Graphic Designer

About Sezzle:  

With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!

Compensation

For this Graphic Designer, with 5+  years of experience, the compensation range is $2,500 - $3,333 USD GROSS per month as a contractor. This range is designed to accommodate early-career professionals and reflects the foundational skills and potential for growth within the role.

About the Role: 

We are seeking a talented and motivatedGraphic Designer who is best in class with a high IQ plus a high EQ to join our dynamic team . This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement.

In this role, you will be instrumental in crafting visually compelling designs that resonate with our brand’s ethos and captivate our target audience. As a Graphic Designer at Sezzle, you will work closely with the marketing, product and even sales teams to produce high-quality visuals that drive engagement and elevate our brand presence across different digital platforms.

What You'll Do:

• Visual Branding: Follow brand guidelines to develop and maintain consistent visual branding across all channels, including websites, email, print, and sales decks.
• Creative Design: Conceptualize and design graphics for various marketing efforts, including in-app banners, emails, landing pages, sales decks, and display ads.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the creative, marketing, and product teams to ensure goals and timelines are being met.
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies to continuously push the creative boundaries and bring fresh ideas to the table.
• Project Management: Manage multiple design projects from concept through completion, ensuring high-quality output within deadlines.
• Brand Storytelling: Translate complex ideas into simple, elegant visuals that tell a compelling story and enhance our brand identity.

What We Look For:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in graphic design, preferably within the tech or fintech industry.
• Skills: Proficient in Figma, AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and other design tools. Jira experience preferred but not required.
• Portfolio: Strong portfolio showcasing a range of design projects, with a focus on digital campaign design.
• Creativity: A keen eye for aesthetics, typography, and composition, with a passion for creating engaging and visually striking designs.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to take constructive feedback and iterate quickly.
• Detail-Oriented: Strong attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Adaptability: Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple projects, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Education: A degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience working with Claude or equivalent large language model tools is required; candidates must be comfortable leveraging AI to enhance productivity, research, and communication.

Why Sezzle?

• Innovative Environment: Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and embraces new ideas.
• Growth Opportunities: Be part of a growing company with opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Inclusive Culture: Work in an inclusive environment that fosters diversity, equity, and belonging.
• Impactful Work: Contribute to a company that is making a positive impact on the financial future of millions.

About You:

• You have relentlessly high standards - many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
• You’re not bound by convention - your success-and much of the fun-lies in developing new ways to do things
• You need action - speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
• You earn trust - you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
• You have backbone; disagree, then commit - you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
• You deliver results - you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.

What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome:

At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.