Brand Designer

Navan
Los Angeles, CA
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in brand design and a track record of cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a strong brand design background and experience in cross-functional collaboration
    — “Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency”
  • Individuals who have demonstrated creative ideation and execution in their portfolio
    — “Your portfolio should showcase creative ideation and execution of stellar design work”

Things to consider

  • The role requires managing multiple projects simultaneously with high visibility expectations
    — “Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met”
  • Candidates should be prepared to work across a variety of marketing channels and audiences
    — “You’ll flex from everyday work to high visibility, high impact projects”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize cross-channel design experience and how it aligns with brand consistency goals
    — “Develop the Navan brand and maintain a cohesive visual identity”
  • Highlight AI tool integration and workflow optimization in your creative process
    — “Appetite for streamlining workflows and creative innovation with AI tools”
  • Showcase your ability to synthesize brand strategy into visual execution across touchpoints
    — “Understand our industry and brand, then translate to work for different audiences and channels”
  • Demonstrate experience in art direction and animation, if applicable
    — “Animation and art direction skills are a plus”
  • Include examples of how you’ve articulated design rationale to stakeholders
    — “Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Develop brand identity
  • Produce high-quality marketing materials
  • Collaborate on brand consistency
  • Stay current with industry trends
Typical background
Graphic DesignBrand DesignMarketing

Skills & requirements

Required

Brand DesignVisual IdentityMarketing MaterialsBrand ConsistencyIndustry TrendsDesign TechniquesEmerging TechnologiesProject Management

Preferred

AnimationArt DirectionAI Tools

Stack & domain

FigmaAdobe Creative SuiteGoogle ProductsTypographyColor TheoryLayout DesignCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkInitiativeProactive ApproachBrand DesignMarketingVisual Identity

About the role

Original posting from Navan

Navan started as a radical disruptor in a boring and complacent industry. Now, we’re a major player in corporate travel & expense, leading the category with truly impressive proprietary tech. On the backbone of the best product in the market, we’re building a world class brand. 

Our creative team punches above its weight. You’ll join a group of marketers and creatives to build Navan’s visual identity and execute across our marketing channels. We’ll look to you to craft designs for all stages of the customer journey, supporting brand, social, demand gen, lifecycle, internal projects and more. You’ll flex from everyday work to high visibility, high impact projects.

Your portfolio should showcase creative ideation and execution of stellar design work. We’re looking for someone who can take initiative, be scrappy when needed, and is excited to push this brand forward. You should be able to understand our industry and brand, then translate to work for different audiences and channels. 

Join us! We have serious momentum in the market and an incredible roster of smart folks making it happen every day. 

What You’ll Do:

Develop the Navan brand and maintain a cohesive visual identity, ensuring consistency across all marketing touchpoints.

Design and produce high-quality marketing materials, including digital assets, print collateral, social media graphics, and presentation decks.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and alignment with overall business goals.

Stay current with industry trends, design techniques, and emerging technologies to continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of our brand design.

Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met and deliverables exceed expectations.

Partner with our brand copywriters to marry copy and design for creative excellence.

What We’re Looking For:

A robust portfolio showcasing design and creative excellence.

5+ years of experience in brand design.

Expertise in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and Google products.

Strong understanding of typography, color theory, and layout design.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and rationale.

A creative thinker with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Appetite for streamlining workflows and creative innovation with AI tools.

Animation and art direction skills are a plus.

Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. 

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Source: Navan careers

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