Lead Brand Designer

monzoreferrals; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Learning budget

MacBooks provided

Home office setup support

Job summary

Monzo is seeking an experienced Lead Brand Designer to shape our visual identity, deliver high-quality branding solutions, and drive innovative ideas within a digital-first team. In this hybrid London role, you’ll collaborate with designers, writers, product teams and external agencies to evolve the Monzo brand while maintaining consistency across touchpoints and campaigns.

You’ll lead end-to-end projects from ideation to execution, mentor a small design squad, and contribute hands-on design

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in branding, art direction, and typography.
• Strong portfolio across branding, campaigns, and product design.
• Experience managing designers and leading design projects.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; motion skills a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Creative leadership from ideation to execution across cross-functional teams.
• Manage a small design team, guiding and supporting career development.
• Mentor designers, run design critiques, provide cohesive feedback.
• Guard external agencies on design and creative concepts.
• Develop and maintain brand identities across touchpoints.
• Hands-on design work in Figma; contribute to campaigns and typography.
• Apply expert typography to create readable designs.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and engineers for cohesive solutions.
• Concept art direction and motion for in-app experiences with product teams.

Skills

Branding

Art direction

Typography

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

Motion design

3D programs

AI tools

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

AI tools

3D programs

Job description

London (Hybrid) | £75,000 - £95,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits | Hear from the team

Our Design Team

We're a team of 115+ designers, researchers, and brand experts led by Chief Design Officer Vuokko Aro. We're on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We're seeking an experienced Lead Brand Designer with a strong portfolio in branding, art direction and typography.

In this role, as part of a digital-first team, you'll shape Monzo's visual identity, deliver high-quality design solutions aligned with strategic goals, and drive innovative ideas as a conceptual thinker. Your designs will combine creativity and vision, ensuring they're both compelling and rooted in strong concepts.

As part of our dynamic internal creative studio, you'll collaborate with designers and writers, exchanging feedback and raising design standards. Working closely with the Creative Director, you'll ensure consistency and evolve the Monzo brand by partnering with product designers, marketing teams, and external agencies.

Key projects

• refining brand guidelines
• developing motion storyboards
• managing production and print
• creating campaign assets
• collaborating on web designs and product designs
• and elevating internal design projects.

You'll play a key role by...

• Creative Leadership. Leading and overseeing end-to-end projects, from ideation to execution, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product design, and engineers.
• People management . You will need management skills to manage a small team of designers, by guiding and supporting them with our internal leveling frameworks.
• Mentoring and providing guidance to designers, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment. Run design critiques and help others navigate projects with cohesive and thoughtful feedback.
• Brand Guardian: Guide external agency partners on all things design and creative concepts.
• Brand Design. Develop, evolve and maintain brand identities, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
• Hands-On Design: Figma FIRST. Roll up your sleeves and contribute directly to the design work, whether it's crafting a standout campaign, refining our typography, or animating assets.
• Typography. Utilise expert knowledge of typography to create visually appealing and readable designs.
• Collaboration and Communication . Work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product development, and project management, to deliver cohesive design solutions.
• Creatively concept art direction and motion for in-app experiences with product teams.

We'd love to hear from you if...

• You have a proven track record in design roles, with a strong portfolio demonstrating branding, art direction, product design, advertising campaigns and typography.
• You have experience in managing designers and leading design projects.
• You have strong typography skills.
• You demonstrate proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Figma is a must. Motion skills, 3D programs, Ai toolings, are a plus.
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate design concepts to both internal teams and senior management.
• You have strong stakeholder management skills.
• You're a creative problem solver who can manage multiple projects simultaneously and balance competing priorities.
• You're curious about AI tools and how they can enhance the creative process, ideally with some hands-on experience using them in your design work.
• You have experience in fast-paced tech startups or creative agencies working on global brands.
• You have experience in additional areas like web design, print design, storyboarding, art direction, film, and illustration.
• You're obsessed with strategically designing within a brand, and have strong skills with evolving within a brand guideline.
• You have strong motion ideation and storyboarding skills.

What's in it for you

£75,000 - £95,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance

• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team.
• £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.
• We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup.
• Plus lots more!