Mixbook
Mixbook is the #1 rated photo book creation platform in the U.S., redefining how people experience their memories.
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Production Designer

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About Mixbook  

Mixbook is an award-winning design platform giving consumers unrivaled creative freedom to design and share one-of-a-kind stories, transforming the lives of more than 6M people. Today, we are the #1 rated photo book service in the US with 26K 5-star reviews and a profitable, growing business. Customers love Mixbook for our powerful and intuitive editor, superb quality, designer themes, and our fanatical customer service. 

Founded by two Inc 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs from UC Berkeley California, Mixbook has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, TechCrunch, The Verge, Washington Post, New York Times, and many other global media outlets.

Overview

Leveraging your print and digital design experience, you will oversee the creation of  engaging content that genuinely resonates with our customers. You will captivate Mixbook customers to create and connect and empower our customers to tell their own stories and be creative.

Location

This is a US-based remote role with at least quarterly travel to the San Francisco Bay Area. Ability to work in PST is highly preferred.

Job Description

As a Production Designer at Mixbook, you’ll support our Design Manager throughout the creation process of our theme designs. You'll have the opportunity to make a direct impact on the development of Mixbook’s various designs and physical products. 

What You’ll Do

  • Work closely with the Design Manager and designers to ensure consistency in quality of work, providing  feedback when needed on typography and layout designs
  • End-to-end production workflow of theme designs
  • Manage multiple projects to meet timelines and due dates
  • Manage all design assets for internal products, tagging items, and ultimately publishing products on the Mixbook site (and troubleshooting as needed)
  • Source stock photography and manage organization of new and existing stock photography
  • Implement  new layouts into our editor
  • Update and refresh existing Mixbook products (new fonts, new photos, fixing broken layouts etc.)
  • Create and review alternate formats of designs (landscape and portrait)
  • Serve as expert in resolving issues that arise concerning our design assets
  • Ordering and proofing of all physical products to check for color consistency, spacing, resolution, layouts, photos, etc.
  • Support creative team in creation and ordering of products for photoshoots

What You’ll Need

  • 4+ years of production design experience
  • Working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Previous experience working in digital asset management tools (such as Bynder, Adobe, etc.)
  • Experience with project management software (e.g. Hive, Basecamp, Asana, etc.)
  • Knowledge of design terms and patterns for tagging - ex. herringbone, watercolor, checkered etc.
  • Ability to troubleshoot problems with typography, layout and design
  • Working knowledge of Sketch and/or Figma nice to have but not required
  • Strong attention to detail, including top-notch organizing and multitasking skills to meet tight deadlines, handle multiple projects and prioritize accordingly
  • Communication skills, including the ability to empathize with vastly different cross-functional teams from sales to marketing

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Company Mission

Our mission is to empower people to be creative and connect deeply with the ones they love.  Unlike most growth companies, we have invested deeply in culture. Organizational health is central to our long-term strategy – we believe that when we love our people, they will love our customers, and our customers will love our business.

 We want people to join us who exude our core values: 

  • Scrappy (Act like an entrepreneur)
  • Caring (Heart of empathy) 
  • Craftsmanship (Spirit of excellence)
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What are Mixbook Perks + Benefits

Mixbook Benefits Overview

Mixbook likes to keep it real; we honor our core values of Care, Scrappiness, and Craftsmanship through our Total Rewards, which are never set in stone and always evolving. Our Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, above-market-average compensation with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. In addition to providing our team with the tools they need to do their job well, we also have benefits to help them grow with the company and live a fulfilling, creative, and well-connected life.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Mixbook is a remote-first organization and provides all employees access to global coworking spaces; working IRL is encouraged and done so on a quarterly basis, at minimum
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Mixbook's Health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) helps employees cover out-of-pocket medical expenses with pre-tax contributions of up to $2,850 annually
Disability insurance
Mixbook's disability insurance benefit is 60% of an employee's annual salary up to a $10,000 maximum monthly payout
Dental insurance
Mixbook sponsors 100% of employee premiums
Vision insurance
Mixbook sponsors 100% of employee premiums
Health insurance
Mixbook offers an array of carriers and plan options to fit the needs of our employees and their growing families
Life insurance
Mixbook offers life insurance with a benefit of 1x an employee's annual earnings, up to $300,000
Wellness programs
Mixbook offers a monthly wellness stipend to use on any personal self-care needs
Mental health benefits
Mixbook offers 24/7 access to mental health professionals and referrals for face-to-face wellness visits, as well as Spiritune (curated mood-boosting playlists) and weekly "No Meeting" time
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Mixbook's 401(k) retirement plan matches 50% of an employee's contributions up to 6% of their annual base salary, with immediate vesting for matched contributions
Company equity
Mixbook offers stock options vesting package, which spans four years with a one-year cliff
Performance bonus
Mixbook offers all full-time employees an opportunity for an annual bonus based on company performance
Charitable contribution matching
Mixbook will match charitable contributions up to $1,000 annually per employee
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Mixbook's Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account helps employees cover childcare expenses with pre-tax contributions of up to $5,000 annually
Generous parental leave
Mixbook offers up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents.
Family medical leave
Mixbook offers up to 12 weeks of paid, job-protected leave per year, as well as maintained health benefits, for any employee eligible under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Mixbook's unlimited paid time off policy is supplemented with a minimum vacation policy and an annual vacation bonus of $500 plus $100 for every year of service
Paid volunteer time
Mixbook encourages employees to give back with paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Mixbook offers pre-tax commuter and parking benefits for all employees
Company-sponsored outings
Mixbook has quarterly team offsites, as well as company-wide and local parties and other events
Some meals provided
Mixbook offers employees to expense lunch weekly and sends monthly snack boxes of employee-picked treats
Company-sponsored happy hours
Mixbook hosts virtual and local happy hours for our team
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Mixbook offers new employees the ability to be reimbursed for up to $1,000 for items used to furnish their home office. Employees have a monthly stipend for additional WFH needs.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Mixbook provides leadership workshops, trainings, and other events to our team. Employees are encouraged to attend relevant conferences using their "Continuing Education stipend"
Tuition reimbursement
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Mixbook assigns all new employees a buddy to support a smooth onboarding process
Continuing education stipend
Mixbook offers an annual budget of $2,000 to all employees for external learning + development, including but not limited to conferences, networking events, workshops, or personal coaching
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications
Employees are encouraged to pursue industry certifications using their "Continuing Education stipend."

Additional Perks + Benefits

The Mixbook People team is on a mission to empower creativity and deepen human connection. We hope that in combination with our core values and our dedication to organizational health, our Total Rewards help drive this vision and support our team to thrive in a way they didn't know they could.

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