Staff Brand Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Establish and maintain the craft standard for Mercury's brand.

• Spearhead the most technically intricate and high-profile brand design projects from inception to completion.

• Collaborate with a senior brand designer and creative leadership to jointly guide the progression of Mercury's creative vision.

• Provide hands-on craft supervision across all outputs from the Brand Studio.

• Commission and art-direct external creatives such as photographers, illustrators, and motion designers.

• Create brand system documentation and frameworks for decision-making.

• Guide IC3 and IC4 designers through critique sessions, pairing initiatives, and direct feedback.

• Work together with brand strategists, copywriters, PMMs, and leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in brand design, with a background in high-craft environments such as agencies, fashion, elevated consumer sectors, or design-centric technology.

• An outstanding portfolio showcasing work that exemplifies mastery in typography, layout, color, and composition across various brand contexts.

• A clearly defined and passionately held aesthetic perspective.

• Proficiency in brand systems, demonstrating an understanding of how to create for scalability and uniformity.

• Experience functioning at a staff level, working independently, influencing without authority, and making decisions that impact the entire team’s output.

• Expertise in Figma and hands-on experience in contributing to or leading a design system.

• Strong verbal communication and presentation abilities.

• The discernment to know when to focus closely and when to adopt a broader perspective, along with the discipline to manage both simultaneously.

• An inquisitive nature, self-restraint, and a genuine enthusiasm for producing meaningful work.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary.

• Equity options (stock options/RSUs).