Wonderist Agency is a full-service marketing agency that supports 1,000+ dentists around the country. We pride ourselves on ditching the old fashioned marketing model of stock photos and templated sites. We strive to tell our clients’ stories with bespoke brands, impactful photo and video shoots, and stunning website design (Here is a great example of our work: www.valordentaltx.com)
We’re a team of over 70+ passionate marketers nestled in sunny San Diego. We are walking distance from local hangouts, bars, and the famed Liberty Station. While many companies simply check the required boxes when it comes to culture, a well-balanced team and positive office culture has been the core of our success from the start. We are a social team at heart, and that is one constant that hasn’t changed with all the movement this economy and industry has seen. We have embraced a hybrid work model where local team members come in at least two days a week. This allows us to work from home and have flexibility, without altogether forgoing the excitement and moments of collaboration and inspiration you can only get from in-person time. Not to mention, we also genuinely enjoy spending time together and socializing.
We celebrate new ideas and prioritize a culture of trust and respect where team members can grow and take risks. Each quarter we host events under our four cultural pillars; health & wellness, personal & professional development, social good, and social. We are proud to have been named one of San Diego Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023, made the Inc 5000 Regionals Fastest Growing Companies 2021, 2022 and 2024, made the San Diego Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Private Companies list in 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023, made the Inc Best Workplaces list in 2024 and made the Inc. 5000 for the last 6 years (2019-2025)!
If you work at Wonderist, you likely enjoy a challenge, appreciate autonomy, actually care about clients, and are looking for a team that you can enjoy being part of.
As a Web Designer at Wonderist, you’ll lead with design thinking and produce high-quality, user-centered web experiences for small business clients primarily in the dental space. You’ll bring creative strategy, brand understanding, and excellent visual execution to every project, while collaborating cross-functionally with development, content, and marketing teams.
Essential Functions
Web Design & UI/UX Execution: Creates compelling, polished, and responsive web designs that translate business goals and brand identity into intuitive user experiences.
- Create polished, high-fidelity web design mockups that prioritize accessibility and user-friendliness, while applying a strong grasp of visual hierarchy, interaction patterns, and conversion-oriented best practices.
- Translate brand identity and business goals into compelling, responsive web designs
- Confidently present and advocate for strategic design decisions with clients, while thoughtfully incorporating their feedback to meet project goals without compromising design integrity or usability.
Client Collaboration: This role is client-facing and requires a confident professional who can translate complex design decisions and the creative process into clear, confidence-building conversations. You will be responsible for building trust with clients and strategically incorporating their feedback.
- Present and clearly explain design decisions to clients in a way that builds trust and excitement for the project.
- Confidently advocate for strategic design choices while educating clients on the creative process to ensure project goals are met.
- Thoughtfully incorporate client feedback while maintaining the design's integrity and usability.
Internal Projects & Initiatives: This role goes beyond day-to-day project work. You will be a proactive contributor to our internal team, helping to identify and implement improvements to our processes and tools.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve our internal systems and workflows, and propose actionable solutions.
- Contribute to cross-departmental initiatives to help shape and standardize our internal design practices and tools.
Core Competencies
- Resourceful and Confident Self-Starter: Once you learn the ropes, we'll expect you to own your tasks and hold yourself accountable. You will solve problems every single day, so we need someone with a results-oriented mind.
- Quality Standards: Ensure all deliverables meet Wonderist's high standards and client expectations. Review work thoroughly before client delivery, with attention to detail in all aspects of projects.
- Storyteller: You understand how to translate a brand’s identity into impactful visual narratives.
- Process and Deadline Oriented: We want someone who enjoys making processes better, faster, stronger, with an ability to evolve over time. This includes the processes for meeting and adhering to deadlines.
- Curious & growth-oriented: You stay current on design trends and continuously seek to improve.
- Prideful in your craft: You care deeply about the work you put forward—no matter the size or scope.
- Ability to Uphold Wonderist Agency's Commitments / Core Values: Takes pride in work and is committed to being an agent of positive change. We need someone who takes any project, big or small, and puts everything they have into it. Mistakes are okay. Sloppiness is not.
Personality Musts:
Our perfect fit is someone who is a problem solver who understands the difference between “yes, and…” and “yes, but…”. You should be a hungry, scrappy personality with a positive attitude and aims to deliver. Working in the client service industry can mean going the extra mile, and we need someone who is always willing to rise to the occasion for our clients and strives to put forward beautiful work that exceeds client expectations. Someone who is detailed and organized, driven and displays vigor and comes ready to play every day. Confidence, self-discipline, and a congenial, curious mind are things we love and admire.
Minimum Qualifications:- 3+ years of professional design experience, with a focus on web design and direct client collaboration.
- A strong portfolio showcasing responsive web design and a deep understanding of core design principles.
- Expert-level proficiency in Figma.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to confidently articulate design decisions to clients and internal teams.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines while working independently.
- A collaborative team player with a proactive and strategic mindset.
- Familiarity with project management tools and workflows.
(if you don’t have these but are organized and want to learn, we want to hear from you!)
- Familiarity with animation tools (e.g., After Effects, Lottie, or similar)
- Experience with Webflow
- Strong cross-disciplinary skillset (e.g., branding, illustration, motion design, print)
- Knowledge of the dental or healthcare industry (we work with lots of dentists!)
- Experience working with small businesses or in a fast-paced agency environment
Top Skills
What We Do
Wonderist Agency is a full-service marketing agency for dental practices to help them grow their new patient base through a personalized, results-focused marketing plan. We pride ourselves on our personalized approach to each of our client's needs and are committed to working as part of your existing team.
Our Services
Account Management: Are you tired of managing lots of marketing partners and trying to figure out what works and what doesn't? We provide dedicated Account Managers that build your strategy, find new opportunities, keep everything organized, and moving forward. We make sure we have a phone call once a month to provide you with a status update and a second phone call once a month to report on the results.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO): We focus on quality over quantity to build onsite content and offsite backlinks that consistently put your website on page one.
Digital Paid Advertising: In addition to search engine optimization, we focus on branded and direct response marketing to reach your target customers on Google, Facebook advertising networks.
Social Media: We focus on unique content creation and brand engagement to ensure an ongoing relationship between your business and current and prospective patients while building targeted product campaigns that reach prospective customers and re-market to interested or existing patients.
Web Development: We build beautiful Wordpress websites that stand out! All our websites are mobile responsive and optimized to convert traffic into phone calls. Our websites live on a premium hosted platform that is blazing fast with no downtime.
Photo & Video Production: We take and edit beautiful photos and videos that tell the story of your practice so prospective new patients can get to know you before they even pick up the phone.
Brand Development: Customized development of practice brand logo, style, mission statement, tagline, and website address.
