Brand Designer

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $135K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive brand design across campaigns and product, scaling Trade’s visual identity and systems.

  • Own multi-channel campaigns and brand-system design initiatives.
  • Must-have: 4+ years in brand design for consumer-facing or DTC brands.
  • Standout: Experience building design systems and collaborating with Growth on performance creative.

Job Description

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Drive brand design across campaigns and product, scaling Trade’s visual identity and systems.

  • Own multi-channel campaigns and brand-system design initiatives.
  • Must-have: 4+ years in brand design for consumer-facing or DTC brands.
  • Standout: Experience building design systems and collaborating with Growth on performance creative.
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Trade Coffee

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Trade believes that every cup you drink should be the best damn coffee, period. Launched in 2018, we unite 55+ of the nation’s top roasters directly with drinkers, matching them with one of our 500+ coffees so fresh they don’t even exist yet. Not a single morsel hits heat until it’s ordered, signaling our dedicated roaster to stop and make that coffee. Extra effort? Yes. Worth it? 100 percent. We’re here to wake America up to everything coffee can be — all in the name of turning coffee drinkers into coffee lovers. Fellow coffee lovers welcome! Please visit our careers page to view all open roles at Trade: https://www.drinktrade.com/a/careers

Founded in 2017
New York, New York, USA
65 employees
0% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
419.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$37.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.8%
Direct
36.4%
Referral
3%
Social
2.3%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~66

Marketing Team

Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
1.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$9M
Last Raise
$9M
Series Unknown, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2020
    Series Unknown • $9M

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