Senior Designer (Lead)

We’re looking for someone to lead our design team forward. Hold up. Let’s answer the question you just had.

No we didn’t lose a designer. No we aren’t replacing someone or demoting someone. We’re just outgrowing the way we used to do things. We need someone to provide direction and collaboration between teams and sit above design in a position we have never had.

Ok, that’s out of the way… We want a really great designer that can lead the team. Think big picture. Communicate ideas between teams. Invent and unify a process we have been lacking.

Position

This is a full-time remote position. We’re used to working as a dispersed team so you must be comfortable collaborating online and with the written word. We’re flexible on schedules.

Who you are

OK. You’re a designer. But what does that even mean anymore? Right? Increasingly there is a real split between the technical and the aesthetic side of design. We’ve always been a company that tried to blend tech with taste. Devs regularly had design skills. Designers could build stuff if you asked nicely.

Cut to today… And you’re probably all Figma that and iPad this and “of course I don’t write CSS by hand anymore…” Sort of depends on your age and the way you came up the ranks. But one thing is for sure. You like the design of things. No matter how you get there. No matter what tool. No matter what process or specialization you are asked to take on by the team you’re in. The design…

To the pixel. To the em dash. (To the Golden Ratio you laid on top of the logo after you designed it to try to find some way to make it seem like you used that and know what it means (Let’s be honest, you have done that at least once))

Who are you? You’re a designer. And you are interested in all of whatever that means today. Whether it’s a website that scales to different sizes, or an interface modal, or the icon that goes on that modal. You’ve made logos and brochures probably. (Back when printing happened and people started businesses. (right??))

You have opinions about smart quotes. You’ve made inside jokes about widows and orphans. Regrettably. You felt the video about how the Avatar logo is just Papyrus on a different level than everyone else in the room. You surround yourself with things that are made with care. Things that are interesting and gaudy and simple and folksy. You like it all… When it’s good. And you want to make some of it yourself. With cool people. You’re trying to find a home with people like you.

Skills

Designers have different strengths, and we’re open to different combinations. Here are some areas we’ll consider during evaluation. Strength in one area can offset a gap in another.

• Experience designing user interfaces for web and/or mobile

• Understanding of UX principles and interaction flows

• Experience with layout and responsive design

• Branding and identity experience is a plus

• Ability to work with and evolve design systems

• Comfort with collaborative, async environments

• Clear written communication and documentation skills

Basically you know the scoop. These days most everything is online and it needs to look good there. And we touch all sorts of projects, occasionally print. Often 3d. Lots of interface. Sometimes whole new brands. We don’t expect someone to know it all. We do want to find someone who wants to know it all. We don’t hire the skills, we hire the person.

Who is Entermotion?

Entermotion is a small team that’s outgrowing small. We started out as a design studio that did boutique specialty work on mostly digital projects. But for the last few years we have been racing to keep up with the explosive growth of just a few of our projects that took off.

We’re happily experiencing all of the problems that rapid growth brings. But. importantly, we’re still small minded. -Wait, that came out wrong. We still think small. No… Not that either. Dangit. We still approach things simply and with the heart and ethics of the small studio we started as. – yeah that one.

So today we are still a close knit team where people know each others name. Probably a few of their pets names too. We’re doing the best work of our lives and we get a flutter every time we invite someone new to the party.

And yes our website is horrendously out of date. Welcome. You might be the one to fix that for us.

Benefits

• We have flexible paid leave and vacation policies. -what does that mean? For the most part we don’t really regulate people’s time off. We hire people who like to work, so it’s not like they are trying to escape. But mostly people take 1-2 weeks a year off and are paid for all the family and health stuff that pops up on the norm.

• We do 2 months of paid maternity and 1 month of paid paternity. In reality, people that have kids here have sometimes taken longer than that. But you know… Put the basics in writing and then adjust. We don’t do desk time or keyboard time or very many scheduled meetings. No standups or the usual corporate unbearable nonsense.

• We do some phone and super limited video. But it’s a lot of writing. Chat and emails etc. We’re async so writing stuff out lets the whole team read and reply when they can. We put this under benefits because if you are this type of person then it sounds like a dream.

So…

If you think you might be a good fit. Or think you would be a good fit “if only we…” then let’s talk. We’re flexible with this position. We always hire the person, not the bullet points. If this might be you. We’re excited to get to know you!