Designer

Job description / Role

The designer is the significant contributor to our growing business, they are creative, innovative and passionate about using their own ideas to improve our online portal. Your work will help drive subscriber engagement and gain the attention from our prospective business partners.

Other responsibilities include:
Ensure that all artwork and writing on our site is compelling, engaging and more over conveys the Groupon voice
Be able to field last minute edits and as as Groupons final Editorial backstop
Contribute ideas and design artwork to the overall brief
Conduct picture research for features
Prepare layout and features with sourced images
Make the decisions on how best to digitally optimize and present text and images on the website

Requirements

Excellent design track record 
Team player with a strong ability to influence and interact at all levels, using both written and verbal communication
Good organizational skills 
Clear understanding of the market and its competitors
Creative, bright, entrepreneurial self-starter
Can multi-task and has the ability to implement strategy and translate vision
Ability to build on success and possess strategic and innovative thinking
Understanding of the business model
Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
Proactive, can-do attitude
Working to tight deadlines
High attention to detail
Proficient in using PC / MAC packages

About the Company

Three years, was all it took for a small internet start-up in Chicago to conquer 48 countries, convince over 130 million subscribers and to break the sound barrier of one billion US Dollars! In three years Groupon grew from a promising idea to a NASDAQ Listed Company worth 10 billion US Dollars! Titled by Forbes Magazine as the fastest growing company ever, Groupon has revolutionised the world of online shopping and marketing!

As the market leader in the collective buying industry, our mission is to give our subscribers the opportunity to explore new experiences and check out the best venues in their city, while bringing fresh customers to our local business partners. We do this by offering exclusive daily deals via our website, newsletter and social networks. Groupon is active in more than 45 countries and 450+ cities worldwide. With more than 64 million global subscribers and more than 1 million active users in our online communities (Facebook, Twitter), Groupon maximizes the customer flow for small to medium sized businesses by providing them with affluent customers via direct marketing.