Lead Brand Designer (Fixed-Term Contract)
Lead Brand Designer (Fixed-Term Contract)
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Job Description
Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.
Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.
After starting as a prepaid card our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well aspersonal and business bank accounts we offer joint accounts accounts for 1617 year olds a free kids account and credit cards in the UK with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save invest and combine their pensions with us.
With our hot coral cards and getpaidearly feature combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!
Were not about selling products we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo
London (Hybrid) or UK RemoteBenefits Hear from the team
Our Design Team
Were a team of 80 designers researchers and brand experts led by Chief Design Officer Vuokko Aro. Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.
Were seeking an experienced and versatile Lead Brand Designer with a strong portfolio in branding art direction and creative ideation. This will be a 15month fixedterm contract role.
In this role youll shape Monzos visual identity deliver highquality design solutions aligned with strategic goals and drive innovative ideas as a conceptual thinker. Your designs will combine creativity and vision ensuring theyre both compelling and rooted in strong concepts.
As part of our dynamic internal creative studio youll collaborate with designers and writers exchanging feedback and raising design standards. Working closely with the Creative Director youll ensure consistency and evolve the Monzo brand by partnering with product designers marketing teams and external agencies.
Key projects include refining brand guidelines developing motion storyboards creating campaign assets collaborating on web designs and product designs and elevating internal design projects.
Youll play a key role by...
- Creative Leadership. Leading and overseeing endtoend projects from ideation to execution working collaboratively with crossfunctional teams including marketing product design and communications. You will manage 3 brand designers.
- Mentoring and providing guidance to junior designers fostering a collaborative and productive team environment. Run design critiques and help others navigate projects with cohesive and thoughtful feedback.
- Guiding external agency partners on all things design and creative concepts.
- Brand Design. Develop evolve and maintain brand identities ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
- HandsOn Design. Roll up your sleeves and contribute directly to the design workwhether its crafting a standout campaign refining our typography or animating assets.
- Typography. Utilize expert knowledge of typography to create visually appealing and readable designs.
- Collaboration and Communication. Work closely with crossfunctional teams including marketing product development and project management to deliver cohesive design solutions.
- Creatively concept art direction and motion for inapp experiences with product teams.
Wed love to hear from you if
- You have a proven track record in design roles with a strong portfolio demonstrating branding art direction campaigns and typography.
- You demonstrate proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Illustrator After Effects) Figma is a must. Motion skills or 3D programs are a plus.
- You possess a strong understanding of design principles colour theory and typography.
- You have experience in leading design projects and mentoring junior designers.
- You have excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate design concepts to both internal teams and clients.
- You can manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
- You have experience in fastpaced tech startups or creative agencies working on global brands.
- You have experience in additional areas like web design print design storyboarding art direction film.
- Youre obsessed with strategically designing within a brand and have strong skills with evolving within a brand guideline.
Whats in it for you
Benefits
This role can be based in our London office but were open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).
We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well and at times that suit you and your team.
1000 learning budget each year to use on books training courses and conferences.
We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your workfromhome setup.
Plus lots more!
The application journey has 3 key steps
30minute call with our Recruiter Tom
1hour craft interview where youll present a single case study to 2 members of our Brand Design team.
1hour interview covering values & ways of working.
To help us understand your skills and experience we kindly ask that you include both your CV and a portfolio showcasing your work.
This process should take around 34 weeks your schedule is really important to us so we promise to be as flexible as possible!
We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.
Youll hear from us throughout the application process but if youve got any questions please reach out to . You can also use this email address to let us know if theres anything we can do to make the process easier for you because of disability neurodiversity or anything else.
Well only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you dont miss out.
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Equal opportunities for everyone
Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and were making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo were embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.
Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.
If you have a preferred name please use it to apply. We dont need full or birth names at application stage
Employment Type
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