Senior Brand Designer
We are on the lookout for a designer that knows the value and impact of great design — and knows how to execute. If you have experience in the B2B SaaS space and ready to play a pivotal role in shaping Katana’s brand identity and visual language, this might be the perfect next step in your career.
Who we are
We believe the future is a tech stack of integrated best-of-breed SaaS products, with Katana at the centre.
Since 2017, we've given businesses worldwide a live look at their inventory, uniting all the processes and tools they use with intuitive and easy-to-use cloud inventory software. Our customers range from mom-and-pop shops to multi-million-dollar businesses. To date, we raised over $51 million in funding from VC firms and angel investors who, like us, believe the inventory software space needs more love.
Besides great user experience and top-tier customer support, Katana is also industry-agnostic and scalable. The companies that grow with Katana come from almost any industry you can think of, and our software is designed to plug and play with any existing system of tools manufacturers use.
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for a Senior Brand Designer with a passion for brand building and visual storytelling and a thorough understanding of how brand design contributes to business objectives. The brand team’s north star is to position Katana as thought in the inventory space by building a world-class B2B SaaS brand. As a relatively new player in the market, one of our key differentiators is ease of use and an intuitive product, and our brand design needs to reflect this and more. You will be the visionary behind our visual identity, ensuring that Katana’s brand goes beyond the benchmark in our industry and beyond. If you’re a designer who understands the wider business impact and is willing to innovate and execute in a fast-growing scaleup, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.
Your typical week would include:
- Creating animations, illustrations, and graphic designs that highlight Katana’s brand personality, resonate with our target audiences, and position Katana as a leading B2B SaaS brand.
- Taking ownership of our visual identity and having a vision for where you want to take it in the future. You will be responsible for consistently evolving the way we do brand design across different mediums and channels.
- Working with external and internal teams to create visual assets are on brand and aesthetically pleasing. This requires strong communication skills and the ability to translate and interpret feedback in parallel with execution.
- Maintaining a visual materials library, including resources and templates, and organizing them in a way that is accessible to all stakeholders (internal or external) and improves efficiency. This also extends to monitoring usage and regularly evaluating adoption and taking steps to improve it when you see other teams are struggling.
- Collaborating with our Senior Content Manager, Brand Marketing Manager, and Head of Brand Marketing to establish and improve processes for delivering visual assets.
You’re the perfect fit if you
- Advanced knowledge of best practices in design, B2B SaaS branding, and tooling to deliver excellent visuals
- Have a proven track record of Senior Brand Designer experience and a design portfolio that shows conceptual thinking and high proficiency in the formal elements of design
- Deep knowledge in a mix of graphic design, illustration, and animation skills is expected
- Familiar with most of these tools: Atlassian (Jira, Confluence) Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Slack
- Take a strong sense of ownership in the business and are excited to collaborate with partners across the organization to succeed together.
- Are knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices and hungry for continuous experimentation and advancement
What we offer
- Opportunity to have real impact at a global growth company and chance to drive change in the inventory products space
- Opportunity to work with an enthusiastic and talented global team
- A competitive salary and employee stock option program (we want everybody to feel engaged and share the fruits of our collective effort)
- Flexible and remote working options (we’re a results-driven team)
- A team vibe to keep you smiling even on the rainiest days
- Health & wellness package of your choice
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Want to learn more about what it’s like to work at Katana?
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