Junior - Mid Level Graphic Designer

Paperless Post is seeking a talented Junior - Mid Level Graphic Designer (1 - 3+ years of experience) with strong illustration and design fundamentals. This individual will possess a flexible skillset and a sophisticated yet playful aesthetic, enabling them to create design-forward event pages and invitations for millions of users' most important life events.

As a member of the Content Design team, this role will create the visual assets that attract people to our design-forward product, which has revolutionized the stationery world. With an appreciation for contemporary design and a strong awareness of pop-cultural references, the successful candidate will design dynamic event pages and graphics to surprise and delight our users on our newest platform.

This position reports directly to our Senior Art Director.

What you’ll do here:

• Support Art Directors and Senior Designers in creating, designing, and producing original design work for the Paperless Post platform (websites, apps, etc), as well as other branded channels (e.g. blog, social media behind the scenes, etc.).
• Work closely with the Senior Art Director to support the Partnership Team in creating original assets, as well as designing with Partner provided assets to launch new Partner collections.
• Support the creation and production of cutting-edge design solutions, original and curated content for our newest platform, including stickers, text, templates, and effects.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Designers, Production Designers and other cross-functional teams in all workflow steps, from content inception to creation to deployment.
• Participate in regular brainstorming sessions, critiques, and design talks.

Here are some things that spark our interest:

• BFA, design-related degree, or 1-3+ years of relevant work experience as a graphic designer or illustrator
• Strong illustration, design, and animation skills in a variety of mediums and styles with impeccable attention to detail.
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator and Photoshop, in addition to After Effects fundamentals (fluency is a strong plus)
• Experience with analog materials such as watercolor, pen/ink and gouache.
• An eagerness to continue growing your illustration and design toolkit. 
• Comfort in a deadline-driven environment, with a strong ability to develop and deliver work in a timely manner and to handle multiple projects at once.
• A high level of productivity and proactiveness, especially when developing new ideas.
• Excellent communication skills with a strong ability to explain your creative vision/process in relation to the project goals to cross-functional partners.
• Comfort taking art direction, receiving feedback and navigating multiple points of view.
• An interest in being an avid collaborator and positive force, generous with your time and knowledge.
• Experience with any of the following skillsets is a plus: type design, lettering, studio photography, stop motion animation, prop styling for photography, 3D modelling.

A Little About the Team

The Paperless Post Content Design Team is a dynamic group of creatives with design, lettering, illustration, and photography expertise. We collaborate closely with our Production Design and Planning teams to create and produce relevant, design-forward customer facing products. In addition, we collaborate with a wide range of industry leading design partners to create exclusive, original products. We pride ourselves on our stylistic flexibility and diverse skill set, which we use to create content for a wide array of important life events.

A little about us

Company-wide, we enjoy an amazing ecosystem of an even gender split and a balance of engineers and designers. Because Paperless Post isn't supported by ad revenue, we can focus our efforts on creating and improving on the ideal version of our platform, product, content, and partnerships for our users. 

We are proud that Paperless Post has helped over 220 million people globally connect in the real world since our inception. Paperless Post exists to help all people celebrate all the moments that matter to them. We believe that having a team reflective of the diverse world around us empowers us to create a product that serves everyone. Women, people of color, trans/genderqueer individuals, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are especially encouraged to apply.

AI Usage Note

At Paperless Post, we value Being Resourceful, Progress Over Perfection, and being a Positive Force. Embracing thoughtful AI use is one way we put those values into practice. In our day-to-day work, we encourage teams to thoughtfully use AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot to move faster and think more creatively.

During interviews, our recruiting team may use AI-powered note-taking tools so we can stay focused on the conversation.

However, our interviews are designed to understand each candidate's individual skills, problem-solving approach, and reasoning in real time. For that reason, unless explicitly requested and/or approved by the recruiting team, AI tools (including but not limited to generative AI assistants and tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Nano Banana etc.) may not be used during any interview sessions, including but not limited to:

• Recruiting phone interviews
• Technical screens
• Live coding challenges
• System design interviews
• Take-home assignments

These conversations and projects are intended to assess your independent thinking and technical depth. If we determine that AI tools were used without disclosure or approval during an interview, or during a take home assignment to generate assets (including illustration, design work, or animation work), it may result in disqualification for the role and removal from the interview process.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations. This policy does not apply to approved accessibility or disability accommodations. If you require assistive technology or other support, please let the recruiting team know.

The compensation range for this role is $60,000 - 80,000 USD.

At Paperless Post, compensation is based on a number of factors, including geographic location, job-related skills, years of experience, and internal team banding. All full-time offer packages come with a base salary, equity component, and options for fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits. The range posted here is based on the NYC market and may vary based on candidate location.