Staff Communication Designer

Company Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

Job Description

This role will be based in Mountain View, California. 

We’re looking for a highly skilled and creative Staff Communication Designer to join our dynamic Communication Design Team. On the Communication Design Team, we partner with the LinkedIn Executive Team and cross-functional team members to craft compelling, narrative-driven presentations that have a significant impact-at-scale. Using innovative and strategic methods, we enhance stories and experiences to effectively communicate with targeted audiences, both internally and externally at LinkedIn.  

  Responsibilities: 

• Drives strategy and visions for design initiatives, creating high-quality, narrative-driven presentations for large offsite events, all-hands meetings, and other related design assets, ensuring alignment with business objectives and brand guidelines 

• Collaborate directly with senior leadership, (SVPs, Chiefs of Staff) and cross-functional teams to understand design needs, delivering effective, visually compelling solutions 

• Effectively communicate design rationale to stakeholders and cross functional partners and integrate feedback to refine designs ensuring continuous improvement 

• Translate complex business and communication objectives into clear, engaging, and visually appealing presentations and design assets, considering the broader impact on the entire project or event 

• Manage time effectively and set clear boundaries with partners across multiple initiatives, ensuring work meets deadlines and expectations, in a fast-paced environment 

• Develop dynamic animations and interactive elements to enhance storytelling and engagement within presentations, using motion and cinematic techniques to convey complex content simply 

• Adhere to brand guidelines and design principles (layout, color theory, typography, hierarchy) for consistency across all materials 

• Create and maintain branded templates and resource libraries in tools such as PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite 

• Stay up to date on design trends and emerging technologies to enhance presentation quality and storytelling methods, while developing processes to improve team and company efficiency 

• Work outside typical 9-5 hours and travel to events as needed to meet project deadlines and expectations 

• Perform other related duties as assigned, demonstrating flexibility and the ability to handle diverse design challenges 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

• BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience 

• 7 + years of experience in graphic/visual design, with a focus on presentation design 

• 5 + years of experience working directly with C-Level Executives, advocating for design best practices and presenting design rationale 

• Expertise in industry standard tools such as PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, etc.) 

• To be considered for this position, you must include your portfolio, website or other samples of work demonstrating design expertise 

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• Strong experience in delivering large-scale projects independently; Projects are forward-thinking and shape the future of the business; Subject matter expert who regularly/recurrently partners with executives and functional org areas 

• Demonstrated ability to drive strategy and vision for respective projects and teams 

• Strong ability to deliver design solutions for unstructured problems that have many dependencies 

• Excellent ability in visual communication 

• Experience in solving unstructured problems that have few dependencies; Embraces ambiguity and can transform it into effective, actionable plans 

• Strong ability to contribute ideas that influence product strategy on adjacent teams  

• Experience using collaboration tools such as Teams, Slack, and Airtable

• Experience using Figma 

 Suggested Skills: 

• C-Level Communication 

• Cros