Email Designer

Accountabilities

• Redesigning and modernizing existing email templates using Figma, ensuring strong usability, visual consistency, and alignment with brand standards.
• Creating marketing emails focused on engagement, conversions, and click-through performance rather than aesthetics alone.
• Developing lightweight animations and interactive elements that improve user engagement while maintaining compatibility with email platforms.
• Applying email design best practices, including responsive layouts, accessibility standards, content hierarchy, readability, and deliverability considerations.
• Collaborating with marketing stakeholders to understand campaign objectives, incorporate feedback, and iterate based on performance insights.
• Delivering organized, production-ready Figma files with clear specifications for development teams.
• Improving email design workflows by identifying opportunities to simplify layouts, increase scalability, and enhance campaign effectiveness.
• Supporting ongoing email production after the initial template refresh by delivering consistent, high-quality designs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing marketing emails with a portfolio focused specifically on email design work.
• Expert proficiency in Figma and experience creating developer-friendly design files.
• Strong knowledge of email design limitations and best practices across major email clients, devices, and platforms.
• Experience designing emails that balance creative execution with technical requirements such as image optimization, rendering consistency, spam considerations, and performance.
• Experience creating lightweight animations, including GIFs or similar formats, to enhance engagement without affecting deliverability.
• Able to interpret campaign goals and performance data to continuously improve creative solutions.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Able to work independently, manage deadlines, and collaborate effectively with marketing and production teams.

Benefits

• Competitive contract opportunity with an initial 3-month engagement and potential extension.
• Flexible remote work environment available across the United States.
• Opportunity to contribute to a major email program transformation from template redesign through ongoing campaign support.
• Collaboration with experienced marketing and creative teams on high-impact customer communications.
• Opportunity to showcase expertise in email design, performance optimization, and scalable creative systems.
• Flexible project structure with ownership over design execution and creative improvements.