Senior Artist

Who we are

Jellyvision ALEX®, is on a mission to improve lives by helping people choose and use their benefits. We are raising the bar—for benefits and the employee experience (for our employees and those of the customers we serve) – by scaling personalization, compassion and an earnest intent to be helpful in all that we do. 

Jellyvision people are a group of creative problem solvers who use good judgment, give each other honest feedback, engage in real debate, and snack frequently. We are curious, hungry, and humble—because we know this is how we’ll continue to make an impact. We’re kind, biased towards action, and sweat the details to create great experiences for those we serve.  

We are an inclusive, human-first workplace. Respect and trust for each other are foundational, and our equitable total rewards offerings support the lives and holistic well-being of our unique people. At Jellyvision, expect career experiences that challenge you, empower you to have a direct impact on our mission, and enable you to learn, try, and do while having fun along the way.  

What’s the role?

We’re looking for a creative powerhouse with a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovation to help us evolve the look and feel of our interactive educational products. 

As a Senior Artist, you’ll collaborate closely with writers, product designers, and creative strategists to develop illustrated and animated content that educates, engages, and entertains our users. We’re looking for artists with a strong point of view who can help us define (and articulate to others) the visual qualities that help our products stand out in an industry plagued by stock imagery and Corporate Memphis. 

You’ll produce work ranging from early concept sketches to high fidelity animation, and you’ll need to be an expert (or hungry to become an expert) in many complementary disciplines: layout, typography, color, composition, and motion design. 

You’ll also need to be a skilled communicator who can easily sell your ideas to teammates, stakeholders, and users. We’re a design team full of bridge builders who believe that storytelling and evangelizing are critical parts of the creative process. 

What you’ll do to be successful 

1) Create compelling illustrated and animated content for our product, marketing, and communications teams

• Distill complex ideas down to clear, concise visuals
• Bring personality and playfulness to everything you create, and find ways to make boring benefits stuff feel interesting and alive 
• Create everything from sketches to storyboards to polished final illustrations and animations 
• Be able to articulate your choices to team members and stakeholders, and invite feedback throughout your process  

We'll measure success by internal and external stakeholder feedback, research and user testing, and product success metrics.

2) Collaborate with Writers, UI Designers, Motion Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, and other team members throughout all stages of development

• Drive the development of visual concepts through collaborative ideation and brainstorming
• Work with writers to brainstorm concepts and shape scripting so that our words and our art achieve a beautiful, impossible symbiosis 
• Collaborate closely with Motion Designers to ensure that animations are a successful expression of your storyboards
• Work with UI Designers, Engineers, and other team members to ensure that art is implemented as intended
• Coordinate and manage external contractor resources as needed, ensuring work is high quality and on brand

We'll measure success by rework/revision time, work completed on time and on budget.

3) Define and evolve our style guidelines and evangelize them across products

• Document the style and implementation of art used in our products to maintain our design system
• Grow the design system as new features and art elements are created
• Optimize the design process to increase efficiency and decrease production time
• Provide input as a cross-functional team member to define and evolve the overall iterative design process 

We'll measure success by art coverage within internal design system, design system adoption and implementation across product teams, process refinement and innovation.  

Experience & skills you’ll need

• 5+ years of professional experience in illustration and animation.
• Strong portfolio displaying an ability to both illustrate and animate in a variety of styles, with an emphasis on user-facing digital product experiences.
• Expert in illustration, visual design, typographic design, and conceptual design thinking.
• Strong written and oral communication skills. You must be able to formulate and articulate excellent solutions to visual problems.
• Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects.
• Ability to manage a dynamic workload and balance priorities to effectively meet project needs.
• Humble, curious team player with a strong desire to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Experience with animation platforms such as Lottie and Rive is a nice-to-have.

Core Competencies

• Communicates Effectively
• Cultivates Innovation
• Drives Results
• Leads with Trust
• Mission Focus
• Strategic Mindset

The Details 

• Location: Remote 
• Starting Salary: $94,000 - $114,000

What Jellyvision will give you

Check out our benefits here!

Jellyvision is committed to continuous evolution and to fostering a more diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is welcomed, valued, and respected. It doesn’t matter your race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, or country of origin...we just want amazing people who are willing to grow along with us.

Although we have a Chicago-based HQ that employees are welcome to work out of, with our “Flexible First” philosophy, this position is also eligible for work by a remote employee out of CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MN, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA or WI.

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