Join The Coucou Team

Coucou French Classes, the premier French language center in NYC and LA, is seeking a remote, part-time graphic designer working on a retainer basis. The designer will provide creative support for Coucou French Classes’ marketing initiatives, ensuring high-quality visual assets across various channels within established brand guidelines.

Responsibilities:

The graphic designer will deliver creative assets and contribute to brand and marketing efforts in the following areas:

Brand Development:

• Maintain and enhance visual identity across all media.
• Ensure adherence to established brand guidelines in all designs.

Graphic Design for Marketing Media:

• Newsletter Design and Preparation:
  • Create and maintain newsletter templates.
  • Design and prepare weekly newsletters in collaboration with the marketing team.
• Paid Media Assets:
  • Develop engaging visual assets for digital advertising campaigns
• Organic Social Media Content:
  • Design static graphics for social media posts, stories, and campaigns aligned with marketing objectives, supporting the Social Media Director
• Additional Marketing Collateral:
  • Create occasional flyers, brochures, banners, and short presentation decks.
  • Ongoing updates and adjustments to our teaching materials (InDesign)

Collaboration:

• Work closely with the marketing team to align deliverables with strategic goals.
• Provide input during planning and brainstorming sessions to ensure cohesive messaging and design.

Work Conditions:

• Hours: 20 hours per week, on a retainer basis.
• Schedule: Flexible, with availability for regular team check-ins and project reviews.
• Duration: 6 months, renewable

Skills and Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a graphic designer, preferably in marketing or digital media.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and other design tools such as Canva.
• Proficiency in Hubspot and Beefree for Email Marketing.
• Familiarity with digital advertising specifications and social media best practices.
• Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines within a remote setup.
• French language proficiency is a plus but not required

 

Compensation:

• Retainer Rate: depending on experience
• About 20 hours of work per week.
• Free French classes

Interested applicants can send an email to [email protected] sending:

• CV
• Cover letter
• Portfolio or samples of graphic design work

Applicants must be:

• native French speakers (French is your first language)
• have a very good command of English
• energetic and outgoing
• knowledgeable about French current events and culture, and able to make learning a language lots of fun!
• have excellent interpersonal skills – patient, punctual and reliable
• flexible with their schedule and available at least 2 evenings per week and a few hours on the weekend as well
• authorized to work in the US (green card, EAD, citizenship).

We provide paid training sessions – no experience needed.

• What we offer:
• $30-50/hour
• Semi-annual bonuses
• 50% transport reimbursement