Scientific Designer

We are actively seeking a full-time Scientific Designer to join our mission-driven, fast-growing company to help scientists around the world create and share beautiful, professional scientific figures. 

You’ll work within the BioRender platform to create templates, drive template creation strategy, and review content for scientific accuracy. You’ll keep abreast of scientific breakthroughs and how we provide for them within the product, and you’ll help to optimize the user experience through usability testing. Consulting on special projects will also give you the opportunity to lend your expertise in other areas as needed. You'll work alongside an award-winning scientific illustration and design team (including alumni from Johns Hopkins, University of Toronto, National Geographic Magazine, and more).

You will be successful in this role if you have

• Strong eye for visual design and science communication: You enjoy producing clean, elegant figures and diagrams that elevate science communication.

• Exceptional ability to manage competing deadlines and prioritize effectively: You have a strong work ethic and thrive in a fast-paced environment. 

• A cross-functional and team-oriented approach: You are someone who is team-first and loves working on a diverse array of projects that span cross-disciplinary teams.

• Strong ownership and problem-solving skills: You are genuinely curious and like to think outside the box to help contribute to a product users love. You enjoy figuring out thoughtful, creative solutions to achieve ambitious objectives, and staying agile in your work.

What you'll be doing 

• Create clean, elegant template designs within the BioRender platform, from which scientists can modify and generate illustrations

• Contribute to user research and market research to uncover highest priority scientific content needs, in consideration of user segments, study fields, and BioRender’s business outcomes.

• Conduct peer and team-based template content reviews of near-finished templates for accuracy and visual design quality 

• Perform routine research / audits for new, emerging, or breakthrough research topics or trends which may inform pivoting template topic priorities, allowing us to always provide relevant, helpful content to the science community

• Supporting other departments as an expert: log usability issues / bugs, offer qualified suggestions and ideas, help with scientific marketing campaigns, support the growth of BioRender’s user community, or points of improvement as an “end-user” involvement in other science discussions/projects including offering consultation / expertise in specialty projects or endeavours

• Our Senior Scientific designer will also showcase thought leadership in this space, and/or people management skills. 

What you bring to the table

• Passionate BioRender user with significant experience using the platform

• Portfolio with 3-5 samples of clean designs created using BioRender, depicting a range of topics from cellular, molecular, protocols, etc.

• MSc or PhD in a life sciences field

• 2+ years of design experience and/or figure-making for publications, presentations, etc 

• Experience leading science communication projects/initiatives is a plus

• Strong eye for aesthetics/design and visual communication trends

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to manage competing deadlines and prioritize effectively

Why join us?

• We are mission-driven: we work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery. BioRender figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications! 

• BioRender is loved by millions! We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans and users in 200+ countries!

• Our company is backed by top investors and accelerators like Y Combinator, and we are on a growth trajectory comparable to many top-performing SaaS companies 

• We’re remote-first with team members across Canada and the U.S., offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere. 

BioRender is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.