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Canonical

1mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Junior, Mid & Senior Level
  • Design
    Creative Arts & Fashion
  • United Kingdom, +14
    Remote

AI generated summary

  • You must have a strong academic background, a technical degree or compelling narrative, leadership skills, passion for technology, excellent communication, and the ability to travel internationally.
  • You will evolve brand guidelines, create user-centered designs for digital products, ensure usability and accessibility, and collaborate with a diverse design team on various projects.

Requirements

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
  • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
  • Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
  • Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship
  • Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
  • The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
  • Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
  • Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Responsibilities

  • With a diverse team of design colleagues, you will work on a variety of projects evolving our brand guidelines and applying them to communications materials, our UI design system, and graphic design for digital products.
  • Clear, stylish presentation that aids the user experience of our products is how we raise the bar and reach the widest audience.
  • Real content and information will be at the core of the designs you produce.
  • You know the ins and outs of design and quality heuristics, and you care deeply about usability, accessibility and web standards.
  • You should have agency, company or freelance design experience.

FAQs

Is this position remote?

Yes, this role is based remotely in the EMEA region.

What is the main focus of the Visual Designer role at Canonical?

The main focus is to evolve the brand guidelines and apply them to communications materials, UI design systems, and graphic design for digital products.

What kind of experience is required for this position?

We are looking for candidates with agency, company, or freelance design experience, and a passion for technology evidenced by personal projects or initiatives.

What academic qualifications do you expect from candidates?

We are seeking candidates with an exceptional academic track record from both high school and university, preferably with an undergraduate degree in a technical subject.

Does the role require traveling?

Yes, the role requires international travel twice a year for company events, which can last up to two weeks.

What are some of the benefits offered to employees?

Benefits include a personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance program, and opportunities to travel to meet colleagues.

Are mentorship and leadership important for this role?

Yes, leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship are essential qualities we value in candidates.

How is compensation determined for this position?

Compensation is shaped by geographical location, experience, and performance, and is revisited annually, with additional performance-driven bonuses.

What type of work environment can employees expect at Canonical?

Employees can expect a distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.

Does Canonical promote diversity in the workplace?

Yes, Canonical fosters a workplace free from discrimination and values diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds.

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Canonical

Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.

Technology
Industry
501-1000
Employees
2004
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Canonical is a technology company known for developing and supporting Ubuntu, a popular open-source operating system. The company focuses on providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective solutions for cloud computing, IoT, and containers. By leveraging open-source technologies, Canonical aims to enable innovation and digital transformation for businesses and developers worldwide. The company is committed to ensuring high performance and scalability, promoting the adoption of open-source software, and fostering a global community of users and contributors.

Benefits

  • Remote working

    Canonical has been a fully distributed organisation since its origin in 2004. Digital collaboration allows us to enjoy our home environment and work with the best in the world in our domain. We meet each other at least twice per year during in-person sprints to nurture cross-team relationships.

  • We build trust

    Zero commute means more time for the things you enjoy. At the same time, we have very high expectations of commitment and independent execution. We invest in people who are self-driven, motivated and highly organised. We take our responsibility for the most critical elements of open infrastructure very seriously, and we are committed to quality in every aspect of our product and services.

  • We engineer excellence

    We aspire to lead on the global stage. There’s no other way to describe it than hard work, hard challenges and hard competition. You will need to show that you can compete in deeply challenging intellectual fields. Your colleagues are aiming for the top, and they depend on you to set the same standard in your area of responsibility. That’s tough but incredibly satisfying. We value those who take ownership of their area and take opportunities to be exceptional.

  • We travel

    We optimise our team structure for time zone overlap. Collaboration and inspiration takes time to fully develop but leadership at Canonical means building cross-team relationships. We nurture those relationships through regular global summits which bring diverse teams or their leaders together. We host these events around the world to discover great places to explore and appreciate in the process. Team events have taken place in Vancouver, Brugge, New York, Budapest, Orlando, Cape Town, Warsaw, Seoul, Paris, Portland, Lyon, London, Toronto and many more.