Senior Graphic Designer

Job Title: Senior Graphic Designer

Department: Information Technology

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Director of Artificial Intelligence

Senior Graphic Designer at Chain Bridge Bank N.A.

Chain Bridge Bank N.A. (Chain Bridge or the Bank) is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer to lead the design and production of the visual materials of the Bank and Chain Bridge Bancorp Inc. The position covers investor and Board presentations Bank forms and agreements website graphics and page design stationery printed forms business cards signage branded merchandise and card products.

This is a design-focused role centered on visual communication typography layout accessibility and production quality. It is the visual counterpart to the Banks Digital Platforms Associate which maintains the technical health of the website.

The position reports to the Director of Artificial Intelligence who establishes priorities workload and performance objectives. The Digital Communications Manager provides editorial direction approves adherence to brand standards and serves as the final publishing authority for published materials. Content compliance and regulatory questions are routed to the responsible officer before implementation.

The Role at a Glance

• Designs investor board and executive presentations for the Bank and for Chain Bridge Bancorp Inc.

• Designs and maintains Bank forms agreements disclosures and branded document templates.

• Designs website graphics and page layouts for to WCAG 2.1 Level AA.

• Owns stationery printed forms business cards signage branded merchandise and card collateral and manages the print vendors behind them.

• Builds and documents design systems so other associates can produce compliant materials without redesigning.

Compensation

Salary range: $105000 to $135000 annually. The final compensation offered will be determined based on the selected candidates qualifications relevant experience skills and other job-related factors consistent with applicable law. This role is eligible to participate in the Banks annual incentive compensation plan under which employees may earn a cash bonus based on the performance of the Company and the team with an emphasis on financial results and risk management. Plan terms eligibility and payout amounts are determined at the sole discretion of the Bank and are subject to change. This is a hybrid position with a requirement to be in the office at least three days per week in McLean Virginia.

Benefits

Chain Bridge Bank N.A. offers a competitive benefits package consistent with a regulated banking environment including:

• Competitive base salary

• Comprehensive health benefits (medical dental and vision)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution

• Paid time off including vacation holidays and sick leave

• Annual incentive compensation plan

• Professional development opportunities relevant to the role and the Banks operating environment

The Bank maintains a written Brand Standards Manual and a documented design system. Its visual register is deliberately classical: serif typography a closed color palette and restrained monochrome iconography of compass roses engraved bridges columns and scroll motifs. Logo artwork is locked and reproduced only from master vector files. Stationery prints on warm ivory-cream stock matched to Pantone reference and the Manual directs that the Banks digital surfaces match that register. This role rewards designers who work well inside a written standard and who are fluent in traditional typography and print craft.

Investor Board and Executive Presentations

• Design investor presentations for Chain Bridge Bancorp Inc. and board and executive presentations for the Bank using the correct logo family for the issuing entity.

• Build charts tables and financial exhibits that follow the Banks data presentation rules including the treatment of financial figures and negative values.

• Prepare presentations for screen and for print regenerating print artifacts under the Banks print color rules.

• Maintain a presentation template library so recurring decks begin from approved masters rather than from the last version sent on the schedules of quarterly reporting and Board meetings.

• Work that reaches Executive Management is expected to be correct on brand accurate in content accessible and proofread. The person in this position owns that check: verifying the work against the Banks written standards before submitting it and stating what was verified. Senior review can then concentrate on design judgment rather than on fonts colors and spacing.

Design Systems

• Build and maintain design systems beginning with Bank forms then investor presentations and extending to the remaining departments.

• Maintain the existing design system for pages.

• Document each system so that other associates can produce compliant materials from it without redesigning.

Website Graphics and Page Design

• Design page layouts graphics diagrams and imagery for within the Banks design system and institutional visual register.

• Hand off production-ready page markup for the Banks content management system with an implementation memo the Digital Communications Manager can act on without rework.

• Design to the WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standard adopted in the Brand Standards Manual: contrast heading order focus states alt text and readable measure.

• Optimize images for the web including format dimensions compression and file naming and size assets so page layout does not shift as they load.

Bank Forms Agreements and Documents

• Design and maintain Bank forms applications agreements disclosures and branded document templates laid out to work on screen on paper and in electronic signature workflows.

• Apply the correct production standard to each form distinguishing forms professionally printed in bulk on the Banks cream stock from forms generated filled and printed from Word templates.

• Keep templates current with the Brand Standards Manual and with Legal and Compliance requirements and produce accessible PDFs for documents the Bank publishes.

Certain vendor-controlled forms are produced on a third-party platform under an executed license and fall outside this scope

Stationery Print and Vendors

• Manage the design and production of letterhead envelopes business cards notecards and printed forms.

• Prepare production files for commercial printing and review proofs against Pantone and stock specifications including color behavior on warm ivory-cream stock with no optical brighteners.

