SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.
We’re looking for a talented Visual Designer to join our team and help thrive and evolve our brand’s visual presence. You’ll work closely with other visual and product designers, marketers, stakeholders and other team members to craft engaging visuals that enhance and elevate our brand. If you have a strong eye for design, motion and storytelling through visuals, we’d love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Design compelling visuals for digital platforms, ensuring strong composition, layout, and typography
- Contribute to and help grow the brand’s visual identity, maintaining consistency across all touchpoints
- Create motion design elements and animations
- Collaborate cross-functionally with different teams to align on successful visuals
- Utilize Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) to develop and refine designs
- Stay up to date with design trends, tools, and best practices to continuously improve and innovate
Experience and Background:
- 3-5 years of experience in visual design
- Strong understanding of layout, composition, and typography in digital design
- Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
- Knowledge of motion design and animation principles
- Ability to own a task and manage multiple projects
- Ability to work collaboratively with other teams
- A portfolio showcasing digital design work and demonstrating a keen eye for detail
- Passionate about music and the industry
Nice to Have
- Illustration skills
- Familiarity with UI/UX principles
About us:
- We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
- We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
- We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard.
- We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities
Benefits:
- Not located in Berlin? No worries, we offer extensive relocation support including allowances, one way flights, temporary accommodation and, by partnering with Expath, on the ground support on arrival
- Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
- Employee Equity Plan
- Generous professional development allowance
- Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
- We offer free German courses at beginning, intermediate and advanced
- Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud
SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.
At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.
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What We Do
SoundCloud is a next-generation music entertainment company powered by an ecosystem of artists, fans, and thriving communities. As one of the world’s most influential cultural platforms, SoundCloud holds a singular market position as both a music-streaming service with the largest catalog of music, and an artist services and distribution business to help artists grow long-term, successful careers.
