From our product to employee experience, to our brand, design matters at Sprout Social. Driven by the possibilities between what is expected of us and what we are capable of, we strive to exceed expectations in every aspect of our work. This commitment to excellence, paired with a desire to create a more cohesive Sprout experience across all touch points, brings with it the need to develop deeper specializations across our design and creative disciplines. 

In this newly created role, we’re looking for an experienced and well-practiced Senior Presentation Designer to join Sprout’s Brand Creative team, building bold, inspiring and authentic presentations that elevate visual storytelling at Sprout.

We’re looking for a strategic, curious and collaborative designer to create slides and presentation decks for internal and external distribution, including new business pitches, customer up-sell opportunities, product roadmaps, digital events, investor and analyst briefings and other corporate initiatives. 

The ideal candidate will care deeply about the development and the telling of great stories that get people to take action and enhance the perception of Sprout. You’ll have a passion for creating slide templates, original graphics, illustrations, data visualizations, process flows and charts that fit our high standards, tastefully using animation and other interactive elements when warranted. While you are a designer first, your work goes beyond making things pretty. You consider the whole experience, working to unify copy, design and form.

Additionally, we’re looking for someone who can:

• Quickly comprehend complex, information-dense and product-specific concepts.
• Seek simplicity, distilling essential information in a visually engaging way that your audience can easily understand and remember.
• Tackle projects with urgency, delivering high-quality work while contributing to multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thrive in a highly collaborative environment, working with partners and internal stakeholders across various functions and levels.
• Comfortably make recommendations rooted in best practices and proven outcomes that improve outputs while gracefully receiving feedback.
• Adhere to brand guidelines, using constraints to heighten creativity, but know when to push boundaries.
• Jump on additional visual design projects on an ad-hoc basis.

Qualifications

These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role:

• 5+ years of overall design experience. 
• 2+ years of experience designing static and interactive presentations for large brands.
• Advanced visual design skills with a strong understanding of hierarchy, typography, balance, color use and white space.
• Strong business acumen with an affinity for solving problems and understanding stakeholder needs.
• Expert level in Google Slides. (Experience with Keynote and Powerpoint a plus.)
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, and Indesign).
• A portfolio that showcases advanced presentation-design skills, including animations, builds, dynamic charts, and diagrams.

Additionally, these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate:

• Experience in a corporate environment.
• Knowledge of Figma a plus.
• Basic understanding of animation principles.

Within 1 month, you’ll...

• Attend Sprout Social training to learn the ins and outs of the product and better understand the value that Sprout delivers to our customers.
• Get to know everyone across the Brand Creative team and critical leaders/stakeholders in Marketing.
• Start to familiarize yourself with Sprout's brand story and family of products.
• Attend stand-ups, kick-off meetings, and concept brainstorms with our partners.
• Soak up knowledge from every team you interact with and ask many questions!

Within 3 months, you’ll...

• Work closely with a variety of partners across Marketing and within the Brand Creative team.
• Gain a good understanding of the Sprout customer and their needs and how compelling storytelling can help solve their problems. 
• Learn from the Brand Creative team and become familiar with working within Sprout’s brand guidelines. 
• Begin to take ownership and manage timelines on a spectrum of presentation design projects.

Within 6 months you’ll…

• See projects from inception to conclusion with limited supervision.
• Begin to work on projects with executive stakeholders.
• Maintain brand integrity while advancing creativity within the context of project execution.
• Work and iterate through the design process with creative check-ins, integrating feedback and creative direction throughout.
• Be comfortable and proactive about working with the rest of the Brand Creative team to push our presentation designs and overall brand creativity.
• Effortlessly contribute to meetings with partners by discussing a project’s key objectives, creative direction and design process.

Within 12 months you’ll…

• Maintain brand integrity while advancing creativity within the context of project execution.
• Be entirely at home as a critical member of the Brand Creative team and company with a deep understanding of the stakeholder's needs.
• Have worked directly with senior leaders and built relationships across multiple departments.
• Surprise us! Use your unique ideas and abilities to change Sprout in beneficial ways that we haven't even considered yet. 

Note: An online portfolio showcasing relevant work is required for consideration.

Of course, what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager. 

About Sprout Social

Sprout Social powers open communication between individuals, brands and communities through elegant, sophisticated software. We are relentless about solving hard problems for our customers and committed to both customer and team success.

Team Sprout is a group of very talented, smart and passionate people with broad interests and backgrounds. We believe that true employee engagement cannot happen if you can’t bring your whole self to work, so we’re committed to building a diverse team, embracing an inclusive culture and investing in equity across our organization. That dedication is core to Sprout. We want all candidates, particularly those coming from traditionally underrepresented groups in the technology industry, to know they are welcome at Sprout.

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for software, product and company culture achievements. Our team’s shared belief in Sprout’s mission promotes a culture of openness, empowerment and fun. We have built a benefits program to match the strength of our team. This program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families, including generous company contributions
• Progressive benefit offerings like our parental leave program 
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment - your computer will never prevent you from doing your best whether you are in an office or working remotely
• State of the art offices in cities where Sprout has physical locations (Chicago and Seattle) for those that prefer an office setting
• Solid programs in some of the staples: medical coverage, disability and life insurance
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and financial well-being of our team
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members

Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. For those that prefer an office setting, this role may be based in our Chicago or Seattle locations. If you prefer to work from your home, we can accommodate that for many locations across the United States. We are not set up in all states, however, so please take a look at the drop down box in our application to see whether your state is listed.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity- race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our 2020 DEI Report.

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For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster  (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement (3) Pay Transparency Statement. 

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