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Why Quark Software:

Since 1981, Quark has been a pioneer in graphic design, digital publishing, and content automation. We’re building on our 40-year legacy to help organizations with content lifecycle management, including content design, automation, and intelligence. From digital magazines that entertain to complex documents that demonstrate regulatory compliance, Quark’s software solutions help customers create, manage, publish and analyse their content, their way. This new era of innovation and growth means we’re hiring additional talent.

Reasons to Join Quark:

Quark is an established company entering a new phase of innovation and growth, with a new leadership team focused on R&D and the success of our customers. Our culture and values underscore our commitment to a positive, safe and supportive work environment where each employee is able to flourish. And when our employees succeed, the company succeeds. That’s the circle of success, the Quark spark of creativity as symbolized by the icon in our logo. The other reasons to join Quark are described here:

• 40 Years of Innovation: Quark is an established company and has been a pioneer and expert in content design, digital publishing and content automation for 40 years.
• Loyal Customers: QuarkXPress has more than 50,000 users worldwide, and our 100+ enterprise customers use our software to inform, educate and entertain their target audiences.
• Talent: Our 200 Quarkians, each with different skills and experiences, enjoy collaborating and learning from one another.
• Equal Opportunity & Diversity: Quark is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion and diversity among our employee base.
• Health & Wellness: We offer generous health insurance plans with preventative care, in addition to paid time off for holidays, vacation and sick days.
• Professional Development: We provide onboarding, tailored individual training, and formal performance evaluations with ongoing coaching.
• Work-Life Balance: We promote work-life balance through flexible schedules and such programs as maternity, paternity, and adoption leaves.
• Volunteerism: Quark encourages employees to volunteer their time in support of worthy causes and charities within their communities.
• Recognition & Rewards: We recognize and reward employees for helping the company achieve its business objectives.
• Employee Referral Program: We appreciate employees’ help in identifying and recruiting new talent and reward them for it.

This opportunity is an incredible chance to join the company that pioneered the desktop publishing market back in 1981 with our QuarkXPress design software, which continues to be used by over 50,000 creative professionals worldwide today. We’d love you to become a product champion for QuarkXPress as part of this role and full training and backup support will be given to ensure you are successful.

This role will report to the VP of Marketing, and you will work closely with the wider marketing team and other departments within our global company to create brand libraries, digital assets, web page designs, brochures, social banners, animated GIFs, and more. The ideal candidate should be creative, and imaginative and loves ideation while understanding the importance of brand conformity, functional layouts, and the business reasons why and where content is required.

As part of your key responsibilities, you will:

• Design and create digital and print assets such as website banners, social media post artwork, presentation slide decks, ebooks, white papers and more
• Ideate new ideas to help position and visually convey Quark’s key sales messages and market information
• Work with the website team to design new web page layouts and fresh new ways to make web pages interactive and engaging
• Help design splash screens and assets to be used in our QuarkXPress design software
• Grab and resize software screen shot images for third-party websites and other placements, such as product listing sites like G2
• Help design exhibition stand and print-based banners for shows and internal office use
• Champion content reuse to create different versions of content to be used for purposes such as partner marketing in the partner portal
• Work with HR to help deliver on our OneQuark culture and values messaging

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or HND Diploma in graphic design
• Some marketing team experience is preferred but not essential
• Natural creative and visualization skills
• Desire to build a successful career in design and content creation
• Awareness of all types of design contexts and publishing types
• Software skills in design software such as Adobe Creative Cloud, QuarkXPress, and similar
• Self-motivated, timely, and responsible

Company Profile:

If a quark – in science – is the basis for all matter, then Quark – the company – is the basis for all content. In fact, our tagline is “brilliant content that works” and we employ approximately 200 people across the globe to help us fulfill that brand promise. Quark is committed to attracting, retaining and rewarding talent from diverse backgrounds and fostering an inclusive, healthy, and supportive culture. We care about our employees and the world around us, and our approach to corporate citizenship is demonstrated through numerous policies and programs, including:

• Diversity and inclusion.
• Codes of conduct for employees and the business as a whole underscore our values.
• Generous benefits, including insurance plans, paid time off and holidays, and salary based on experience.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Leave policies for new parents, caring for loved ones, bereavement, and volunteerism.
• Recognition and rewards programs.
• Referral program.
• Performance management and professional development.

The Opportunity:

We’re building on our 40-year legacy in content design to focus on closed-loop content lifecycle management, to accelerate value creation for our growing number of enterprise customers using our content automation and content intelligence software.

Content drives modern business. It must reach customers, partners and employees in the right format, at the right time, and in the right place according to unique industry and brand requirements. Quark provides the solutions that organizations need to inform, educate or entertain their audiences to produce the desired results – whether that’s furnishing regulators with compliance documentation, equipping employees with standard operating procedures, or entertaining subscribers with a digital magazine. That’s why our mission revolves around helping customers with their content, their way.

We're committed to the health and happiness of our employees and offer a comprehensive and generous benefit package that is effective on your first day of employment.