Senior Digital Designer, Landing Experiences

 

About Us:

Rent the Runway (RTR)  is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from 700+ brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times, while Hyman herself has been named to the “TIME 100” most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine’s “Women Changing the World.”

 

About the Job: 

Rent the Runway is seeking a Senior Digital Designer, Landing Experiences who is passionate about the luxury and fashion space to join a fast paced, growing marketing team. You will design creative, compelling and intuitive digital experiences that elevate our brand vision and communicate strong, cohesive content stories that build brand equity. 

A great candidate will champion collaboration and communication and be an advocate for innovative creative execution, strategy, and continuous learning. You will provide creative solutions and subject matter expertise informed by strategic insights, brand positioning, business goals, and an up to date knowledge of the competitive landscape. You are comfortable in a fast paced environment, and comfortable with frequent context-switching: going from design concepting to representing the Creative Team in cross-functional meetings. You are an advocate for thoughtful design that drives captivating user experiences.

Please include a link to your portfolio along with your resume. 

What You’ll Do:

• Stay abreast of industry trends that fuel creative brand expression.
• Work to concept and execute design solutions that communicate topics strategically, intuitively, and creatively across mobile web, app, and desktop experiences.
• Work closely with internal partners (editorial content & copy, art directors) and cross functional teams (product, marketing, merchandising, eng) on the delivery of creative execution that ensure quality, consistency, and an on-brand experience at scale. 
• See projects through the entire design process; from creative concept to iterations of mockups/prototypes, rounds of production and QA
• Works collaboratively with Brand Team, Creative Operations and Production to ensure proposed creative solutions can be executed at the highest level, within time allotted.
• Contribute to the evolution of our brand by exploring unique design approaches, methods, and solutions.
• Sharing progress, providing thoughtful critique, and working collaboratively 
• Resolve ambiguity to execute high-quality creative work in a fast-paced environment

About You:

• 6+ years of experience in related design roles at agencies, studios or in-house.
• A portfolio that shows strong strategic and technical design skills applied across a range of deliverables including mobile web, app, and desktop surfaces that elevate brand aesthetics and content storytelling.
• Fluent with the Adobe Creative Suite & Figma.
• Experienced in responsive design layout and core design fundamentals including typography, composition, color theory.
• Proactivity, clear communicator and problem solver that can anticipate questions, independently assess solutions, and think critically and creatively.
• Are supremely organized and exercise stellar time-management skills.
• Confident and collaborative creator that inspires others to come together on a common goal.
• Demonstrates exceptional initiative, attention to detail, and follow-through executed at a high level of craftsmanship.
• Ability to thrive in a multifaceted, feedback-forward creative environment where tasks, priorities, and projects change rapidly.
• Keeps up to date with popular culture and trends, as well as creative work produced within the fashion advertising space.
• Knowledge of After Effects and other applicable motion software.

Benefits:

At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including vacation