Calm

New York

Partnerships Designer

FULL TIME ON-SITE MID
Posted 12 days ago
$95,000 - $148,000

Quick Summary

Role Overview

Calm is seeking an experienced Partnerships Designer to join the Partnerships Team and drive global growth through high-impact collaborations. You will work across Business Development, Brand Licensing, and Partner Success to conceptualize and develop innovative, on-brand design solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Create high-stakes pitch presentations for specific partner propositions and industry verticals
  • Build bespoke presentations and visual building blocks for flagship partners
  • Develop mockups of in-app UI and co-branded partner integrations
  • Design B2B marketing assets including case studies and data infographics
  • Ideate mockups for licensed products and physical packaging
  • Deliver visual assets for signed deals and marketing channels

Requirements Snapshot

  • Minimum of five years of related professional design experience
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
  • Experience designing for both digital and physical media formats
  • Expert ability to create narrative-driven decks and visual building blocks
  • Proven ability to leverage AI tools to streamline design workflows

Expected Impact

This role is integral to expanding Calms global footprint by visualizing complex partner value propositions and maintaining brand consistency across diverse platforms. Your work will directly support the acquisition and success of major partnerships, ultimately helping millions more people access mental health support.

This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Compensation

$95,000 - $148,000

Job Description

About Calm

Calm is a leading consumer mental health company on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. Known for its flagship consumer app—ranked #1 in its category with over 180 million downloads and availability in seven languages across 190 countries—Calm helps people sleep better, stress less, and live more mindfully through content and tools from experts and beloved celebrity voices. Building on this foundation, Calm has created a broader portfolio including evidence-based solutions like Calm Health, offered through employers, health plans and providers, designed to expand access to mental health and sleep support, boost benefits engagement, and drive positive health outcomes. Today, Calm supports more than 3,500 organizations and reaches over 42 million covered lives through Calm Health. Calm has been recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company and one of Fast Company’s Brands That Matter. Learn more at calm.com.

What We Do

Calm is a leading consumer mental health company on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. Known for its flagship consumer app—ranked #1 in its category with over 180 million downloads and availability in seven languages across 190 countries—Calm helps people sleep better, stress less, and live more mindfully through content and tools from experts and beloved celebrity voices.And while the heart of Calm is digital, we are growing and expanding offline with a variety of products and services to help deliver on our mission of health and happiness, the world over.

What You’ll Do

With a beloved product, a recognizable brand, and millions of paying subscribers, Calm stands at the forefront of the global mental health movement.  Success, in part, has been driven by a relentless culture of innovation coupled with a singular focus on making the world happier and healthier. We are looking for an experienced, versatile Designer to join the Partnerships Team to help grow Calm’s product and distribution partnerships worldwide. This role is integral to driving Calm’s growth through high-impact collaborations across Business Development, Brand Licensing, and Partner Success. As a Partnerships Designer, you will collaborate closely with Business Development Managers, Partnerships Marketing, and Strategic Partner Managers (SPMs) to conceptualize and develop innovative, on-brand design solutions. Key responsibilities include:

Business Development

  • Create and update high-stakes pitch presentations for specific partner propositions (e.g., Calm for Brands, Calm Offers) and verticals like Travel and Connected Health.
  • Build bespoke presentations for flagship partners.
  • Develop visual building blocks and mockups of in-app UI, including co-branded partner pages and Calm integrations into partner UX (e.g., Calm on a Hilton TV or in a Lincoln car).
  • Design B2B marketing assets, including long/short form case studies, data storytelling/infographics, LinkedIn posts, and more.
  • Support the Partnerships website and create invitations for industry events.

Brand Licensing

  • Ideate and create mockups for licensed and co-branded products and their packaging, integrating Calm’s logo and marks.
  • Visualize in-store and on-shelf merchandising with branded product mockups.
  • Create lifestyle representations of branded products to show typical use cases and user benefits.
  • Develop style guide assets and guidance for partnering brands to ensure brand consistency.

Partner Success

  • Deliver visual assets for signed deals, including in-app Partner Page artwork, logo lockups, and phone mockups.
  • Design assets for marketing channels, including blog posts, newsletters, social assets, and lifecycle email campaigns.
  • Create external-facing materials such as GTM decks, Quarterly Business Review decks, and renewal pitch decks.

Who You Are

  • An outstanding portfolio showcasing a strong understanding of design principles, specifically in pitch deck design, product mockups, and layout.
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
  • Expert-level ability to create visual building blocks and narrative-driven decks that communicate complex partner value propositions.
  • Experience designing for both digital (app UI mockups, social) and physical (packaging, on-shelf merchandising) media.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating across diverse teams, including Marketing, Product, and external partners.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment while adhering to Calm’s brand guidelines.
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance and streamline design workflows rather than replace them, heavily valuing your creative vision alongside your execution efficiency.

Nice to Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Illustration, or a related field
  • Previous experience in tech, wellness, or a similar fast-paced industry
  • Strong illustration skills are highly preferable but not required
  • Work experience in the Mental Health space
  • Experience thriving in a remote-first company

Minimum Requirements

  • 5 years of related experience in design

Calm uses a geographic pay model that determines salaries based on the location where an employee lives. For this position, the base pay ranges across Calm’s pay tiers is as follows:$95,000 - $148,000.The base pay range represents the low and high end of Calm’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, experience and other qualifications. Calm uses employee zip code to determine which pay range applies. This role is also eligible for equity + comprehensive benefits + 401k + flexible time off.

Calm may incorporate artificial intelligence technology to support the application review process, but rest assured that human reviewers are involved in all stages of the hiring process.

Calm is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or interview process, please contact Calm’s Recruiting team at recruitingaccommodations@calm.com. All accommodation requests will be handled confidentially and assessed on a case-by-case basis.

We believe that mental health is health, and every person should be considered in the discussion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Calm is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work, and experience a culture that is free of harassment, racism, and discrimination.

Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Roles which require access to certain types of information may also require the successful completion of a drug screening.


FOR US BASED POSITIONS: Calm participates in e-verify. E-verify provides the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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