Job description
WHO WE ARE: MagicSchool is the premier generative AI platform for teachers. We’re just over a year and a half old, and more than 5 million teachers from all over the world have joined our platform. Join a top team at a fast growing company that is working towards real social impact. Make an account and try us out at our website and connect with our passionate community on our Wall of Love.
Graphic Designer
Role Description: As a Graphic Designer at MagicSchool, you will bring our “Teachers are Magic” brand to life through engaging, high-quality visuals. You’ll execute creative direction, ensuring brand consistency across digital and print while incorporating basic motion graphics where needed. With a strong foundation in graphic design and an eye for structured, imaginative visuals, you’ll help craft compelling experiences for educators and students.
Responsibilities:
Brand Execution
Work closely with marketing and creative teams to execute and maintain MagicSchool’s visual identity across all platforms.
Ensure 100% consistency in brand execution across digital and print, adhering to creative direction from internal stakeholders and our branding agency.
Understand how to balance brand guidelines with creative innovation, knowing when to push the brand’s visual identity forward and when to stay within defined parameters.
Graphic Design
Design visually compelling assets for digital and print, including social media, web banners, email templates, brochures, trade show materials, and more.
Take existing creative direction and execute high-quality designs.
Support marketing collateral updates, such as presentations, infographics, and promotional materials.
Contribute to web design projects, ensuring optimized layouts and strong user experience.
Develop creative visuals for product launches, advertisements, and campaigns, ensuring they align with marketing goals.
Motion Graphics & Interactive Elements
Enhance web design, ads, and social media with motion skills
Experience with AI-powered motion tools or a willingness to learn and experiment is a strong plus.
Collaborative & Strategic Design
Partner with marketing, product, and sales teams to ensure cohesive design solutions that support business objectives.
Apply strong design principles (hierarchy, flow, and structure) to create polished, easy-to-navigate designs.
Help drive engagement through thoughtful, whimsical designs that align with our playful yet professional brand.
Creative Problem-Solving & Industry Awareness
Bring a structured approach to design work, ensuring consistency and clarity in all deliverables.
Stay up to date with design trends, tools, and techniques, integrating new approaches to improve efficiency and quality.
Bring a strong sense of imagination and creativity, aligning with our brand’s potential to lean into illustrative styles where appropriate.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
2+ years of experience in graphic design, visual communication, or motion graphics.
Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
A strong portfolio that showcases brand identity work, structured design principles, creativity, and visual storytelling—ideally with a touch of whimsy.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
Basic motion skills in After Effects or similar tools.
Experience with Figma and Canva.
EdTech experience.
Notice: Priority Deadline and Review Start Date
Please note that applications for this position will be accepted until 3/23/24 - applications received after this date will be reviewed on an intermittent basis. While we encourage early submissions, all applications received by the priority deadline will receive equal consideration. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to reviewing your application.
Our Benefits: We are proud to offer generous benefits, such as unlimited PTO, employer covered health insurance, a wellness stipend, a 401(k) match, and vision/dental insurance.
Our Values:
Educators are Magic: Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.
Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.
Community: Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.
Innovation: The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.
Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.
Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.
Excellence: Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.
