Contractor - Email Designer

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Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

United States

Full job description

MNTN is seeking a senior contract email designer to modernize and redesign approximately 15 existing email templates and provide ongoing support designing 1-2 marketing emails weekly. The role requires expert proficiency in Figma, deep experience in marketing email design with a portfolio focused on email work, and knowledge of email client constraints, deliverability, and lightweight animations. Responsibilities include creating high-converting, engaging, and technically optimized emails with best practices for hierarchy, responsiveness, accessibility, and performance. The contract starts with a 3-month term with potential extension and is remote based in the United States.

What you'll do

Redesign and modernize MNTN's library of email templates in Figma focusing on performance, usability, and brand consistency
Design high-converting marketing emails that are concise, engaging, and optimized for click-through
Create lightweight animations and interactive elements that enhance engagement while remaining email-client friendly
Apply email design best practices including hierarchy, scannability, mobile responsiveness, accessibility, and deliverability considerations
Partner with Marketing to iterate quickly based on campaign goals and performance insights
Deliver organized, developer-friendly Figma files that are production-ready

Requirements

5+ years designing marketing emails with a portfolio demonstrating deep email expertise
Portfolio focused specifically on email design (not product, web, or broad marketing design)
Expert proficiency in Figma
Strong understanding of email design constraints across major email clients and devices
Experience designing emails balancing creative and technical realities like image weight, rendering, spam considerations, and performance
Experience creating lightweight animations (GIFs or similar) that improve engagement without sacrificing deliverability
Ability to translate performance insights into stronger creative and continuously improve designs through iteration