Graphic Designer (Mclean, Va)

Feb. 16, 2012

Washington DC, VA

Confidential

Graphic Designer

Cvent, Inc. (www.cvent.com)
is the market leader of on-demand event management software and strategic meetings
management solutions. Founded in 1999, Cvent is an 850-person, profitable and growing
technology company headquartered in McLean, VA with international operations. Cvent
offers web-based software solutions for online event registration, event management,
meeting site selection, email marketing and web surveys.
Cvent is built on a Microsoft .net platform and is
a Software-As-A-Service (SAAS). Cvent has invested $25 million developing our products
and has built a customer base of over 7,500 organizations worldwide. Representative
customers include KPMG, Rolls Royce, American Marketing Association, Walmart, ExxonMobil,
Harvard University, United Way and Siemens.
Job Description

Cvent is seeking a talented, entry-level
graphic designer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate
about design. This position will work closely with other designers to create
marketing and sales presentations, collateral, illustrations, icons and
other graphics. Experience or strong interest in marketing and technology is
a must -- our designers are expected to contribute not only to visuals, but
also to the concepts and strategies behind designs.
Experience drafting and designing
presentations is a big plus. Video and animation experience is helpful but
not required.
If applying for this position, please
provide a link to your online portfolio or send a PDF with 5-10 samples of
your best design work.

Position Duties

Create and update business presentations

Develop graphics and layouts for the web and for print materials

Translate abstract concepts into visual illustrations

Ensure creative alignment with branding and marketing strategy

Reinforce corporate branding through cutting edge design

Manage projects from start to finish (includes brainstorming concepts,
light copy-writing, organizing information, and approaching projects with
basic marketing fundamentals in mind).

Candidate Requirements:

A passion for design and strong desire to learn and grow as a designer

Strong interest in marketing

Ability to work quickly and independently when required

Experience creating images for web and print

Strong knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and PowerPoint

Detail-oriented, professional attitude

Bachelors degree in Graphic Design or related discipline
Pluses:

Experience shooting, editing, and compositing video -- especially for online
use

Experience creating animations in Flash or AfterEffects

HTML/CSS skills

Pre-press experience

Strong writing and/or proofreading skills
Please

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Company Overview
Cvent, Inc. (www.cvent.com)
is the market leader in web-based event management and strategic meetings management
software. We are an 850 person, growing and profitable software company headquartered
in the Washington DC area. Cvent helps over 50,000 planners manage 275,000 events,
surveys and marketing campaigns. Our users have sent over 850 million event invitations,
processed $2 billion in online payments and managed over 30 million event registrations
and responses using Cvent's software. The meetings industry is the 22nd largest
industry in the U.S, and is valued at over $50 billion dollars per year. The surveying
or market research industry is an $8 billion dollar per year market.

Company Background: We started the company in 1999 and currently have 850
employees worldwide. Based in McLean, Virginia Cvent has been consistently profitable
for the past 24 consecutive quarters. We have grown 45% over the past 7 years and
we are the only major company in our industry that is consistently profitable. We
have a significant international operation and about 15% of the US staff will have
an opportunity to go overseas on several-months-long assignments. Over the past
3 years, we sent over 75 US employees for short-term assignments in our international
office.

Management Team: We have eleven people in senior management. We are very
experienced in our particular areas as ten of the eleven members of senior management
have been with the company since inception almost nine years ago. We are all in
the early prime of our careers and most of us have advanced degrees (Harvard Business
School, Wharton, Georgetown Law, and Duke Law). We believe in hiring people based
on talent, not years of experience. We are motivated and very hungry to grow our
company. We promote people on performance and we invest aggressively in our people.

Investors: We raised $17 million in venture capital in 2000 and just recently
secured $136 million in funding from two premiere venture capital firms -- NEA and
Insight. Other investors include institutional venture capitalists and angel investors
such as the CEO of Nortel, CEO of Nextel, CEO of Bell Atlantic, CEO of AOL, and
worldwide Chairman of McKinsey Consulting. We have over 30 publicly traded CEO's
who have personally invested in the company; we view this as an endorsement of the
product and team.

Customers: Cvent has over 7,500 customers and 90,000 users in over 40 countries.
Nearly 70% of our revenue comes from corporate customers. Approximately 30% of our
revenue comes from associations, non-profits and universities. Representative customers
include KPMG, The World Bank, Rolls Royce, American Marketing Association, Walmart,
ExxonMobil, Yahoo, Harvard University, United Way, BMW, and Siemens.

Products: Cvent is built on a Microsoft .net platform and is a Software-As-A-Service
(SAAS). We have invested $25 million in building our products and have run hundreds
of thousands of events, millions of event registrations, and hundreds of millions
of email invitations. Cvent offers a next generation product suite of Event Management
(online registration, e-marketing, reporting, travel capabilities, and supplier
sourcing), Web Surveys, and Email Marketing.

Awards: Cvent has received a number of recognitions for our strong company
culture, consistent and impressive growth, visionary leadership, and investment
in our employees. These include:

Washington Business Journal's Top 50 Best Places to Work in the greater
DC area for 2009-2010 - This award recognizes the company's achievements
in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees
through employee satisfaction, growth opportunities, working conditions and
company culture.


Washingtonian Magazine's 2009-2010 "Great Places to Work."


Deloitte & Touche ranked Cvent as one of the Fastest 50 Growing Companies
in Virginia.


Our CEO was just named 2009-2010 Ernst & Young's Greater Washington Entrepreneur
of the Year.


Washingtonian Magazine just named our CEO as one of the
100 Tech Titans.

Training: Cvent invests heavily in our people. New
hires have the unique experience of beginning employment together as a class. During
our 8 weeks of training they will learn about our company, our products, and our
culture. New hires will have the opportunity to interact with senior management
and participate in company sponsored social events.

Benefits: Cvent offers a comprehensive benefits package.
We provide free healthcare, dental, and vision insurance as well as free long-term
disability and life insurance coverage. We also provide a Fidelity 401K retirement
savings plan. Employees receive 3 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO), 8 holidays, and
free parking. Cvent heavily subsidizes a Sport and Health Club membership. All employees
receive stock options in the company. Cvent is an Equal Opportunity Employer.