Senior Brand Designer

We're looking for a Brand Designer to be the steward of Affirm’s visual identity in all public communication related to product marketing. As part of the Product Marketing team, you will partner closely with our copywriters and work cross-functionally with our Product Design, Content Design, Product Managers, User Research, Digital Marketing, Web Developers, and PR/Communications teams. You will be responsible for concepting and crafting consumer-facing and merchant-facing narratives of Affirm’s mission across a variety of media.

What You'll Do

• Define, maintain, and evolve Affirm's visual identity in all public communication
• Craft the visual identity of Affirm across multiple mediums with graphic design, animation, motion, illustration, photography, iconography, presentations, application design, web design, and print design
• Work alongside product marketing to amplify product , assets for online and offline marketing (including emails, display banners, social media, print, out of home, conferences and tradeshows), business collateral, video assets, info-graphics, and photography assets for content marketing
• Work cross-functionally with PMs, designers, researchers, and engineers at all stages of the product development process — from ideas to optimizations
• Contribute your expertise to marketing strategy and vision (not just “how it should look,” but “how can this be better?”)
• Develop creative visual solutions following the process from concept through to production

What We Look For

• 3-5+ years of digital and print design experience
• Experience building strong, ambitious, and iconic brands with a strong emphasis on design
• Strong portfolio showing a range of projects you’ve concepted and designed including branding and identity design systems, responsive websites, and marketing collateral
• Experience in campaign concepting, partnering and ideating with copywriters
• Proven understanding of brand, website, email, social media, digital media, animation, video, collateral/presentation and experiential design as well as composition, color, imagery, and photography
• Experienced knowledge of relevant design software (Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, G Suite, Asana)
• Attention to detail – meticulous when it comes to typography, grids, balance, and white space
• Can work autonomously and communicate design decisions clearly and effectively
• Ability to concept and design quickly and share progress openly and frequently
• Informed, collaborative, and thought-through opinions. Willing to push and fight for an idea, but willing to listen and problem solve as a team player
• Comfortable art directing photographers, videographers, illustrators, and other designers
• Organized and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Animation and motion graphic skills a strong advantage