Director, Brand Creative (Design)

Responsibilities

• Visual Identity & Design Systems - Own and evolve Sunbit’s visual identity, design language, and brand guidelines across consumer and merchant audiences.
• Lead the continued evolution of our visual identity, ensuring it remains distinctive, consistent, and fit for purpose as the company grows.
• Build and maintain scalable design systems, component libraries, and templates that translate complex fintech offerings into clear, human visual experiences.
• Partner with Copywriting & Editorial to ensure design and copy are developed in tandem, with consistent visual and narrative cohesion.
• Serve as the design authority across the marketing org, upholding consistency, quality, and compliance in all outbound creative, with a meticulous eye for detail given the regulatory standards of operating in the fintech space.
• Campaign & Content Design - Art direct and design integrated marketing campaigns across paid media, OOH, digital, email, CRM, and social.
• Lead design for the website, landing pages, and product marketing materials.
• Produce and oversee social, editorial, and content design that supports brand authority and performance.
• Direct motion, video, and photography, from concept and storyboards through final edit, collaborating with creative and production partners.
• Executive & Investor Design - Design investor decks, board presentations, and executive narratives in partnership with leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years of design experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead creative role, ideally in-house at a consumer brand, fintech, or high-growth company
• A versatile, world-class designer with a portfolio that demonstrates range: brand identity and campaign creative, digital and performance design, motion and video, and executive presentations
• Deep expertise in building visual identity systems, brand guidelines, and design systems from the ground up
• Proven ability to collaborate with copy, brand, and marketing teams in a fast-moving environment without sacrificing craft
• Strong art direction instincts and the ability to give clear, constructive creative direction to other designers and agency partners
• Exceptional attention to detail. In a regulated industry, consistency and compliance are non-negotiable, and you hold yourself and your team to that standard
• Experience designing for regulated or complex industries where clarity, accuracy, and trust are paramount; fintech or consumer financial services experience is a strong plus
• Mastery of Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), with fluency in presentation and prototyping tools and a working knowledge of motion, video, and print production
• Exceptional communication skills and executive presence, including comfort presenting creative rationale to senior leadership

Benefits

• Join one of LA’s fastest growing startups (2023), A Most Loved Workplace, #576 on the 2023 Inc 5000 list, and Forbes Fintech 50 (2024)
• Mission driven + empowered + collaborative
• Competitive pay and stock options
• Unlimited PTO
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, FSA, & Parental Leave
• Newly added HSA and Pet Insurance
• 401K Plan with Matching
• Cell Phone Stipend
• Team based strategic planning + Team owned deliverables