Who Are We?

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 25 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office in Bangalore, where it was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on Twitter via @getpostman.

P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.

The Opportunity

The Visual Design team aims to build a brand system that allows all designers and stakeholders to quickly leverage visuals and graphics in a scalable and impactful manner. We craft delightful illustrations, graphics and design campaigns that cater to the needs of various squads within postman helping to amplify Postman's vision and story. As a core member of the team, you will help us achieve this mission and raise the bar of our brand. You will help us ideate and create visuals that are beautiful, intuitive, accessible, and interactive.You will actively contribute to our design system library and help with its adoption among different teams.

What You’ll Do

The Visual Design team has designers divided into 2 groups. You will be working with the design-system team. On a daily basis, you will be:

Working closely with Product designers and the marketing squads to ideate, create, prototype, and ship amazing artwork and graphics.
Creating pixel-perfect mocks with detailed interactions and working hand-in-hand with engineers to ship the approved ideas to product.
Contributing to our design system by providing feedback on the existing UI and visuals and adding to our Figma library of graphics through regular maintenance and upkeep.
Consistent storytelling across the brand through understanding context providing guidance to non-design teams.
Clearly and effectively articulating design decisions and best practices during design demos and reviews

About You

Based in the greater Boston area or at a minimum, on the East Coast
Experience in graphic design, illustration and a strong understanding of user interface
Willing to ideate multiple variations with prototyping first mindset
A portfolio showcasing excellent visual design or graphic design skills
Knows, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Powerpoint and Google slides
At least 1-2 years of experience as a visual designer/graphic designer
Experience working in a fast-paced environment
Thorough understanding of design principles, interaction design, typography, and color systems
Able to work in a very collaborative manner, & operate on peer feedback - important to have a growth mindset and willingness to listen, learn and continuously improve
Able to respectfully voice your opinion and be motivated to push the Postman brand to the next level

What Can Give You An Edge?

Knowledge of Postman, the product and understanding of software technologies
Has worked with advertising or marketing campaigns
Ability to share knowledge through presentations and workshops
Adobe After Effects or other animation software
Experience designing for different types of brands
Experience designing for international audiences
Experience working in a remote team

Our Values

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency & honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

What Else?

This role is based in the greater Boston, MA area and the reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $80,000 to $120,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition to our pay-on-performance philosophy, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, including full medical coverage, flexible PTO, wellness reimbursement, and a monthly lunch stipend. Salaries will vary outside of the listed metropolitan areas & the U.S.

Equal Opportunity

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.