Role Overview:

Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy company, is looking for a talented Senior Visual Designer based in South America to join our Brand & Design Team. The Senior Visual Designer will report to the Art Director and will play a key role in supporting the Varsity Tutors marketing and audience teams while collaborating heavily with the product UX designers on the team. The ideal candidate is a strong conceptual thinker who possesses a wide range of visual design skills, including expertise in multi-platform digital campaigns, website design, content creation and branding. Like the rest of the team, this role requires juggling multiple priorities and will have a significant impact on how people learn around the world.

About Nerdy:

Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), the parent company of Varsity Tutors, is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including Machine Learning and AI (Nerdy AI Learning Products - Press Release), to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Nerdy’s comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, on-demand study support, and adaptive self-study. Nerdy’s flagship business, Varsity Tutors, is one of the nation’s largest platforms for live online tutoring and classes. Its solutions are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. Learn more about Nerdy at https://www.nerdy.com/.

Responsibilities:

• Think strategically and creatively within corporate identity and branding principles to execute a clear and singular aesthetic.
• Help concept creative solutions to meet business objectives.
• Design pixel-perfect campaigns and assets, including but not limited to online ads (primarily Facebook and Instagram), marketing emails (including gifs), website landing pages, and micro-sites.
• Deliver content assets and executions for the product including video editing and in-product visuals.
• Have solid visual design skills and can easily work your way around Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Continuously gather inspiration, follow industry trends, and provide input to art directors, photographers, and copywriters.
• Work through the ambiguity that would otherwise block teams from making progress.
• Gracefully accept feedback, rapidly implement design revisions, and meticulously prep files for development.
• Diligently communicate project status and adhere to agreed-upon deadlines.
• Collaborate closely and effectively with the Brand and Design Team and business partners to ensure the integrity and quality of your work.
• Work within existing and evolving brand guidelines to implement and scale projects into development; assist with the maintenance of evolving and managing Brand Guidelines / Assets as needed.
• Manage workload independently while juggling multiple projects and priorities, but also know when to ask for help.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of full-time, professional design experience
• Undergraduate degree in design or portfolio school certification
• A strong understanding of visual design best practices including composition, typography, and color theory demonstrated in your portfolio
• Mastery of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premier/After Effects
• Skilled in Figma
• Organized with impeccable attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Proven ability to take direction, remain organized, communicate effectively and work autonomously
• Outstanding professional references
• Photo and video editing skills

Bonus, but not required:

• Knowledge/understanding of UX design best practices
• Copywriting skills
• Photography skills

Varsity Tutors Leadership Principles:

Relentless Focus on Customers * Comfort with Ambiguity * Ownership * Simplify * Intellectual Curiosity * Build Teams * Think Big * Insist on High Standards * Bias for Action * Build Trust * Go Deep * Have Conviction * Deliver Results * Are Right, a Lot

Benefits:

• Competitive Pay (USD)
• Fully Remote Position
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Work for a leading U.S.-based learning technology company
• A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!
• A fun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture