Senior Brand Designer, Link

Stripe
United States

Who this role is best for

Brand designers with strong typography and cross-functional collaboration experience will find this creative and experimental role within a fast-paced consumer product team at Stripe.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of experience in technical and product-driven design environments
    — “5+ years of relevant design and art direction experience for technical and product-driven companies
  • Individuals who thrive in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams and enjoy shaping brand systems
    — “the Link team is building Stripe’s first consumer brand. We build, evolve, and maintain a versatile, forward-looking visual identity system
  • Designers who are comfortable with AI tools and can use them to scale and communicate ideas effectively
    — “Demonstrated experimentation with AI tools to both generate ideas, get stakeholders to see where an idea is headed, and to scale design

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of independent work and influence on others’ design output
    — “Strong track record of independently delivering work as well as influencing the work of other designers
  • Candidates must be adaptable to a fast-paced environment with evolving brand requirements
    — “Experience applying and evolving a brand in a fast-paced environment

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to lead art direction and craft brand storytelling in your portfolio
    — “lead art direction, and craft surfaces that prioritize brand and product storytelling
  • Showcase your use of AI tools in design ideation and execution for stakeholder alignment
    — “Demonstrated experimentation with AI tools to both generate ideas, get stakeholders to see where an idea is headed
  • Emphasize your cross-functional collaboration experience and impact on team culture
    — “Contribute to raising the team's standards and culture of craft through the quality, clarity, and consistency of your own work
  • Demonstrate your hands-on design process and iterative mindset in your resume and interview responses
    — “Be an adamant maker that is genuinely curious, experimental, and loves to tinker, iterate quickly
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • elevate and shape a brand system
  • deliver high-quality visual design work
  • influence the work of other designers
Typical background
5+ years of design and art direction experienceexperience with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud

Skills & requirements

Required

Visual DesignBrand DesignTypographyCreative DirectionCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

AI Tools For DesignCreative Coding

Stack & domain

FigmaAdobe Creative CloudKeynoteGoogle SlidesAI ToolsLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingBrand DesignVisual IdentityDigital ToolsBrand SystemsRapid Ideation

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

Who we are

About Stripe & Link

At Stripe, we’ve spent the last 15 years building financial infrastructure for the internet, serving millions of people and businesses worldwide. Our flagship consumer product, Link, makes online payments and digital transactions effortless and secure—the digital wallet for what’s next.

This is a unique opportunity to continue building a standalone brand and introduce it to new global audiences. You’ll play a key role in making payments more personal and convenient while doing some of the most impactful work of your career.

About the team

Sitting within Brand Studio, the Link team is building Stripe’s first consumer brand. We build, evolve, and maintain a versatile, forward-looking visual identity system and find clear, fresh ways to apply it across surfaces. The brand designers on our team are multidisciplinary: they design robust visual systems, lead art direction, and craft surfaces that prioritize brand and product storytelling.

Working with cross-functional teams across Stripe and external partners, we set the vision and execute to a high quality bar. Our work shows up IRL, online, and everywhere between. 

What you’ll do

You’ll be joining a highly creative team that spans anywhere from developing storytelling to creating digital tools, brand systems to rapid ideation. The work is highly experimental, idea driven, and very collaborative and cross-functional.

Responsibilities

 Be an adamant maker that is genuinely curious, experimental, and loves to tinker, iterate quickly, and innovate on ideas, narrative, and making beautiful things

Contribute to raising the team's standards and culture of craft through the quality, clarity, and consistency of your own work

Elevate and shape a brand system that is flexible enough to work across various surfaces and exemplifies Stripe’s commitment to craft & beauty

Collaborate with like-minded creative people who have radically different skill sets and together create ideas that envision an optimistic, progressive future

Partner widely with cross-functional teams to build upon great ideas through making things

Give and solicit feedback from wide range of teammates and stakeholders

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

5+ years of relevant design and art direction experience for technical and product-driven companies 

Experience creating high-quality visual design work, with strong typography and a hands-on approach to making and iterating.

Strong track record of independently delivering work as well as influencing the work of other designers, contractors, and agencies

Experience applying and evolving a brand in a fast-paced environment.

Proficient in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Keynote, and Google slides

Demonstrated experimentation with AI tools to both generate ideas, get stakeholders to see where an idea is headed, and to scale design

Exceptional craft

Preferred qualifications

 Curiosity, ambition, and a distinct point of view on design, with strong typography skills and an appreciation for creative process, technology, and design engineering.

Are persuasive and humble in explaining your work, process, and decisions

Have excellent organization and presentation skills, and excel in written and verbal communication

Love working with other designers to help them learn and grow—and invite them to help you learn and grow

Experience partnering with cross-functional teams.

Creative coding or creative technologist background is a nice to have

Source: Stripe careers

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