Staff Brand Designer

The role

You will own technically complex brand design work and provide craft oversight across the Brand Studio. You will help define visual excellence and lead the evolution of Mercury's creative direction.

What you will do

• Set and uphold the craft standard for Mercury's brand
• Lead technically complex and high-visibility brand design projects end-to-end
• Co-lead the evolution of Mercury's creative direction
• Provide hands-on craft oversight across Brand Studio output
• Commission and art-direct external creatives
• Develop brand system documentation and decision-making frameworks
• Mentor IC3 and IC4 designers through critique, pairing, and direct feedback
• Collaborate with brand strategists, copywriters, PMMs, and leadership
• Shape how Brand Studio uses AI in its craft

Required qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating mastery of typography, layout, color, and composition
• Clear and deeply held aesthetic point of view
• Fluency in brand systems
• 7–10+ years of brand design experience in high-craft environments
• Experience operating at a staff level
• Proficiency in Figma
• Hands-on experience contributing to or owning a design system
• Strong verbal and presentation skills
• A considered point of view on AI's place in high-craft design
• Experience using AI tooling in real creative work

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options/RSUs)
• Benefits

About the company

Mercury is a financial technology company that helps startups spend less time banking and more time building.