Brand Support Designer

Quick Summary 🕛 Hours: ~60 hours per month 🌎 Location: Fully remote 🇪🇺 Time Zone: Europe-based due to time-zone alignment 🇬🇧 Language: Native or professional English required — all company communication is in English 🤠 Experience: Midweight — 3+ years of brand design experience (agency or remote experience is a bonus) 🔮 Profile: Autonomous, proactive, and highly organized 💸 Salary Range: B2B collaboration; €25/hour gross About us We are partners in your digital journey. We bring together strategy, design, and technology to build systems that flex as your future unfolds. Afternow creates the digital systems brilliant companies are built on. Strategy, identity, web and product design, and technology that scales. Every part of the process supports and informs the other, creating an environment that works today and adapts to wherever the business goes next. We work primarily with ambitious, digitally focused organizations navigating change. From startups finding their footing, to scale-ups building momentum, to established enterprises reshaping their digital foundations. Our partnerships are built on clarity, craft, and care. Since 2012, we've grown from our roots on Island Krk, Croatia, to a fully remote team of more than thirty talented people working across the globe. We've partnered with companies including AWS, ThoughtSpot, Progressive, Descartes, ShipBob, Quillbot, Teachable, Crisp, CloudZero, Kinetik, and many more. 🏆 4.6 Glassdoor Rating — Join our team and discover why our people consistently rate us so highly. Job description The Role We're looking for a midweight Brand Support Designer to support our retainer clients and agency marketing across a variety of touchpoints. You'll be a champion of all things visual — applying and expanding upon Afternow-created brands across marketing collateral, ads, social media assets, and presentation decks. Working alongside our branding team, you'll assist with material creation and the everyday tasks that keep our brand work moving. This is a part-time, per-hour freelance engagement rather than a full-time commitment — ideal for an autonomous, proactive designer who thrives on variety and delivering polished work at pace. What You'll Do Create Marketing & Social Material Prepare social media posts, ad banners, newsletters, presentation decks, and branded documents for both the agency and our clients. Support the Branding Team Create additional visuals and variations — applications, print collateral, digital collateral — that reflect each brand identity and meet client and marketing-team requirements. Manage Multiple Tasks Juggle multiple design tasks simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining a high standard of quality. Iterate on Feedback Make revisions and adjustments to designs based on team and client feedback. Provide General Support Offer day-to-day support to other designers and team members, including light administrative tasks. What We're Looking For The Right Mindset Autonomous and proactive: You take ownership and move things forward without waiting to be asked Highly organized: You manage multiple projects at once and consistently hit deadlines Brand champion: You care about applying and expanding brands faithfully across every medium Quality-focused: You hold a high standard even under a fast, varied workload Essential Experience Midweight — 3+ years of brand design experience Agency, tech company, or freelance background Demonstrated experience in brand design, presentation design, and/or marketing campaigns Strong portfolio showcasing your design skills and an eye for aesthetics Design Excellence Strong brand craft across marketing collateral, social assets, and presentation design Building templates and decks in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote Producing print and digital collateral that stays true to brand identity Delivering polished variations at pace across multiple clients Tools Proficient in Figma and Illustrator (essential) Comfortable building templates in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote Familiarity with Adobe After Effects is a plus Communication Fluent English (written and verbal) to engage international team members and clients Effective collaboration with designers, team members, and clients Bonus Points Animation skills Motion or After Effects experience Hiring Process Application Review — Pre-selection based on your portfolio and a cover letter that tells us more about you Video Call with HR — Initial conversation about fit, availability, and expectations Portfolio Deep Dive with the Design Team — Walk us through a project of your choice: your process, who you collaborated with, the tools you used, and the challenges you faced Welcome to Afternow! Apply Now If you're an organized, proactive brand designer who loves producing sharp, on-brand work across marketing and social, we want to hear from you. Show us work that demonstrates: Polished brand and marketing collateral Strong presentation and template design Consistency in applying brands across mediums The ability to manage many tasks and deliver on time Afternow is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse teams build better products and create better experiences. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.