Staff Brand Designer - Mercury

Mercury is on a financial technology mission to help startups spend less time banking and more time building through thoughtful design. We're looking for a Staff Brand Designer who sets an exceptionally high bar for craft, precision, and execution across all brand touchpoints.

You’ll:

• Set and uphold the craft standard for Mercury's brand across campaigns, web, social, events, and every surface the brand touches.
• Lead the most technically complex and high-visibility brand design projects end-to-end, from brief through delivery.
• Co-lead the evolution of Mercury's creative direction, defining and executing visual standards across typography, imagery, layout, and motion.
• Provide hands-on craft oversight across Brand Studio output, reviewing work and raising the quality floor.
• Commission and art-direct external creatives including photographers, illustrators, and motion designers.
• Develop brand system documentation and decision-making frameworks for team consistency.
• Mentor IC3 and IC4 designers through critique, pairing, and direct feedback.
• Collaborate with brand strategists, copywriters, PMMs, and leadership on multi-channel presence.
• Shape how Brand Studio uses AI in its craft, establishing standards and AI-ready brand guidelines.

What you’ll bring:

• A portfolio demonstrating mastery of typography, layout, color, and composition across brand contexts.
• A clear, deeply held aesthetic point of view built through years of rigorous practice.
• Fluency in brand systems, scaling, and brand evolution.
• 7–10+ years of brand design experience in high-craft environments (agency, fashion, elevated consumer, design-forward tech).
• Experience operating at a staff level with autonomy and cross-functional influence.
• Proficiency in Figma and hands-on design system experience.
• Strong verbal and presentation skills.
• Discipline to balance broad strategic vision with micro-level execution details.
• A considered perspective on AI's place in high-craft design workflows.
• Curiosity, restraint, and a passion for impactful work.