Stripe is hiring a
Editorial Designer

Summary

Join a highly creative team at Stripe Press as a Designer, responsible for designing books, digital and physical experiences, campaigns, and the brand. You'll help elevate and evolve the brand through editorial-driven design.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant design and art direction experience for technology, cultural or editorial organizations
• Impeccable book designer proficient in designing covers and interiors
• Substantive experience in the printing medium and book production processes
• Experience working on a variety of branding projects that exemplify expertise in design, typography, and art direction
• Strong track record independently delivering work as well as influencing the work of other designers, contractors, and agencies
• A strong strategic acumen for building leading brands or editorial in a fast paced environment
• Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Exceptional craft; exquisite taste

Responsibilities

• Design really, really beautiful books first and foremost
• Craft and amplify the Stripe Press brand
• Think about and drive conceptual ideas
• Be an adamant maker that is genuinely curious, experimental, and loves to make, iterate, and innovate on ideas, narrative, and making beautiful things
• Creative vision: Design execution and quality of ideas work in equal partnership
• Collaborate with like-minded creative people who have radically different skill sets and together create ideas that envision an optimistic, progressive future
• Help shape the strategic vision for design that pushes the boundaries of the brand and build awareness for what we do and why it’s important to Stripe
• Partner widely with cross-functional teams to build upon great ideas through making things
• Give and solicit feedback from wide range of teammates and stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Genuinely curious, ambitious and creative with a refreshing sense of design, impeccable typography skills, digitally savvy and deep appreciation for creative process, technology
• Persuasive and humble in explaining your work, process, and decisions and experienced at facilitating stakeholders to advance the project as well as design quality
• Excellent organization and presentation skills, and excel in written and verbal communication
• Love working with other designers to help them learn and grow—and invite them to help you learn and grow
• Experience working (collaboration and facilitation) with cross functional partners