Marketing Designer

About us

Our mission is to reinvent the way people learn, starting with language. We begin by teaching the next billion people English, Spanish, and French.

English is the global language of business, culture, and communication, and over 1.5 billion people around the world are actively trying to learn right now. Others dream of communicating with the half-billion native Spanish speakers across the globe. The problem is that it's nearly impossible to learn to speak a language without constant access to a speaking partner. Grammar and vocab apps don't really help – you need to actually converse with someone.

Speak is on a journey to fix this. We're creating an AI-powered experience that replicates the flow of a conversation, without needing a human on the other end. The goal is to make it radically more accessible to be able to have conversations in a foreign language and eventually help hundreds of millions of people gain fluency who otherwise wouldn't be able to.

We started on this journey over five years ago and we've still got a long ways to go. We're thoughtfully adding new team members only when we think they can truly play a big role in our mission.

Speak launched first in South Korea where we have quickly grown to become the top grossing education app in the country. We have now delivered this winning product to more than 30 countries globally and are continuing to expand to more markets in the coming months. The company is well funded, raising a recent Series B backed by investors like OpenAI, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Lachy Groom, Josh Buckley, and others. We’re a team of 75 based primarily in SF, Seoul, Tokyo, and Ljubljana.

About This Role

The Speak Marketing Team is well known in Korea for their thoughtful and outside-the-box campaigns. The Marketing Creative team is responsible for creating and managing all assets related to these very campaigns, across several media variations. We are looking to increase the internal capacity of our in-house design team to meet the growing demands that are proportional to our increasing variety of marketing channels and on-going/seasonal promotions.

We’re looking for a Marketing Designer (contract) who will assist in Speak Korea’s creative strategy and production. This is a unique opportunity for someone who is looking to make impact through their design material, alongside some of the most recognized and industry-leading marketing & creative professionals.

This roll will begin as a 6 month contract, as an in-person role for our Seoul office, with opportunities to extend and/or convert to a full-time opportunity.

What you’ll be doing

• Support in drafting design assets for Speak Korea’s marketing ads, including promotions, banners, and landing pages

• Generate static images and video/production elements for various marketing and brand campaigns

• Participate in internal projects to lend design expertise to documentation, presentations and events

• Collaborate with the Marketing team, as well as the greater Speak Korea team to bring value to our users - new and old!

What we’re looking for

• Previous experience in Adobe Creative Cloud (After Effects) and Figma, ideally in a professional setting

• Keen attention to detail, especially in the design elements (typography, layouts, etc.)

• Strong passion for marketing trends and creative design

• Previous experience in video production a huge plus

• Interest or previous experience in marketing at a start-up environment

• Native-level in Korean language, basic fluency in business English

Why work at Speak

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing very quickly, we've raised our Series B and additional extensions from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.

2. Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.

3. Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.

4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.