret weapon of marketers and founders nationwide, helping build audiences that care, share, and convert.

Our small but mighty company is fiercely collaborative and ever evolving. Our ideal candidate understands the unique nuances of a team-oriented, agile work environment, and will jump at the chance to grow something special.

Also, we dig the color orange.

It’s nearly 2018. We’re inundated with digital content, experiences, and platforms. Most marketers will tell you the secret to ‘stick’ is throwing more at the wall. 

You see things differently.

You believe quality, considered design is imperative to effective communication, and there’s a method to the madness. You know a click isn’t just a metric, it’s a human with intent, so you get to know your user’s pains, goals, and interests before opening up Creative Cloud.

As the newest member of our multi-disciplinary creative team, you’ll be putting these principles into practice, but you won’t do it alone. You will collaborate with community managers and content/digital strategists to execute creative concepts that stop thumbs, stay consistent with brand standards, move people to action, and deliver on business objectives.

As our Senior Communication Designer, you will use your superpowers to weave imagery, layouts, typography, and iconography into deliverables that tell our clients’ story and drive results.

You will be involved in every step of the creative process, work in close collaboration with all teams, and have direct access to our clients to make exceptional work. Expect to infuse originality and intention into every project on your plate.

Let’s get into the nuts and bolts.

Visual Voice + Ad/Content Design:

You will conceive, produce, and deliver visual content that delivers our clients’ brand story across all marketing channels. You will lead the content production process for your clients, ensuring a standard of excellence on every creative deliverable leaving our shop. Your role as a creative team leader is to strategize and guide, as well as execute.

Expect to design for real-time social media campaigns, build variants of lead-generating ads, develop content style guides and templates for new clients, assist with presentations on art direction, and collaborate with team members on their deliverables. You will push the boundaries by proposing new formats, themes, and ideas, while carefully adhering to brand guidelines and specs.

Brand Identity:

Other times, you will be helping architect a brand system from scratch. Digging into customer insight, listening to the client’s vision, and creating an identity system that conveys that brand’s values, personality, and promise. In partnership with our Brand Strategist, you'll create the guidelines for how a brand's story comes to life and ensure that future creative delivers on that vision. During the brand exploration, you'll be collaborating on research, ideation, and concept testing with audiences. You understand and appreciate the business implications of branding and believe in the value of doing it well.

Creative Team Building and Problem Solving:

We are growth oriented. Forward thinking and future focused. When we run up against an obstacle, you seek to understand why and swiftly propose solutions. When it’s time for more hands-on-deck, you will help direct who we need, by when, and how we will find them. Within the year, it’s likely you will help create the environment where you can grow Sculpt's creative department based on our visions and goals. Inside of our creative team, you are both a role model and mentee, helping current and future team members do their best work, while listening and learning every day.

Client Relations:

When your clients want to know why, you give them the answer in their own language. You serve them as a professional guide to creative strategy and direction. You work with respect to their standards and approval process, and are focused on helping them achieve their goals. 

You’ve been mastering your craft long enough to say ‘here’s what I’d do’ for a plethora of client and team scenarios. You are self-aware and know what growth means to you. You enjoy building and being part of teams, and appreciate the difference between leadership and management.

If we asked you to list your qualifications, they would include:

• Deep proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Apps for Work, and project management products

• Known for delivering helpful feedback in a respectful and timely manner

• Experience tracking your work and improving your process

• Strong understanding of the creative production process with superb time-management skills and an appreciation for deadlines

• Passion for design, marketing, and storytelling on the (social) web

• Portfolio with a variety of projects demonstrating creativity, conceptual ideas, and a strong visual voice

• Experience creating content tailored for digital advertising, websites, and social media platforms on mobile devices

• Thoroughly versed in typography, color theory, and reading/use patterns on and off the screen

• An eye for art and design trends within the digital and social media space

• Ability to craft a brand identity system from the initial brainstorm to final deliverables

• Ability to translate brand identities and standards to new products, formats, and channels

• Ability to manage short-term and long-term projects simultaneously

• Experience managing and leading cross-disciplinary projects

• Excellent communication, conceptual, and organizational skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead in a team environment as well as work autonomously

• Willingness to contribute and accept ongoing, constructive feedback from your team

• 3–5+ years of professional design experience (working with clients or stakeholders)

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Graphic Design, Advertising, Studio Art; or equivalent work experience

Above and beyond qualifications:

• Professional experience producing, shooting, and editing photo/video content

• Understanding of basic cinematography and lighting techniques for photo/video production

• Familiarity with storytelling in mobile-first platforms (Instagram, Snapchat, etc.)

• Experience with Agile methodology and ceremonies

• Experience with our specific project management stack (Trello, Airtable, Toggl, G Drive, Slack)

• Experience leading a hiring initiative, including writing job requirements and interviewing against them

IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LEARNED, HERE’s YOUR CALL-TO-ACTION:

We don't need a formal cover letter; instead please answer these 3 prompts to showcase your creative strategy and marketing instincts. Get us to say, "nailed it!"

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

1. Share one brand (individual or company) doing a phenomenal job with visual social media. Explain what they are doing well, why it stands out, and what you would try next. (Don’t just tell us what’s awesome, tell us what could elevate them in a few sentences)

2. Include a link to your portfolio, reel, and/or social accounts so we can explore your work

3. Prove you're a perfect fit for our team. Produce and attach an original piece of creative that shows off your skills and answers why Sculpt should bring you on board. (ex: GIF, image, short-form video, or a PDF)

Please upload your answers to your application along with a PDF of your resume. If you are having trouble uploading your answers, please copy them to the message section of SmartRecruiters.

More info below:

A) HIRING PROCESS:

1. Candidate submits complete application including attachments (see: section above).
2. Select candidates will be offered 60-minute interviews with Sculpt’s Hiring Committee.
3. Candidates will be sent home with a small assignment to complete within 48 hours of interview.
4. Top candidates will be offered 75-minute in-person interview with Sculpt Community Managers, Digital Strategists, and Design Team, followed by a 15-minute debrief with the CEO.

5. Chosen candidate will be offered full-time position. Celebration to follow.

B) TIMING:

This position is available for interview immediately. A hiring decision will be made as soon as possible.

C) EXPECTATIONS:

• Chosen candidates will interview and meet in our HQ, located in downtown Iowa City at 105 E College Street.
• Candidates will be asked to work in our Iowa City office, though partial remote working is possible after an initial onboarding period.

D) CULTURE/CORE VALUES:

• To understand our people is to understand our core values. We look for those with Hustle & Heart attributes: Doers. Big thinkers. Awesome. Talented. Passionate. Process-driven. Collaborative. Committed (for the long haul). Improvisors.
• Sculpt was voted one of the Coolest Places to Work in 2016.
• Sculpt operates on a sprint-based Agile methodology. More on our site.
• Sculpt offers a generous parental leave policy, employer-matched health insurance, and a flexible PTO, vacation, and remote work policy (“use your best judgement”), because life happens.
• We want you to win us over. Here are some pro tips: http://wearesculpt.com/blog/5-dos-and-donts-for-getting-the-job-at-sculpt/

Sculpt is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.