Principal Brand Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Develop and articulate OLX Group’s brand ecosystem, visual identity, creative vision, and visual standards.

• Implement brand identity governance, quality assurance measures, design principles, multi-brand design frameworks, and asset libraries.

• Lead brand design across digital, physical, and experiential channels, excluding advertising initiatives.

• Create AI-ready design frameworks, prompt libraries, reusable templates, automation workflows, and governance structures.

• Discover ways to leverage AI to enhance creative workflows, improve collaboration, and elevate design quality.

• Establish creative benchmarks for product launches, executive communications, presentations, employer branding, events, web experiences, and marketing strategies.

• Offer creative direction, critique, and hands-on design leadership.

• Convert customer insights, research findings, and business objectives into visual systems and brand experiences.

• Develop documentation, enablement initiatives, design resources, and governance models for global and regional teams.

• Engage and influence senior stakeholders across Product, Marketing, and Executive Leadership.

• Mentor and coach designers through critique, guidance, and collaborative efforts.

• Report to the Director of Product Design and collaborate with Marketing, Brand Strategy, Product Design, Communications, Employer Brand, and regional teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in brand design or visual design.

• Proven experience in building or evolving brands at scale across various products or markets.

• Proficient in Figma and/or Adobe Creative Suite.

• Background in motion design, storytelling, and digital brand experiences.

• Experience in building or contributing to enterprise design systems.

• Extensive knowledge of AI-powered creative tools and workflows.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.

• A portfolio showcasing exceptional work in visual identity, typography, layout, storytelling, motion, and digital experiences.

• Capability to translate positioning, customer insights, and business goals into creative systems.

• Ability to influence others without direct authority and collaborate effectively with executives, marketers, and designers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Remote work opportunity from Portugal.

• Chance to shape multiple global brands.

• Opportunity to define AI-enabled design systems and workflows.

• Influence beyond individual projects through established frameworks, standards, and creative vision.