Visual Designer

• $75,000 and generous benefits package
• Target start date: 1 January, 2025
• Employment type: Full time 
• Location: Financial District, New York City
• In office work requirement: Minimum of 3 days a week in the NYC office

Overview of PensionBee

PensionBee is a leading online retirement provider making retirement saving simple and accessible for everyone. We help customers to consolidate old retirement savings accounts by rolling over their 401(k)s into a new Individual Retirement Account (IRA), accessible anytime through our website or mobile app. This allows customers to view their retirement savings in one place, make informed decisions and confidently grow their savings with our personalized planning tools.

Operating in the United Kingdom since 2014, PensionBee has served over 260,000 customers and manages over $7 billion in retirement assets. Recognized for our innovative direct-to-consumer marketing and commitment to customer satisfaction, we have earned an "Excellent" Trustpilot rating from over 10,000 reviews and maintained a customer retention rate above 95%. As we extend our award-winning approach to the U.S. from our New York City headquarters, we aim to rapidly expand and establish our brand as a trusted name in retirement planning.

PensionBee is scaling quickly, and we’re looking for a Visual Designer to help us create impactful, engaging visuals that resonate with customers and enhance our brand in the U.S. market.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to work with our Visual Design and Marketing teams, including our newly established US team based in New York, creating marketing materials and assets that resonate with our new US audience, helping to drive our marketing efforts and raise our brand awareness. We’re seeking a versatile designer capable of creating beautiful, engaging creatives in a variety of mediums including web pages, social media assets, ad campaigns, printware and video, using Figma, Adobe and Webflow. Working with our Head of Visual Design, you’ll play a key role in defining the visual language of our brand and ensuring consistency across all digital platforms.

Key responsibilities

Develop and deliver high-quality visual assets that meet business and marketing needs across projects for social media, digital campaigns, online and print advertising.

Design and build responsive websites and landing pages using Webflow (or similar), ensuring seamless user experiences and visual alignment with UX standards.

Create visually compelling assets and videos to support marketing campaigns, with strong attention to layout, color, typography, and iconography.

Collaborate with designers, marketeers, brand and comms and third-party agencies to ensure visual consistency and alignment with user experience best practices.

Generate storyboards, wireframes and mock-ups to communicate design concepts; contribute to the design system with icons, images and other visual elements. 

Contribute to our design system with icons, image assets, templates and style guides for effective team use.

Participate in design reviews and feedback sessions to continually improve design quality.

Stay up-to-date with design trends and emerging technologies to keep our visual assets fresh and innovative and enhance the overall user experience.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have an appropriate combination of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in a Visual Design or related creative role.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders, with strong written and verbal English skills.
• Experience with web design building tools (e.g. Webflow or similar) and a basic understanding of HTML/CSS.
• Proficient in design and video software including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects) and Figma (or similar tools).
• Expertise in typographical hierarchy, arranging text and creating balanced, readable layouts.
• Bring high quality and great attention to detail across everything that you do.
• Capability to address design challenges with creative solutions.
• Maintain brand guardianship by ensuring consistency and a cohesive identity across all visual assets.
• Ability to handle multiple projects, meet deadlines and manage workloads efficiently.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and external agencies to ensure cohesive design. 

Benefits

• Salary: $75k
• Bonus participation is available to all employees
• 33 days of paid time off, including relevant Federal Holidays
• Separate paid sick leave policy 
• 401(k) access with 3% match and immediate vesting
• 100% paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance for employee, as well as long-term disability
• Regular company-wide sessions: CEO Session, Show & Tell and varied D&I agenda; giving you an opportunity to share your ideas and learn about other areas of the business
• Happiness! Meeting: Every 6 weeks you will have the chance to speak with your manager about your well-being
• A warm and motivated team working to make a real difference for our customers

Our culture 

We actively seek individuals who thrive in our culture. Our team is inspired by our vision to live in a world where everyone can enjoy a happy retirement. 

We relentlessly pursue our mission to help as many people as possible feel confident in their retirement plans. 

We pride ourselves on our culture and live by our values: 

• Love: Treat everyone with care, empathy and respect.

• Innovation: Embrace change and seek improvement.

• Simplicity: Be straight-forward and efficient.

• Honesty: Be transparent and act with integrity.

• Quality: Commit to accuracy and reliability.

PensionBee values diversity and actively strives to create an inclusive workplace, seeking to build a team that reflects our customer base and the broader society. 

Hiring Process

1. Initial chat with the hiring manager with selected candidates
2. Design task
3. Shortlisted candidates will have a structured interview (45 - 60 mins)
4. Final decisions will be made and unsuccessful candidates will receive feedback

Additional information

As a financial institution, PensionBee will conduct appropriate background checks on the successful candidate prior to the start date.

At PensionBee, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.