Illustrator

🏦 About Fold

🛠 What you'll be working on

• You'll join our small design team. You will create original and visually appealing illustrations for a variety of projects including marketing materials, products, and social media content.
• You'll own multiple processes end to end, working with the design, and product, to solve the biggest problems for our users.
• You'll help us make the right tradeoffs, taking into consideration design and business limitations, and build a product for the long term with robust and reliable code.
• You'll create experiences that shape an iconic product. We believe in hiring smart people that pride themselves in good values, their work ethics, and holding great responsibility.
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and conceptualise ideas.

💯 You'd fit in if:

• 3+ years of experience as an Illustrator or related role.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Strong portfolio of work showcasing a range of illustration styles and techniques.
• We are not big on having degrees but a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Illustration, or a related field is a big plus.
• You can work in teams. You need to be able to collaborate and work with the product and design teams.
• You can work within business constraints. You understand how companies work and make the correct tradeoffs between time, speed, and features whenever required. The ability to work independently and manage multiple projects at once is a big plus.
• You love to give back to the community through blogging, mentoring, and contributing to open source.

🌱 Join us

• 6-month intern/contract role
• Competitive stipend/salary

🎁 Perks and benefits

• Generous leave policy. Unlimited paid leave.
• Flexible working hours: It doesn't matter if you're a morning person or a night owl, work when you want. We all work asynchronously. Meetings are the exception, not the rule.
• Get your perfect setup: Mac/Windows/Linux, mechanical keyboard or anything that you need to do the best work of your life. We'll help set up your workspace.
• We'll take care of you: Annual team retreats, meals and accommodation if you choose to work at Bangalore HQ. Wellness allowance to take care of your physical and mental health (gym memberships, meditation apps, and anything you need).
• Make a big difference: Take, own, and implement decisions to build Fold from scratch. We are not rushing to market but focusing on a quality product and the attention to little details.

⚙️ Our recruitment process

1. Introduction: Get on an introductory call with us. We'll talk about your interests, your past experience, our vision of the future, and how you can contribute and help us achieve it.
2. Take-home exercise: We'll send over a small challenge, which you'll have to complete and send back in 48 hours.
3. Pair designing: If we like your submission, we'll invite you to an interview with one of our designers, with whom you'll be pair-designing.

Write ✍️ to us

• Who do you look up to as an artist?
• What's your favourite app and why?
• What are your favourite tools or software to use when creating illustrations?
• Do you have any specific areas of expertise or styles that you particularly enjoy working in?
• List three problems in 21st-century personal finance, and tell us how you would solve them.