Creative Designer

Job Description

The Creative Designer will be part of a diverse and cross-functional team whose work positively impacts the lives of millions of people – inspiring them to learn together with Busuu.

You will be responsible for creating thoughtful designs that increase engagement and conversion metrics. You will also play an important role in the efficiency and quality of our creative output, ensuring that the highest standards are continually met.

About Busuu

Joining Busuu means being part of one of the top EdTech companies in the world, a multiple award-winner recognised for its innovation and impact in language learning.

Busuu’s vision is to empower people through languages. We are the world’s largest online community for language learning, with 120+ million registered users. We make learning a language easy by combining AI-powered, expert-designed courses with feedback from our global community of native speakers and lesson content designed for real life.

Busuu is part of the global Chegg family. Chegg is the leading student-first connected learning platform and a NYSE listed company.

What does a Creative Designer do at Busuu?

• Work independently and hands-on in day-to-day projects by crafting the highest quality designs and rolling out assets.
• Work across the full marketing funnel, collaborating with colleagues to craft designs that have impact wherever our learners come into contact with them – including emails, social media, web and app stores.
• Apply creativity and commercial acumen to deliver solutions to briefs, both in terms of ideation and resource management.
• Contribute to the ongoing success of campaigns by executing creative solutions that engage our audiences and lead to conversions.
• Make thoughtful recommendations for improvements within the team’s creative processes and workflows.
• Report to the Lead Creative Designer supporting in developing hypotheses on how design can impact our campaigns and drive production.
• Work effectively and cross-functionally across the Marketing, Product and Education team, demonstrating a clear grasp of stakeholder management and showing a data-led approach to the design solutions you propose.
• Work with the rest of the business to understand and drive OKRs by providing creative solutions that demonstrate impact.

What We’re Looking For In a Creative Designer

• 3+ years experience working across design solutions, in-house or agency side
• Have a strong portfolio of work presenting design in a clear and engaging manner
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma
• Proven experience of working on campaign driven projects and designing for online or digital ads
• Demonstrable experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders to deliver creative value for the business
• Confidence to execute creative design across numerous projects simultaneously
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to explain design decision making processes
• Experience using Jira or another ticketing system to manage workflow would be a benefit but not essential
• Passion for language education and digital learning is always a plus
• Demonstrated alignment to Busuu’s core values of trust, effectiveness, ambition, curiosity, and happiness

At Busuu we want to ensure that you have access to some great benefits:

• Our centrally located offices are well-equipped with free breakfast, plenty of snacks and fresh fruit
• You get 2 free lunches per week at our office that you can choose out of a wide selection of restaurants in the area
• Busuu offers a great Private Health Insurance scheme
• There is a personal training budget just for you, so you can learn more in your field to ensure our employees can continuously grow and progress in their careers
• We like to support our teams with their work-life balance so we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid model of working
• We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Staying connected as a team is very important to us, so we have lots of social activities for you to join such as team lunches, Thursday socials, quarterly team, and company events

What Happens Next

We aim to have a simple and speedy hiring process and we want to make sure that we are right for you as much as the other way around.

• Application (CV & portfolio) review - We will review it as quickly as possible
• Let’s chat - Quick chat with our team about your experience and the role
• Interview - With the Hiring Manager
• Design Task - At home task to show off your skills
• Interview - Interview to review the task and speak with other colleagues in the team

Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. We pride ourselves on embracing our differences, whether they're cultural, racial, religious, or otherwise. This means each one of us comes to work knowing that we have a voice – and a safe, judgement-free zone to speak freely.

If you like the sound of that, join us. We'd love to hear what you have to say.