Graphic Designer

OwnLocal is a fun-loving and hardworking Austin-area startup with a crazy plan to help local media companies survive by providing digital services to their small business advertisers. We're a leader in digital advertising solutions for local media companies globally—we partner with more than 2,600 media companies and operate in North America, Europe, and Australia.

OwnLocal’s first full-time graphic designer will collaborate with the marketing team on strategic sales, marketing, and branding initiatives. This position is responsible for producing design components from concept to completion and delivering visually enticing materials that will wow clients and prospects. This includes but is not limited to: sales collateral, web design, full-scale trade show booths, promotional material, email marketing templates, advertisements, training material, e-books, etc. This is a dynamic role that requires experience with both web and print design.

* Design sales materials, including sales collateral, presentations, landing pages, training material, etc. * Create marketing material, including full scale marketing booths, case studies, signage, ebooks, social media images, white papers, etc. * Work inside Hubspot to update our website as necessary (and maybe design a new page or two) * Produce branded company promo material (t-shirts, hats, Christmas cards, beer pong tables, etc.) * Create advertisements for print and web use * Event marketing design as needed * Keep our current sales and marketing material up-to-date * Place orders and work with vendors for designed materials (swag, signage, collateral, etc.)

**You should probably apply if you have:** * 5-10+ years professional graphic design experience, preferred: a degree in graphic design, advertising, or related field * Brand management experience * A diverse portfolio of prior work you can share * Knowledge of HTML and CSS * Master-level Adobe Suite skills; you know all the shortcuts—Cmd+Shift+< anyone? * Vast design experience—sales collateral, full scale marketing booths, brand identity—you do it all! You crave a variety in your work and can switch between different mediums effectively **You should apply if you are good at the following:** * Communication—you can digest feedback and instructions, translate it to a design, and clearly explain what you did and why * Creative thinking, you put your right-brain to work and come up with designs from scratch with little to no direction * Asking a lot of questions, you have a naturally curious personality and always want to know the why behind what you create * Receiving feedback and criticism gracefully and respectfully **You should really seriously apply if you are also good at any of the following:** * Prior experience working inside Hubspot’s design tool a + * Creating vector images that work with our brand aesthetic * Laying out information in an effective and hierarchical manner. You understand how design relates to the consumption of information * Brand policing—does everything we produce stay on brand? It does when you create it! * Attention to detail—like, an annoying amount of attention to detail. * Organization—you know where that design asset from 6 months ago is * Managing multiple deadlines and priorities * Design stamina—we work in a startup environment with limited resources, but that doesn’t scare you