Sr. Communication Designer

Company Description

LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our global Product Design Team advances this vision through quality, inclusive design. We’re passionate about designing an equitable, fair, and accessible platform that’s modern, engaging, and responsible.  

Our products help professionals all over the world stay connected, informed, and productive. The LinkedIn ecosystem is about more than just job hunting. We create and support active communities and enterprise products around sales, marketing, learning, and recruiting. Learn more about our design community at design.linkedin.com

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Job Description

This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.  

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.  

We’re looking for a highly skilled and creative Senior Communication Designer to join our dynamic Communication Design Team. On the Communication Design Team, we partner with the LinkedIn Executive Team and cross-functional team members to craft compelling, narrative-driven presentations that have a significant impact at scale. Using innovative and strategic methods, we enhance stories and experiences to effectively communicate with targeted audiences, both internally and externally at LinkedIn.

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Responsibilities

• Crafts pixel perfect narrative driven presentations for large offsite events, virtual/in-person all hands, and other related design assets.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate directly with SVPs, Chiefs of Staffs, cross-functional teams, including marketing, communications, and product teams, to understand their design needs and deliver effective design solutions.
• Strong understanding of how to translate business and communication objectives, and goals to use them as a guide through projects while considering the impact design decisions have across and entire project or event.
• Translate complex concepts and systems into visually appealing and easy-to-understand graphics, presentations, and other design assets.
• Delivers projects of medium to large-scale complexity independently or with some support of Senior ICs or Manager.
• Strong understanding of how to follow branded guidelines, layout, design principles, color theory, hierarchy, and typography.
• Strong understanding storytelling principles and can build a visual narrative.
• Delivers unique solves to complex problems through motion and cinematic storytelling conceptualizes complex content into simple visual structures.
• Revises projects as necessary based on collaborative feedback and contributes consecutively to design reviews.
• Delivers design solutions for unstructured problems that have many dependencies and cross-functional areas.

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in graphic design, with a focus on presentation design
• 2+ years partnering, collaborating, and communicating directly with C-Level Executives while being able to advocate for your design point of view and best practices.
• 2+ years’ experience in industry standard tools such as PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Open to working outside typical 9-5 work hours depending on project deadlines.
• Availability to travel to attend events as needed approx. 1 per quarter (various locations)

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Engaging and impactful online portfolio showcasing exceptional design skills and expertise in presentation design.
• Expertise in industry standard tools such as PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Experience working with brand guidelines and maintaining visual consistency across various designs.
• Detail-oriented with a keen eye for visual aesthetics and accuracy
• Experience with broadcast production technology
• Motion graphics experience
• Experience using collaboration tools such as Teams, Slack, and Airtable
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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Suggested Skills

• Presentation Design
• Visual Communication
• Communication Skills

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LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.  

The pay range for this role is $123,000 to $201,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.  

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: careers.linkedin.com/benefits

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Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: EEO Statement_2020 - Signed.pdf.  

Please reference the following information for more information: LinkedIn EEO Statement 2020.pdf.  

Please reference the following information for more information: EEOC KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf and OFCCP EEO Supplement Final JRF QA 508c.pdf for more information.  

LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.  

If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.  

Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:  

• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
• Having interviews in an accessible location
• Being accompanied by a service dog
• Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview  

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Pay Transparency Policy Statement

As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: lnkd.in/paytransparency.

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Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates

Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: Global Data Privacy Notice.