Position: 2D/3D Illustrator
Company: Merge Development
Category: Artist
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Are you a passionate and fearless **2D/3D Illustrator** looking for a new challenge? 

Look no further than our design agency! We offer a creative, supportive atmosphere where you can collaborate with some of the coolest designers and work with amazing clients worldwide.

We value independent thinking, flexibility, and a constant desire to learn and grow. As our ideal candidate, you'll have the opportunity to push your creativity to new heights and bring your unique vision to our projects.

Our team thrives on innovation, and we're looking for someone who shares that passion. If you're ready to take your skills to the next level and work with a team of like-minded individuals, then we want to hear from you! 

🔥 **Working at Merge means:**
- A $1,000 grant on an educational program of your choice;
- A $200 per quarter for anything which makes you feel healthy;
- Performance review once per 6-12 months with salary review;
- 20 days of paid vacations and 10 days of sick leaves per year;
- Internal masterclasses, workshops, knowledge sharing, etc. Access to the library of past events;
- Being able to work from any place in the world or modern and autonomous office space in Kyiv;
- Creating alongside thinkers and innovators;
- Helping create awesome products;
- Having an honest and open dialogue with co-workers and team leads;
- Not being afraid to make a mistake.

🧰 **What you will be doing:**
- 3D modeling of base UI elements, simple characters, and abstraction forms;
- Creation of 2D illustrations, packs for applications;
- Pitch decks, ad banners, and other marketing visuals;
- Assistance in branding (selection of color, text) and creating patterns for projects;
- Development of logos for projects.

🎯 **What we expect:**
- 3+ years of experience in design;
- Fluent with Illustrator, Blender, Figma, and Spline;
- At least Upper-Intermediate in English;
- Strong enterprise focussed portfolio (remember to include it when you send your CV);
- Excellent knowledge of visual design rules and principles, modern web design trends;
- Be self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision;
- Hunger and passion. You’re willing to put in the hours and to try-fail-learn;
- As we're a primarily remote-based team and we care about our teammates' freedom as well as output results — you need to be a responsible, self-disciplined person with time-management skills.

✨ **Hiring Process**
- Pre-screen interview with a recruiter;
- Test task;
- Technical Interview with Head of Design.

🚀 **About Us**
Merge Development is a UI/UX design and development agency. We help businesses with UX, development, and scaling of their digital products.

👩‍💻 **A few key figures about us:**
- 4+ years on the market;
- 50+ employees;
- 70+ projects from the USA, Australia, and Europe.

**What makes us –us:**

🥇 **Partners, not clients**
Being client-first we treat our clients as our partners. This approach allows us to focus on building long-term relationships based on trust and mutual benefits.

🤗 **Honesty**
Being honest and open is our standard of communication at work and in everyday life. And we show that by being open to our peers starting from day one.

❤️ **Passion, curiosity, growth**
Three things that drive us forward and make us better with every complex task we solve and every new design we create. And we are willing to contribute to that.

💪 **Action and reaction**
At Merge, we don’t wait until someone tells us what to do. Being experts in our fields, we go out and propose the solution first, and get feedback second. 

👀 **Failures are fingerposts to success**
Those who fear making a mistake create with boundaries in mind. We promote out-of-box thinking under the supervision of a mentor to nourish creativity.