# Brand Designer

**Company:** [Stellar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stellar)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Brand Design
**Salary:** $100k – $130k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Brand Design, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Design Systems, Generative AI, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, Motion Design, Visual Storytelling, Digital Advertising, Print Design, Agency Management, Creative Direction, Fintech
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> The Brand Designer will create and manage visual work across campaigns, product launches, and digital and physical marketing channels while evolving the brand system. The role requires 3–5 years of brand design experience, strong Figma and Adobe Creative Suite skills, and the ability to independently manage complex creative projects.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Brand & Content Design
- Own end-to-end design across campaigns, product launches, and multi-channel marketing content, including social, web, print, and presentations.
- Ensure high-fidelity output that elevates the Stellar brand.

### Creative Strategy & Execution
- Develop narrative-driven visual concepts.
- Contribute to the evolution of the design system and extend new executions while maintaining a high standard of quality.

### Operational Autonomy
- Independently manage the full production lifecycle, from scoping and revisions through delivery.
- Prioritize concurrent projects with minimal day-to-day oversight.

### Collaboration & Agency Management
- Partner with internal stakeholders, creative leadership, and external agencies.
- Provide constructive feedback and share design best practices to ensure consistent brand excellence.

### Team Leadership & Innovation
- Lead creative development on high-visibility projects.
- Improve team processes, including introducing scalable components and emerging AI tools to enhance creative output.

## Requirements

- 3–5 years of experience in brand design, with a strong mix of agency and in-house expertise.
- Robust portfolio demonstrating judgment, coherent visual systems, and clear brand thinking across digital advertising, web, social, motion, company merchandise, and/or physical collateral.
- Mastery of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with forward-looking fluency in emerging AI design tools.
- Proven ability to build upon and extend brand design systems, including defining and executing high-level creative direction.
- Experience managing end-to-end projects and liaising with external agencies and freelance partners to ensure quality and timely delivery.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines with minimal day-to-day oversight.
- Strong interpersonal skills for partnering effectively across marketing, strategy, content, and communications teams.
- Ability to present work to senior stakeholders, clearly articulate rationale, and advocate for strong creative decisions.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience integrating generative AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, or Envato into creative and production workflows.
- Familiarity with the Stellar ecosystem, open-source software, decentralized finance, or the broader fintech landscape.
- Passion for building accessible, equitable financial tools; prior experience with mission-driven or nonprofit organizations.
- Experience contributing to or evolving design systems within growing, fast-paced creative teams.

## Compensation & Benefits

- Base salary range: **$100,000–$130,000**, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
- Lumen-denominated grants.
- Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, with most plans covered at 100% for employees and dependents.
- Flexible time off and 15 company holidays, including a company-wide holiday break.
- Paid parental leave for all parents and paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents.
- Gym reimbursement of $80 per month.
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) with 4% match.
- Health and dependent care FSA accounts.
- Commuter benefits with a $250 monthly employer contribution.
- Health Savings Account with monthly employer contribution.
- Family-building benefits through Kindbody.
- Wellbeing benefits, including One Medical, Rightway, and Headspace.
- Learning and development budget of $1,500 per year.
- Daily lunch and snacks in the office.
- Company retreats.

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