Project Designer

Company Description

Cricut® makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything — custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more.

Let’s make.

Overview

We believe everyone is born creative. We’re a diverse tapestry of thinkers, dreamers, givers, DIYers, handi-workers, artisans, and forever and always architects of things.

At Cricut, we place the power of handmade into the hands of all. We give you beautiful, easy-to-master tools so you can make something unique, remarkable, perfect. We surround you with ideas, community, inspiration, and encouragement to take your creativity further than you ever imagined. And as a community, we celebrate the exhilarating act of making every single day.

So, make that handcrafted card that feels like a hug. Design a shirt for fun, for family, or for a full-blown business. Craft with a passion or for a purpose. Make something big and bold, itsy-bitsy, amazingly ambitious, or just plain silly. Whatever you make, just make your heart out. Because here’s the remarkable truth: When we all make together, we make all things possible.

Let’s make.

Job Description

The Cricut Creative Department is a multi-faceted team of dreamers and doers who bring the Cricut brand to life through exceptional creative content. This in-house team turns business strategy into visual reality with best-in-class, forward-thinking solutions that consider the full scope of consumer touchpoints. The team is comprised of four key areas: Design, Copy, Project Design, and Operations. Together, their work helps people lead creative lives.

The Creative Department’s Project Design Team is a highly collaborative group of professional makers who deliver the perfect project for every creative need. This team owns the full scope of the project design process from conceptual work in partnership with the Concept team, through physical delivery to the Studio team for capture, to upload into Design Space for our consumers to recreate. They leverage machine and material expertise to make Cricut’s products shine no matter the size or difficulty of the project.

In this role, you will lead or support full-scope design for multi-faceted creative craft and design projects, flexing up to lead our largest initiatives as needed. You will bring the creative vision to life by translating Marketing strategy and conceptual look and feel into multi-touchpoint assets for product launches, campaigns, always-on programs (i.e., email), and more.

Responsibilities:

• Support projects as resourced, physically creating projects at scale
• Maintains the Project Design digital and physical project libraries
• Performs data entry related to Airtable, Design Space, and Miro
• Support project photography and video production efforts and be on set as needed
• Report to the Project Design Manager/Art Director

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in graphic design or illustration
• 2-4 years’ relevant working experience in graphic design or illustration
• Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Experience using design software (i.e., Adobe, Figma, Miro, etc.)
• Proven experience owning projects from inception to project closeout
• Ability to design and deliver complex project plans with attention to detail
• Self-starter with independent decision-making abilities
• Collaborative communicator with transparency and accountability
• Entrepreneurial spirit – ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, start-up environment and do whatever it takes to get the job done
• Be a team player and bring a positive attitude to the team even in a continually changing environment

Additional Information

What to Do Next: Please attach your resume, cover letter and include links to your portfolio or other social presence. If you want to show your super powers in other ways – include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut® is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you’re all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information.

Cricut® is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This position is contingent on successfully completing a Criminal Background Check upon hire. Cricut participates in E-Verify.