Contractor - Email Designer

Contract Details

• Initial design exercise as part of the selection process
• 3-month contract to start, with potential for extension
• Phase 1: Redesign approximately 15 existing email templates over a 2–3 week period
• Phase 2: Ongoing support designing 1–2 marketing emails per week

What you’ll do

• Redesign and modernize MNTN’s library of email templates in Figma with a focus on performance, usability, and brand consistency.
• Design high-converting marketing emails that are concise, engaging, and optimized for click-through—not just aesthetics.
• Create lightweight animations and interactive elements that enhance engagement while remaining email-client friendly.
• Apply email design best practices, including hierarchy, scannability, mobile responsiveness, accessibility, and deliverability considerations.
• Partner with Marketing to iterate quickly based on campaign goals and performance insights.
• Deliver organized, developer-friendly Figma files that are production-ready.

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years designing marketing emails, with a portfolio that demonstrates deep email expertise.
• A portfolio heavily focused on email design. We’re specifically looking for email design work, not product design, web design, or broad marketing portfolios.
• Expert proficiency in Figma.
• Strong understanding of email design constraints across major email clients and devices.
• Experience designing emails that balance compelling creative with technical realities like image weight, rendering, spam considerations, and performance.
• Experience creating lightweight animations (GIFs or similar) that improve engagement without sacrificing deliverability.
• Ability to translate performance insights into stronger creative and continuously improve designs through iteration.

What success looks like

• Refreshes MNTN’s existing library of 15 email templates within the first 2–3 weeks while elevating visual quality and usability.
• Delivers polished, on-brand email designs that are optimized for engagement and production.
• Brings fresh ideas for simplifying layouts, improving scannability, and increasing email performance.
• Establishes a reliable rhythm of delivering 1–2 high-quality email designs each week after the initial template overhaul.

Please note

When applying, include a portfolio showcasing your email design work. We’re specifically evaluating candidates with deep experience designing marketing emails and are not considering portfolios focused primarily on web, brand, or product design.