Senior Brand Designer, Fixed Term Contract

Monzo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

MacBooks provided

Flexible hours

Home-office support

Job summary

Monzo is seeking a Senior Brand Designer for a 6-month fixed-term contract in London. You will shape Monzo’s visual identity, lead branding projects from ideation to execution, and collaborate with product, marketing, and external agencies to elevate the brand.

You’ll bring a strong portfolio in branding, art direction, typography, and motion, with hands-on design skills and experience mentoring junior designers in a fast-paced tech environment.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio showing branding, art direction and ideas.
• Deep knowledge of branding and ability to create new or consistent work for an existing brand.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Figma.
• Experience leading design projects and mentoring junior designers.
• Experience in fast-paced tech startups or creative agencies working on global brands.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end projects from ideation to execution, fostering a collaborative team.
• Generate clear, compelling ideas and articulate them visually and verbally.
• Collaborate with external agency partners on design concepts and campaigns.
• Demonstrate deep branding knowledge and apply brand guidelines.
• Contribute hands-on design work for campaigns, typography, and assets.
• Lead typography-driven design and motion for in-app experiences with product teams.
• Communicate concepts effectively to internal teams and clients.

Skills

Branding

Art direction

Typography

Motion design

Campaign concepts

Team leadership

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Figma

Job description

Senior Brand Designer, Fixed Term Contract

London

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo

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 and versatile Senior Brand Designer with a strong portfolio showing branding, art direction and ideas.

In this role, 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 Lead Designers and Creative Director, you’ll ensure consistency and evolve the Monzo brand by partnering with product designers, marketing teams, and external agencies.

Key projects include refining brand guidelines, developing motion storyboards, creating campaign assets, collaborating on web designs and product designs, and elevating internal design projects.

• Creative Leadership. Lead end-to-end projects from ideation to execution while fostering a collaborative and productive team environment.
• Generate excellent ideas and articulate them clearly, both visually and verbally. Whether it’s crafting a standout campaign, refining our typography, or animating assets.
• Working with externally agency partners on all things design, concepts and campaigns.
• Brand Design. You demonstrate a deep knowledge of branding and show how you've created new or consistent work for an existing brand.
• Hands-On Design. 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. Utilize 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.
• You have a proven track record in design roles, with a strong portfolio demonstrating branding, art direction, campaigns and typography.
• You demonstrate proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Figma is a must. Motion skills or 3D programs are a plus.
• You possess a strong understanding of design principles, colour theory, and typography.
• You have experience in leading design projects and mentoring junior designers.
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate design concepts to both internal teams and clients.
• You can manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
• 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.
• You’re obsessed with strategically designing within a brand, and have strong skills with evolving within a brand guideline.

What's in it for you

This role is based in our London office, with a hybrid working arrangement.

Please note this will be a 6-month fixed-term contract.

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.

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.

The application journey has 3 key steps

• 30-minute call with our Recruiter, Tom
• 1-hour craft interview where you’ll present a single case study.
• 1-hour interview covering values & ways of working.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog , 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don't need full or birth names at application stage