• Manage print vendors including quotes schedules proofs and delivery and supply logo artwork from the Banks Master Logo Library so that no vendor redraws recolors or rescales it.

Signage and Environmental Graphics

• Design exterior and interior signage including monument and wayfinding signs entry plaques blade signs awnings and rear-door panels.

• Specify signage typography by intended reading distance using the Banks approved Caslon faces and proof street-distance lettering at actual cap height against the fabricators minimum reproducible stroke width before approval.

• Prepare plaque-class specifications including field material and finish and the approved engraved-metal logo variant and route exterior regulatory disclosure questions to the Compliance Officer before fabrication.

Branded Merchandise and Card Products

• Design branded merchandise within the Banks approved-materials standard which favors cotton linen wool leather silk wood glass ceramic and refined metals over plastic and synthetic alternatives.

• Design the Bank-controlled elements of card products and card-program collateral including carriers envelopes and activation inserts within the constraints set by the card networks and the Banks processor and prepare specifications and proofs for review before production.

Brand Standards Asset Library and Approvals

• Produce all work to the Brand Standards Manual and self-check it against the Manuals compliance checklist before submission.

• Maintain an organized digital asset library of logos artwork templates and source files with clear naming and version control.

• Work in Claude Design ( the Banks approved design production environment with human review before anything is published or sent.

• Coordinate approvals with Executive Management Marketing Legal Compliance Human Resources and Information Technology and follow internal recordkeeping information security vendor management and change-control processes applicable to public-facing materials.

• Perform other duties as assigned consistent with the role and the Banks policies.

Compliance

It is understood that complying with all applicable safety and soundness and consumer compliance laws and regulations taking the annually required consumer compliance courses and adhering to the policies and procedures that support compliance will all be factors considered when evaluating individual performance. Individual performance is rewarded in annual salary adjustments. Bank compliance with laws and regulations is a factor considered in the calculation of incentive compensation.

The ratings that the Bank receives from its regulators and its auditors are factored into the annual incentive compensation calculation. Your adherence to these laws and regulations and the policies and procedures that support them directly affect the Banks compliance. Annual incentive compensation rewards team performance. An employee will not be eligible for incentive compensation unless he or she takes the consumer compliance courses required of all employees and all the required consumer compliance courses for his or her job description or job responsibilities by the end of each calendar year. All required consumer compliance courses for the applicable year will be outlined in the Compliance Management Program.

Required

• Five or more years of professional design experience with a portfolio that shows typographic control layout discipline and finished production work.

• Demonstrated range in classical and traditional typography including serif typesetting ornament rule and border treatment and the ability to explain the typographic reasoning behind your choices.

• Experience designing documents forms and print materials and preparing files for commercial printing to a specified stock and Pantone reference.

• Working knowledge of responsive design WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility and image optimization for the web and the ability to hand off production-ready markup to a content management system.

• Ability to work inside a fixed design system: a closed palette defined serif typefaces and locked logo artwork without substituting personal preference.

• A record of delivering polished thoroughly reviewed work that requires minimal rework and demonstrates strong attention to detail.

• Sound judgment about AI-assisted design tools including when output requires human review before it is published or sent.

• Strong attention to detail discretion with non-public information the ability to meet demanding deadlines and a strong commitment to the quality precision and professionalism required for public-facing materials at a national bank.

Preferred

• Experience with investor presentations financial communications annual reports or stockholder materials.

• Experience in banking financial services legal professional services or another regulated or approval-sensitive environment.

• Working knowledge of the Caslon typefaces or of comparable historical typeface families and of how their letterforms behave at display and fabrication sizes.

• Experience preparing signage fabrication proofs including cap-height and minimum-stroke-width review.

• Experience with financial data visualization and advanced presentation design including PowerPoint and the layout of financial exhibits.

• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud Figma or comparable professional design tools or with an AI-assisted design production environment.

• Formal training in typography or art history or sustained work under a practicing typographer or in a letterpress engraving fine-press or hand-composition environment.

• Bachelors degree in graphic design visual communication or a related field. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

First 90 Days

• Inventory existing presentations forms stationery signage and digital assets and set priorities.

• Build design systems for Bank forms and for investor presentations.

• Establish approved templates and an organized asset library with clear naming and version control.

• Assume responsibility for stationery printed forms business cards and print vendors including the business card specifications now under review.

• Establish a production workflow with self-check steps and documented review controls.

• During the first year primary focus areas will include Board and investor presentations Bank forms and templates website design and the development of design systems that support scalable standards-compliant content creation across the organization.

How to Apply

To apply send a cover letter résumé and portfolio to . PDF is preferred and a link to an online portfolio is equally welcome. Include a brief description of one complex design project from brief to final production. If you need reasonable accommodation to apply or an alternative way to submit your materials please contact .