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Salary: GBP 75,000 - 95,000 / annual
Monzo is a fintech company on a mission to make money work for everyone, offering personal and business bank accounts, credit cards, savings, investments, and pensions to UK customers.
We're seeking an experienced Lead Brand Designer to join our 115+ person design team, led by Chief Design Officer Vuokko Aro. In this hybrid role based in London, you'll shape Monzo's visual identity, deliver high-quality design solutions aligned with strategic goals, and drive innovative ideas as a conceptual thinker.
You'll manage a small team of designers, providing guidance and support through our internal leveling frameworks. You'll lead end-to-end projects from ideation to execution, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams including marketing, product design, and engineers. Your responsibilities include:
• Creative Leadership: Overseeing projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• People Management: Managing and mentoring a small design team, running design critiques, and fostering a collaborative environment
• Brand Guardian: Guiding external agency partners on design and creative concepts
• Brand Design: Developing, evolving, and maintaining brand identities across all touchpoints
• Hands-On Design: Contributing directly to design work using Figma, crafting campaigns, refining typography, and animating assets
• Typography Expertise: Leveraging expert knowledge to create visually appealing and readable designs
• Art Direction & Motion: Conceptualizing art direction and motion for in-app experiences with product teams
• Collaboration: Working closely with marketing, product development, and project management teams
Key projects include refining brand guidelines, developing motion storyboards, managing production and print, creating campaign assets, collaborating on web and product designs, and elevating internal design projects.
Requirements:
• Proven track record in design roles with a strong portfolio demonstrating branding, art direction, product design, advertising campaigns, and typography
• Experience managing designers and leading design projects
• Strong typography skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects); Figma is a must
• Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate design concepts to internal teams and senior management
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Creative problem-solving ability with capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Curiosity about AI tools and ideally hands-on experience using them in design work
• Experience in fast-paced tech startups or creative agencies working on global brands
• Experience in additional areas such as web design, print design, storyboarding, art direction, film, and illustration (preferred)
• Strong motion ideation and storyboarding skills (preferred)
• Motion skills, 3D programs, and AI tooling (plus)
The application process includes a 30-minute recruiter call, a 1-hour craft interview presenting a case study to 2 brand design team members, and a 1-hour values and ways of working interview. Timeline is approximately 4 weeks.
