About the Role

Monks are seeking a creative Designer to lead the development of digital ads and assets for various brands. This role requires balancing speed, style, and scale to produce high-quality visual content that resonates across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities:

Creative Strategy & Conceptualisation

• From Pitch to Brief: Ideate and create style proposals to win pitches, then translate high-level creative briefs into thorough design briefs that guide the production process.
• Execution of Art Direction: Translate concepts into style proposals, mockups, and storyboards, providing innovative ideas and best-practice inspiration to elevate the creative output.

Digital & Social Specialisation

• Interactive Storytelling: Specialise in crafting interactive assets and motion graphics that combine aesthetics with functional storytelling for social media and digital channels.
• Cultural Relevance: Apply an understanding of current cultural and platform-specific trends to ensure designs are relevant and engaging.

Collaboration & Quality Control

• Cross-Functional Alignment: Work closely with Project Managers, Producers, and QA teams to ensure all designs align with client expectations and brand guidelines.
• Technical Excellence: Ensure pixel-perfect execution and safeguard quality throughout the design process, including supporting the production team during multi-market rollouts.

About You

The essentials:

• 3–5 years of experience as a Designer or Art Director, with a strong portfolio showcasing expertise in digital design and advertising.
• End-to-end design proficiency: Proven ability to handle all stages of the process—from conceptualization and layout to final file setup and delivery.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop for digital; InDesign and Illustrator for print) and Figma (basic knowledge with a desire to grow).
• Experience with AI image generation and prompting, paired with an enthusiastic, forward-thinking approach to using AI for creative efficiency.
• Strong grasp of design fundamentals (typography, hierarchy, grids) and production nuances like platform limitations, safe zones, and language versioning.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teams and clients, including the confidence to present and justify design decisions.
• A fast, flexible, and resourceful worker who maintains meticulously organized files/layers and can work independently or handle repetitive tasks with focus.
• Ready to jump into various production needs, including creating design libraries, sourcing images, and resizing assets for multi-platform delivery.
  

Not a must, but a plus:

• Proven experience in creating interactive platform projects and user-centric UI designs.
• Deep understanding of social media dynamics and current cultural trends to create engaging, platform-specific content.
• Proficient in working with dielines and diverse vendor specifications for high-quality print execution.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds who are excited to contribute to our mission.  

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We’re looking for a talented AI Artist to join our Motion Design team in Warsaw. You’ll collaborate with art directors, design leads, and fellow artists to create cutting-edge AI-driven animations and illustrations, helping push the boundaries of creative storytelling. You’ll be part of a dynamic team of highly skilled professionals — graphic designers, motion designers, 3D and 2D artists — working together to shape next-generation visual experiences.

✅ Requirements:
✔️ Minimum 2 years of professional experience in a similar role.
✔️ Background in graphic design, motion design, or illustration.
✔️ Strong sense of composition, detail, and visual aesthetics.
✔️ Self-organized and proactive, with a passion for new creative technologies.
✔️ Team-oriented mindset and enthusiasm for collaboration.

✅ Responsibilities:
✔️ Develop AI animations, illustrations, and visual concepts in partnership with the art director and design leads.
✔️ Explore and implement emerging AI technologies to streamline visual production workflows.
✔️ Contribute to concept development and visual experimentation across varied projects.
✔️ Maintain a high standard of detail, consistency, and visual composition in all output.

✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:

🧑🏻 💻Learning and development opportunities and interesting challenging tasks;
📝Official employment in accordance with the laws of the EU, registration of family members;
✈️ Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for 2 weeks);
🏋️ ♂️ Company fitness corner in the office for employees;
📚 Opportunity to develop language skills and partial compensation for the cost of language classes;
🎁 Birthday celebration present;
🏝 Time for proper rest and 24 working days of Annual Vacation;
🍲 Breakfasts and lunches in the office (partially paid by the company).

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.