Lead Brand Designer

Overview

In this Lead Brand Designer role, you shape Monzo’s visual identity within a fast-paced, digital-first studio. You lead brand initiatives end-to-end, collaborating across product, marketing and external partners to deliver cohesive, high-impact design. You blend creative storytelling with strong concepts to evolve the brand across touchpoints. This role offers influence over brand guidelines, motion, and typography at scale, with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and mentoring a design team.

Pay / Benefits

• incentive awards tied to performance
• flexible working hours
• 1,000 learning budget per year
• Macbooks provided for all employees
• home office setup support for remote workers
• remote-friendly work arrangement

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end brand projects from ideation to execution with cross-functional teams
• Mentor and manage a small design team using internal leveling frameworks
• Guard the brand by guiding external agency partners on design and concepts
• Develop and evolve brand identities to ensure consistency across touchpoints
• Hands-on design work in a Figma-first workflow, including campaigns, typography, and animation
• Concept art direction and motion design for in-app experiences in collaboration with product teams
• Refine brand guidelines and produce assets for web, print, and campaigns
• Collaborate with marketing, product design, and project management to deliver cohesive solutions
• Manage production tasks for campaigns and assets across channels
• Raise design standards through critiques and constructive feedback
• Collaborate with writers and designers within an internal creative studio to maintain brand consistency

Key requirements

• Proven track record in branding, art direction, product design, and typography
• Experience leading design projects and managing designers
• Strong typography skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) and Figma (essential)
• Motion skills; 3D programs and AI tooling are a plus
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Creative problem solver able to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Experience in fast-paced tech startups or creative agencies with global brands
• Experience in web design, print design, storyboarding, art direction, film and illustration
• Strong alignment with brand guidelines and ability to evolve within them
• Strong motion ideation and storyboarding skills

• Excellent communication
• Stakeholder management
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Figma
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator

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