Sr. Designer, Performance Marketing

Verkada
San Mateo; CA United States, San Mateo; CA United States
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level designers comfortable with high-volume digital ad creation and performance-based iteration in a fast-growing tech environment.

Best fit for

  • Designers who thrive on rapid iteration and data-driven creative decisions.
    — “You’re energized by volume, iteration, and the challenge of making the next ad better than the last.
  • Visual problem-solvers with a portfolio proving ad performance, not just aesthetics.
    — “A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design fundamentals, strong visual problem-solving, and an ability to create work that performs—not just work that looks good.
  • Autonomous creators who can manipulate assets and wordsmith under tight deadlines.
    — “You’re a design machine—able to ‘make assets work’ through clever photo manipulation and a crafty spirit.

Things to consider

  • Role requires adapting creative output based on real-time performance metrics.
    — “A key contributor in helping define growth marketing related ad strategies and the real-time experimentation based on closely monitored performance metrics.
  • Work involves frequent collaboration across creative, product, and growth teams.
    — “Working closely with the Growth team and Creative leadership, you’ll be a hands-on maker/creator of the content that drives our growth.

How to stand out

  • Showcase ad concepts that evolved through multiple performance-tested iterations.
    — “You don’t just make ads, you make the next version of the ad.
  • Demonstrate analytical thinking behind creative choices in past campaigns.
    — “You'll work closely with performance marketers to understand what's working, what's not, and where the next opportunity lives.
  • Highlight examples where you transformed raw assets into high-performing ads.
    — “You’ll be creating paid media and social advertising assets from start to finish, and their related production aspects like resizing, photomanipulation, and sometimes wordsmithing.
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • creation of compelling and effective digital advertising
  • collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • development of ad strategies based on performance metrics
Typical background
3-8 years of experience in visual design within performance marketing or digital advertising

Skills & requirements

Required

Visual DesignPerformance MarketingGrowth MarketingDigital AdvertisingAdvertising Asset CreationContract Management

Preferred

Portfolio Of Design WorkPhotomanipulationWordsmithing

About the role

Original posting from Verkada via Greenhouse

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. 

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. 

Overview

Our team is looking for a skilled and passionate designer to help strengthen our performance marketing output—a unique opportunity to directly impact the success and revenue of a multibillion-dollar global tech brand.

As part of this fast-paced, fast-growing team, you’ll create compelling, effective, high-quality digital advertising seen by millions. You’ll support multi-platform marketing campaigns, working cross-functionally with Creative, Product Marketing, Content, and Growth stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a natural creative problem solver with the ability to execute ideas quickly and thoughtfully. Equal parts rock-solid design foundation and curious solution seeker.

You’ve got a curiosity for what stops the scroll. You love creating, testing, refining, and finding smarter ways to communicate an idea. You're energized by volume, iteration, and the challenge of making the next ad better than the last.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the Growth team and Creative leadership, you’ll be a hands-on maker/creator

of the content that drives our growth. Focused primarily on digital advertising and performance marketing.

You’ll be creating paid media and social advertising assets from start to finish, and their related production aspects like resizing, photomanipulation, and sometimes wordsmithing. 

You’ll collaborate on your own executional ideas, as well as helping refine and execute other’s ideas. 

A key contributor in helping define growth marketing related ad strategies and the real-time experimentation

based on closely monitored performance metrics.

You'll work closely with performance marketers to understand what's working, what's not, and where the next opportunity lives—helping shape creative decisions based on both instinct and results.

You don’t just make ads, you make the next version of the ad.

Qualifications

3–8 years of experience in visual design within Performance Marketing, Growth Marketing, or digital advertising.

A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design fundamentals, strong visual problem-solving, and an ability to create work that performs—not just work that looks good.

You’re a design machine—able to ‘make assets work’ through clever photo manipulation and a crafty spirit. 

You’re curious and a critical thinker with strong opinions about advertising. You notice what stops people from scrolling. You pay attention to what works, what doesn't, and why.

Able to work effectively, and often autonomously, in a fast-paced environment with rapidly shifting priorities.

Ability and mindset to create, iterate, and strategize on performance-based results.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range$110,000—$165,000 USDVerkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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Source: Verkada careers (Greenhouse)

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