Graphic Designer

Pirates Wanted: Graphic Designer

Every ecommerce business deserves the cheapest shipping rates. That’s why Pirate Ship’s simple shipping software levels the playing field for small businesses, giving them free access to the deepest shipping discounts with no fees or hidden costs. We’re currently on the lookout for an exceptional pirate to join our crew as a Graphic Designer otherwise known as the Swatchbuckler to us here at Pirate Ship.

As a Graphic Designer at Pirate Ship you’ll be in charge of keeping our brand cohesive, relevant, and visually compelling across every touchpoint. We’re looking for a hands-on creative with strong design and conceptual skills with a portfolio that showcases exceptional visual craft, branding, and campaign execution. You’ll quickly develop new assets on your own or in cahoots with your crew, whether it’s as small as a new Facebook ad or as big as overseeing integrated campaigns alongside our agencies. If creativity fulfills something in your soul, you’ve found your crew.

Pirate Ship is a remote-first company, and like any jolly crew of pirates we operate in a casual and creative atmosphere, where everyone’s ideas are welcome and having fun is encouraged. We offer competitive pay, exceptional benefits, and the opportunity to tell people you’re a pirate when they ask what you do. As Steve Jobs said, “It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy!”

Responsibilities

• Turn the charts into treasure maps: Translate brand strategy and creative briefs into compelling visual executions.
• Navigate from crow’s nest to cannon deck: Move fluidly between big-picture concept thinking and precise, production-ready execution.
• Gather round the grog: Show up to brainstorms contributing bold & unexpected ideas, and help build on others ideas with a “yes, and” mindset.
• Fly the flags: Design across the full marketing mix (campaigns, digital, ecomm, social, OOH, etc) with a consistent, considered aesthetic.
• Balanced buccaneering: Develop and iterate on multiple design directions simultaneously, pushing beyond the first idea to find the strongest solution.
• Keep the fleet in formation: Maintain and evolve an existing visual brand system across every touchpoint without losing coherence or creative energy.
• Load the cannons wisely: Design with a strong understanding of how design drives conversion without sacrificing brand.
• Fore rigging: Create campaign visuals that are conceptually sharp and visually arresting, not just well-executed.
• Chart a course: Collaborate closely with copy and creative leadership to ensure design and language work together as a unified brand expression.
• Support your crew: Contribute to a collaborative creative culture where experimentation is encouraged and the best idea wins regardless of where it comes from.
• Address the Captain’s quarters: Present and communicate creative rationale clearly to internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Captain the visual fleet: Work with and help direct photographers, retouchers, and external creative partners to maintain visual standards.
• Trade with trusted ports: Partner with external vendors, agencies, and freelancers to ensure it meets the brand's creative bar.
• Know when to lower the sails: Balance bold, expressive design with the discipline to know when restraint is the stronger choice.
• Ride the seas of change: You’re comfortable in a remote environment where there’s lots of change.
• Sail from your port o’ call: You