# Lead Brand Designer
**Company:** [Checkr](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/checkr)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $167K-$196K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Typography, Layout Design, Art Direction, Brand Systems, Brand Standards, Visual Storytelling, Ai-Assisted Design Tools, Contractor Direction
**Posted:** 2026-06-26
> Lead Brand Designer owns visual storytelling and brand systems at Checkr, setting art direction, building scalable templates, and directing creative across campaigns and channels. Requires 7+ years of tech/B2B brand experience and mastery of Figma, Adobe CC, and AI tools.
## Job Description
## What you'll do

**Brand systems and standards:** Build templates and reusable assets that other teams can confidently work from, and develop and enforce brand standards across the organization

**Art direction:** Set visual direction across projects, directing photography, establishing tone, and giving feedback that elevates the work

**Tools and AI-assisted workflow:** Work fluently in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, and AI-assisted tools to accelerate production without compromising craft

**Contractor and freelance direction:** Direct and QC the work of contractors and freelancers to ensure quality and brand alignment

**Creative production and craft:** Produce outstanding creative across multiple mediums and channels, applying expert visual communication, typography, layout, and storytelling, with a sharp eye for detail and brand consistency

**Cross-functional partnership:** Partner with marketing to shape how brand shows up across programs and channels, and present design rationale clearly to everyone from peers to senior executives

**Prioritization and ownership:** Hold quality high across multiple projects, move with urgency, and take ownership of getting to the right answer even when the brief needs work

## What you bring

- 7+ years of in-house or agency experience on tech or B2B brands
- A strong point of view, high craft standards, and the confidence to present and defend your work to senior leadership
- An outstanding portfolio showing mastery of typography, layout, storytelling, and art direction
- Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, plus experience using AI-assisted tools to accelerate production
- A systems-minded approach to building templates and reusable assets other teams can rely on
- Experience developing brand standards and directing contractor or freelance creative work
- Comfort in fast-moving environments where the brief isn't always perfect
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes

## What We Offer

- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- In-office perks: lunch five times a week, commuter stipend, snacks and beverages
- Relocation stipend may be available for hub locations
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