Senior Designer, CRM & Web (Contract)

Acorns

Remote
full-time senior
Posted 18 days ago
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Summary

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Role Overview

Acorns is seeking a Senior Designer for CRM & Web on a 2-month contract basis. This role will be responsible for bringing the Acorns brand to life across email campaigns and web experiences. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong design skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.

Key Responsibilities

Design engaging email campaigns in Figma that align with brand guidelines and drive impact.
Collaborate on website updates, new page designs, and explore creative design solutions.
Interpret project briefs, connect conceptual dots, and manage design work from initial concept through to final handoff.
Create clear and customer-centric designs, always prioritizing the user experience.
Potentially contribute illustration work to enhance designs.
Bounce between various projects, demonstrating self-management and proactive idea generation.

Requirements

5+ years of professional design experience.
Advanced proficiency in Figma, with strong organizational skills and visual instincts.
Ability to think strategically while also being a hands-on maker.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Organized, proactive, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Expected Impact

The Senior Designer will directly contribute to enhancing the Acorns brand presence and user experience across critical customer touchpoints, including email and web. Their work will help drive engagement and support the company's mission of empowering everyday consumers with financial wellness tools.

Why Apply

Opportunity to work with a mission-driven company focused on financial wellness for all.
Chance to contribute to a new world of financial empowerment and create game-changing products.
Collaborate with a talented and motivated team that values compassion, boldness, trust, and growth.
This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, visit the company's site.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary, benefits, and perks for this role

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package including:

  • • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • • 401(k) with company match
  • • Flexible PTO and holidays
  • • Professional development opportunities
From original job posting

Original Job Description

At Acorns, our mission is to look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering, proud step of micro-investing. How do we accomplish our mission? Our values.


Lead With Heart - With compassion, integrity, and tenacity, inspire yourself and others to move past all previous thresholds of possibility

Make Bold Decisions - We are creating a new world. Be optimistic, adventurous, and courageous. Leap fearlessly into the future

Always Build Trust - Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do what you say you’re going to do. We are all owners. We are one team

Never Stop Growing - Change IS the constant. Stay hungry and curious. Be relentless in the pursuit of progress

Find a way - Never settle, no excuses, nothing is impossible. Just make it happen

Our values guide us, and our mission drives us. Come join us and help deliver financial wellness for the whole family, putting the tools of wealth-making into everyone’s hands

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Senior Designer, CRM & Web (Contract) | Acorns

Acorns is seeking a seasoned freelance designer to help bring the Acorns brand to life across CRM and web. You'll design emails, web experiences, and work with squirrels (a lot).

You’ll need to be just as comfortable zooming out to understand the “why” as you are zooming in to finesse the details. One day might be a sprint on a new landing page. The next, a round of CRM designs in Figma. If you can bounce between projects, self-manage with confidence, and bring ideas to the table, you’ll fit right in.

This contractor role is for a duration of 2 months, requiring 40 hours of work per week.

Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely within the United States, while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA.

What you will do at Acorns:

  • Design email campaigns in Figma that reflect our brand and drive impact

  • Partner on website updates, new pages, and design explorations

  • Interpret briefs, connect the dots, and carry work from concept to handoff

  • Design with clarity, always putting the customer first

  • Bonus if you can bring some illustration magic to the table

What you will bring to Acorns:

  • 5+ years of design experience

  • Pro-level Figma skills and organization and strong visual instincts

  • Strategic thinker with a hands-on maker mindset

  • Clear communicator and collaborative partner

  • Organized, proactive, and able to thrive in a fast-moving environment

  • Thirst for delivering game-changing products

  • Exceptional drive and precision in delivery

  • A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission

  • Optimistic about the potential of societal change

You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values, please apply.

What we offer:

  • Competitive hourly rate

  • Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers.

  • The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.

About Acorns:

Acorns is how everyday consumers save & invest for the long term. By putting the tools of wealth-making in everyone's hands, Acorns has become the largest subscription service in U.S. consumer finance, serving over 10 million everyday Americans. Today, Acorns is a global company across five countries with three distinct products, including GoHenry, the leader in money management and financial education for kids in the US and UK, and Pixpay, a leading European money manager for teens. At Acorns, customers get automated investing in diversified portfolios, a simple retirement product, a bank account that helps people spend less to invest more, and bonus investments from 20k brands. Parents can easily invest in their kids and get money news they can use to grow at every life stage. From acorns, mighty oaks do grow!

Compensation Information:

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $57/hour and $67/hour; commensurate with experience and qualifications. Company reserves the right to modify hourly rate at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Work Authorization:

Acorns participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov

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Important: This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For complete details, terms, and application instructions, always visit the company's official website.