Ripl (www.Ripl.com) is passionate about helping small businesses grow by enabling them to leverage the magic of digital media marketing. We are seeking to hire a Content Designer to join the team in order to fulfill this mission.

As Ripl’s Content Designer, you are constantly looking at what’s trending in social media marketing to bring cutting edge design and messaging to our customers. You will help produce content that is used by millions of small business owners around the world in our mobile and web apps. We’re looking for a creative designer and storyteller to bring innovation and vision to the content in the Ripl product, our social media, marketing and more. This role will report to Ripl’s Creative Director.

Your challenge will be to use great content to excite first time customers to use the app, and keep them coming back for more over time. 

A day in the life…

• Evaluate what’s trending in social media marketing and visual design 
• Research customer pain points and needs that Ripl can help solve
• Help execute an editorial calendar for content marketing 
• Create content in Ripl to merchandise design templates and inspiration for our customers—small business owners
• Help to define new design templates and optimization of existing templates
• Identify insights needed to better serve customers through content
• Design a system of badges, icons, and other techniques to merchandise content 
• Collaborate with Product, Creative, Marketing and Engineering 
• Navigate a fast-paced agile environment, balancing independent self-direction with frequent collaboration and open communication
• Embrace a culture of feedback by giving and soliciting feedback from other team members to continually raise the bar on quality

Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience planning, designing and publishing content to social media channels for business
• Knowledge of how best to use social channels and content marketing best practices
• Experience designing multiple executions within a system, such as an editorial calendar or a marketing campaign 
• An online portfolio that demonstrates experience and results in content marketing
• Excellent communications skills
• Bachelor’s degree in visual design, graphic design, digital media, or equivalent
• Serious skills with industry-standard design tools and software like Adobe Creative Cloud and InVision
• Experience in startups, with subscription software (SaaS), and/or with small businesses 

About Our Team

As a team, we are loving, supportive and resilient. We value courage, drive, and integrity. We want every team member to achieve their greatest professional potential and we will continue to do so with every new hire. We take projects from concept to completion. Learning, collaboration and feedback are of the utmost importance. We design our company culture with intention, collaboration, experimentation, and commitment to each other. 

About Ripl 

Ripl is a growing Pacific Northwest-based tech startup pursuing the ambitious goal of providing the best digital marketing tool for small businesses around the world. Ripl helps small businesses grow by making it simple and efficient to create beautiful branded content that stands out on social and digital media.