Art Director

The Company Youll Join

Carta connects founders investors and limited partners through world-class software purpose-built for everyone in venture capital private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65000 companies in 160 countries Cartas platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build invest and scale with confidence.

Cartas Fund Administration platform supports 9000 funds and SPVs representing nearly $185B in assets under management with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune Forbes Fast Company Inc. and Great Places to Work Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions dont work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Cartas software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - its a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

For more information about our offices and culture check out our Carta careers page.

The Team Youll Work With

Its an exciting time at Cartawere building the worlds first ERP for private capital. Purpose-built software that transforms workflows and communication between finance leaders in startups venture capital private equity and limited partnerships throughout a private fund lifecycle.

Its also an exciting time for the Brand and Creative team as were under new leadership with big ambitions to accelerate the business and manifest our challenger brand spirit with smart cut-through creativity.

Were also a cool place to work with great people a collegial culture and competitive benefits.

The Problems Youll Solve

At Carta our employees set out on a mission to build the unified platform for the private market economy. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As an Art Director on the Brand Team youll work to:

• Partner with our Brand and Creative team to uplevel Cartas creative outputtranslating open-ended briefs into visually arresting culture-cutting work that stands out in the sea of sameness that is modern corporate finance.
• Investigate complex subject matter designed for niche audience subsetsand synthesize business goals into exciting creative directions that are culturally sharp audience-resonant and convey product value clearly.
• Drive and challenge the creative process championing experimentation and risk-taking in order to bring fresh energy to an old industry that is (frankly) overdue for reinvention.
• Lead by example using out-of-the-box thinking and tireless creative review to push our design practice into new conceptual territory with each campaign we run.
• Act as both a hands-on designer and an inspiring pillar of the team proactively pushing our work and raising the bar for whats possible. Youll be a key driver of the conceptual thinking and challenger brand ideologythat defines our visual identity in the years to come.
• Lead and contribute directly to the design of key assetsfrom slide decks to campaigns branded content events digital experiences and morewith a confident command of layout typography color and brand guideline principles.
• Champion a culture of curiosity and learning actively pursuing insights into trendsboth inside and out of our industryand sharing them with our internal teams to help foster differentiated creative thinking.
• Develop and uphold Cartas creative standards for clarity succinctness and style across all of our various visual comms.
• Be proactive in reaching out to build collaborative relationships across our varied teams from Product to Events and Social.
• Reporting to our UK based Creative Lead you will join our global Brand and Creative design team working across time zones with colleagues in Europe the US and beyond.

About You

• You have 7-plus years experience at a creative agency or creative studio client-side creating cut-through work for known brands (some B2B experience preferred) across media.
• You are adept at using Figma Adobe CC and are comfortable working with a range of platforms and design tools. You have proven experience creating production ready assets for both print and screen. Motion experience and a working knowledge of After Effects a plus.
• Youre a conceptual big-idea thinker a dazzling ad designer AND a brand systems perfectionist.
• You have a keen interest in emerging technology and its potential to supercharge in-house creative teams. You place equal value on the power of AI and the importance of human craft.
• Youre unfazed by complexity endlessly curious and love to turn highly complicated briefs into effortless engaging visual stories.
• You have a portfolio that demonstrates all of the above.
• Youre a proactive doer and take the initiative to hunt for the information you need in order to deliver.
• You can passionately and persuasively articulate your ideas to peers and senior executives.
• Youre a natural team player. You listen deeply participate keenly and youre unafraid to speak up.
• Youre passionate about creative marketing and finding innovative ways for brands to engage.
• You can thrive in a self-starting small and highly distributed team.
• You want to chase awards but you want them to drive the business.
• You live in and around London and can work 2-3 days in the office.
• Your ideas are big. Your ego is not.
  

At Carta youre not just an employee. Youre a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful relentless unconventional and kind; representing Cartas Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.

As part of our interview process shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a take home task.

Disclosures:

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