As the Marketing Designer in the Creative Studio, you will work directly with the Creative Lead, playing a key role in bringing the soul of AoPS to life through graphic work that's as captivating as our curriculum. Working across web, campaigns, social, emails, and more, you'll communicate with the clarity and ingenuity that defines AoPS — clever, direct, and authentically problem-solving in approach. You'll help us reach more students by creating designs that drive business goals and inspire our customers.
The Marketing Designer will:
- Translate brand strategy, data, and briefs into clean, beautiful visual concepts
- Design across channels including advertising campaigns, landing pages, flyers, sales decks, email, and social with high craft and attention to detail
- Become familiar with brand guidelines and assets to ensure all work is on brand
- Clearly explain your rationale behind design decisions and implement feedback to push the work forward as you grow
- Utilize competitive research and user data to make informed design decisions
- Build strong relationships with cross-functional partners involved in the end-to-end marketing process
- Finalize all artwork and prepare files for production
- Manage time and priority while working on multiple projects without lowering the quality bar
- Contribute to the culture of the team by bringing inspiration and energy to the role
The ideal candidate has:
- Passion for the mission of AoPS
- 2-3+ years of design experience
- Solid communication skills
- A strong online portfolio demonstrating typography, layout, and breadth
- Experience with digital advertising and branding
- Understanding and comfort with common creative tools like Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
- Interest in data-driven design
- Understanding of web, email, digital capabilities and limitations
- Ability to build trust and relationships among the AoPS team by educating them on the design process and advantages to design recommendations
Bonus points for:
- Illustration experience
- Knowledge of HTML/CSS or JavaScript
- Agency experience or experience with multiple brands
- Experience with design systems
- Motion design or animation experience
- Writing for marketing experience
Why Join AoPS: This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The full salary range for this position is 60k-90k. Here are some things you can look forward to:
- Impact: As the Marketing Designer, you will shape how students and families first encounter AoPS, creating the visual experiences that bring our mission to life and inspire the next generation of great problem solvers to take the next step in their academic journey
- Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling
- Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Future Planning: 401(k) with company match
- Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
- Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)
Background Check: Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.
Work Authorization: Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.
About AoPS: Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science
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Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) develops educational opportunities for many of the most eager students in the world. Since 2003, we have trained tens of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, learning centers, textbooks, and online learning systems. Over the years, our international online community of advanced problem solvers has grown to over 800,000 members. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, we have started expanding into new subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science. Our home office is in sunny San Diego.
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