Senior Creative Designer 

Corporate Marketing 

The Corporate Marketing team is a multidisciplinary group of designers, copywriters, storytellers, and brand champions responsible for bringing the SmartBear brand to life at scale. We define and evolve our voice and visual identity, shape our corporate narrative, and place customers and employees at the center of everything we create. Acting as both an in-house agency and brand stewards, we deliver innovative, high-impact creative across digital, motion, and print to drive meaningful business outcomes. 

As a Senior Creative Designer, you are a strategic and hands-on creative leader who elevates how our brand shows up across every touchpoint. You combine strong conceptual thinking with exceptional execution, translating business objectives into compelling visual systems and storytelling. From early ideation through final delivery, you ensure every creative solution is intentional, cohesive, and aligned with brand and growth goals. 

You will partner closely with the Creative Director and cross-functional stakeholders to lead and execute a wide range of initiatives—from integrated campaigns and flagship events to digital experiences and product storytelling. You’ll play a key role in mentoring others and continuously raise the bar for design excellence. 

Responsibilities 

• Assist with leading the concepting, design, and execution of high-impact creative across campaigns, events, digital experiences, social media, and brand initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.
• Own select projects end-to-end, from project management to ideation and creative direction through execution and delivery - driving timelines, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring exceptional quality across all outputs. 
• Develop and evolve scalable visual systems and design frameworks that strengthen brand consistency while enabling flexibility across channels and product lines. 
• Translate complex product narratives and technical concepts into clear, engaging, and visually compelling storytelling tailored to diverse audiences. 
• Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product, web, and content teams to help shape creative strategies and deliver cohesive, integrated experiences across all touchpoints. 
• Partner with the web team to influence and elevate the visual experience across SmartBear’s corporate and product websites, ensuring best-in-class UX and brand expression.
• Act as a brand steward and advocate, ensuring all creative work not only adheres to but evolves SmartBear’s visual identity and standards. 
• Manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously, balancing speed, quality, and strategic alignment in a fast-paced environment. 

We are looking for you if you have: 

• 5+ years of experience in graphic design or creative roles, with a strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and execution across multiple channels. 
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Figma; motion or video experience is a plus. 
• Strong understanding of brand systems, visual storytelling, and integrated campaign development. 
• Proven ability to lead projects, influence creative direction, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership. 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative rationale and align teams around a vision. 
• Highly organized and self-directed, with strong project management skills and attention to detail. 
• Experience working within multi-product or B2B technology environments is highly preferred. 
• Bachelor’s degree in design or equivalent professional experience. 

Why you should join the SmartBear crew 

• You can grow your career at every level. 
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun. 
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off. 
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person. 
• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes. 

Did you know? 

• Our mission at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place. We are committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility across the communities we serve. 
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices around the world, including Galway, Bath, Wroclaw, and Bangalore. 
• We’ve won major industry (product and company) awards including SD Times, DeveloperWeek's Devies Award, the AI Breakthrough Award, and BuiltIn Best Places to Work. 
• SmartBear is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. 

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Graphic Designer

Corporate Marketing

The Corporate Marketing team is a group of designers, copywriters, storytellers, and brand champions. We bring the SmartBear brand to life by shaping our voice and visual identity, crafting our corporate narrative, and putting customers and employees at the center. Part in-house agency and part brand stewards, we innovate to create engaging digital, motion, and print assets that amplify our impact.

You are a versatile graphic designer, ready to produce impactful visuals that bring our products to life. You thrive on creativity and execution. From storyboarding to execution, you ensure every design tells a compelling story and enhances the brand experience. You’ll work with our Creative Director, Senior Art Director, designers, and content team to craft a wide array of visual assets for live events, social media, webinars, websites, and more.

Collaborating across teams, you’ll create visuals that showcase our products, culture, and story while driving the business forward. If you excel in fast-paced environments and love turning ideas into stunning visuals, this is your time to shine! An ideal candidate will be someone who has worked with or in multi-product companies and understands our audience.

Responsibilities:  

• Handle all aspects of design production, from initial concept development through final execution and delivery. This includes preparing files for print and digital use, ensuring accuracy across formats, managing revisions, maintaining brand consistency, and coordinating with internal teams and external vendors to deliver high-quality assets on time.
• Design and develop visually compelling static and print marketing assets, including PDFs, data sheets, PowerPoint presentations, social and paid graphics, and a ton more, ensuring brand consistency and high-impact storytelling across all collateral.
• Collaborate closely with designers and writers to ensure all visuals align with strategic objectives, brand guidelines, and key messaging. Work together to translate concepts into cohesive, compelling creative that maintains consistency across channels while effectively communicating ideas and supporting overall campaign goals.
• Partner with the web team to create and deliver compelling visuals for the main SmartBear corporate site, as well as our additional product sites. Collaborate closely to ensure all assets align with brand standards, enhance user experience, and support key messaging.
• Be involved in all aspects of the creative process, from early concept development and ideation through design execution, refinement, and final delivery. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape ideas, contribute creative direction, iterate based on feedback, and ensure the final output is both visually compelling and strategically aligned with brand and business goals.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines without compromising quality.
• Incorporate industry trends and innovative techniques to elevate the brand.
• Act as a brand steward, ensuring all work reflects and enhances SmartBear's identity and more!

We are looking for someone who has:  

• 3+ years of experience in graphic design.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign) and Figma.
• Highly organized and adaptable, with strong project management skills.
• Excellent communicator, able to collaborate across teams and levels.
• Gives and receives constructive feedback effectively.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in design.
• Resourceful, detail-oriented, and works well independently or in a team.
• Video animation a plus.
• Open to travel as needed.

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person.
• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know?

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland and Bangalore, India.
• We’ve won major industry(product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for employees where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that reflects a diversity of thought and experience as well as our values of being smart, open, driven, accountable, and curious.