Creative Designer

Defendify • Portland, ME

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Defendify is seeking an early-career, hands-on Creative Designer to help bring the company’s vision, brand, marketing, and digital experiences to life. The role spans visual design, brand development, digital marketing, content creation, and interactive experiences. Projects may include campaign concepts and visuals, brand refreshes, sales presentations, and AI-assisted interactive landing pages or mini-apps.

The designer will collaborate with experienced colleagues across marketing, brand, product, sales, and company leadership. The role encourages curiosity, creative initiative, experimentation, rapid iteration, thoughtful feedback, and continuous improvement. It offers opportunities to explore new tools and formats, including AI-assisted design and development, while applying human creativity and attention to detail. There may also be occasional opportunities to assist with guided product UI/UX design and other creative projects.

The position is based at Defendify’s Portland, Maine headquarters, with flexibility for hybrid work. The company describes its headquarters as being on Commercial Street in Portland’s Old Port, overlooking Casco Bay.

Requirements

• A good eye for visual design, typography, composition, and storytelling.
• Enjoy developing creative ideas and doing hands-on work to bring them to life.
• Experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, or similar design tools.
• Enjoy developing creative concepts, headlines, and short-form written content.
• Curiosity about AI, emerging creative tools, and new ways to design, create, and build.
• A portfolio demonstrating creativity and design skills; academic, freelance, or personal projects are acceptable.
• Ability to take direction, incorporate feedback, and deliver polished creative work.
• Resourcefulness, attention to detail, collaboration skills, and eagerness to learn across different disciplines.
• Some hands-on experimentation with motion, video, web design, interactive projects, or AI-assisted development; expertise is not required.

Responsibilities

• Generate original ideas, campaign concepts, visual directions, headlines, and promotional copy, drawing inspiration from creative trends and the competitive landscape.
• Design and publish social media content, digital ads, promotions, event and sponsorship graphics, and website assets; update website content through the CMS.
• Help refine and evolve Defendify’s visual identity and brand voice, maintaining consistency while exploring fresh creative directions.
• Create marketing materials, presentations, sales, partner, and product enablement assets, company swag designs, and other creative deliverables.
• Design, build, and publish landing pages and lightweight interactive experiences using modern tools and AI-assisted development.
• Experiment with motion graphics, animation, video, and other creative formats to create engaging content.
• Use AI for ideation, design, and development, and help create reusable design systems, templates, and workflows that empower others to create.
• Incorporate feedback, develop skills, and take on new creative challenges.
• Occasionally learn about and assist with guided product UI/UX design and other creative projects across the company.

Benefits

• Flexibility for hybrid work.
• Opportunities to learn from experienced leaders across marketing, brand, product, technology, and business strategy.
• Opportunities to expand creative skills and take on new responsibilities as the company grows.
• Freedom to bring ideas, explore new approaches, and experiment with emerging tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed