Sr. Visual Designer

AppLovin
Toronto, Canada
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for visual designers who lead creative initiatives and demonstrate autonomy in shaping brand identity, working in a global environment with a focus on modern, humanistic design.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience leading end-to-end visual design projects across multiple formats and media
    — “Lead visual design projects end-to-end, from initial research and concept through final delivery across digital, print, and motion formats.”
  • Candidates with a track record of driving bold, distinctive work and staying ahead of emerging trends
    — “Experiment and push for bold ideas — actively research emerging trends and find ways to bring them into the brand.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands flexibility in managing shifting priorities and multiple projects simultaneously
    — “Manage multiple projects simultaneously, context-switching fluidly as priorities shift.”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with cross-functional collaboration and maintaining creative ownership
    — “Collaborate across disciplines — marketing, product, engineering, and beyond — while maintaining creative ownership and quality standards.”

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to translate business goals into compelling, on-brand visual solutions in your portfolio
    — “Translate business goals into strategic visual solutions that are both compelling and on-brand.”
  • Highlight your experience with scalable design systems and strong foundational design principles
    — “Build and maintain scalable visual identities grounded in strong principles — layout, grid, typography, color, and iconography.”
  • Emphasize your initiative in identifying and acting on brand improvement opportunities
    — “Identify opportunities to strengthen AppLovin's brand and proactively act on them without waiting to be asked.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work independently and drive projects without close supervision
    — “Highly autonomous; takes initiative and drives projects forward without needing close direction.”
  • Include examples of your integration of emerging AI tools into your creative workflow
    — “Explore and integrate emerging AI tools into your workflow, staying ahead of the curve on new technologies and techniques.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Proven visual designer with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end project ownership
Typical background
Deep expertise in design principles: layouts, grid systems, typography, color, and iconography

Skills & requirements

Required

Visual DesignBrand IdentityDesign SystemsCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

AI IntegrationEmerging Trends

Stack & domain

Visual DesignBrandingMarketingWeb ContentEvent GraphicsSwag And ClothingOffice And Environmental DesignDigital Product VisualsAI ToolsDesign

About the role

Original posting from AppLovin via Greenhouse

About AppLovin

AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end advertising solutions for businesses to reach, monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: www.applovin.com.

To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.

About the Role

We're seeking a Visual Designer to drive high-impact creative initiatives across AppLovin's brand and marketing ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of visual strategy, craft, and execution — with ownership across projects spanning marketing and web content, event graphics, decks and presentations, swag and clothing, office and environmental design, and digital product visuals. You won't be handed a template; you'll take projects from 0 to 1 with the autonomy to shape how AppLovin looks and feels across every surface.

You'll operate with significant independence in a fast-paced environment, working closely with the Branding Lead, design leads across the team, and cross-functional stakeholders depending on the project, to elevate AppLovin's visual presence globally.

A Day in the Life

Lead visual design projects end-to-end, from initial research and concept through final delivery across digital, print, and motion formats.

Build and maintain scalable visual identities grounded in strong principles — layout, grid, typography, color, and iconography.

Translate business goals into strategic visual solutions that are both compelling and on-brand.

Identify opportunities to strengthen AppLovin's brand and proactively act on them without waiting to be asked.

Experiment and push for bold ideas — actively research emerging trends and find ways to bring them into the brand, rather than relying on the expected or the safe choice.

Manage multiple projects simultaneously, context-switching fluidly as priorities shift.

Collaborate across disciplines — marketing, product, engineering, and beyond — while maintaining creative ownership and quality standards.

Explore and integrate emerging AI tools into your workflow, staying ahead of the curve on new technologies and techniques.

The Impact You'll Make

Shape the evolution of AppLovin's visual identity across global markets and product surfaces.

Raise the bar for design quality and craft across the organization.

Influence how AppLovin shows up to advertisers, and consumers worldwide.

Who You Are

Proven visual designer with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end project ownership — from research to final delivery. Not just an executor: someone with taste, the ability to search for it, and the craft to translate it into concrete outputs across different media and formats.

Deep expertise in design principles: layouts, grid systems, typography, color, and iconography, with a track record of building scalable visual identities and design systems.

Highly autonomous; takes initiative and drives projects forward without needing close direction.

Naturally curious — asks questions, seeks context, and wants to understand the why behind every brief.

Driven to experiment and create bold, distinctive work — stays on top of the latest trends and looks for ways to translate them into the brand, rather than settling for the comfortable or the familiar.

Critical thinker who identifies challenges early and arrives with solutions, not just problems.

Comfortable managing several projects at once in a fast-moving environment.

Strong collaborator who keeps teams aligned and stays flexible as priorities evolve.

Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with working knowledge of emerging AI tools and a drive to continually master new ones.

Portfolio that reflects AppLovin's aesthetic — clean, modern, humanistic — is a strong advantage.

AppLovin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send us a request at jobs@applovin.com

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Source: AppLovin careers (Greenhouse)

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