Senior Designer, Brand Systems & Social Motion

twentysix; Hilversum; Hybrid; EUR 81,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Monks is a global, digital-first, data-driven brand partner. We’re seeking a Senior Designer to shape visual expression across social, film, and brand touchpoints, translating ideas into distinctive, cohesive design at scale.

You’ll lead with typography, color, and systems, collaborate with Creative Directors, and mentor junior designers while delivering fast-turn, high-quality work in a hybrid setup. Hourly rate CAD 95–109 reflects market value.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in graphic design, brand design, advertising, social content, or an equivalent portfolio that demonstrates the same depth of ability.
• A strong portfolio showing exceptional design craft across social content, campaigns, brand systems, presentations, and motion boards.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma as a primary design and collaboration platform, with the ability to build organized and scalable files and systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Elevate the Visual Direction: Translate established or partially developed creative concepts into distinctive visual approaches, working with Creative Directors and creative teams to determine how an idea should look, behave, and scale.
• Create Across Social and Content: Design work across organic and paid social, product launches, campaign extensions, film, experiential activations, presentations, and platform-native content.
• Explore and Communicate Design Solutions: Develop mood boards, style explorations, mockups, prototypes, and presentation materials that clearly communicate a range of visual possibilities within an established creative direction.
• Create Concept Art with Generative AI: Use generative image tools to create and refine concept art, visual references, mockups, and presentation imagery that help teams communicate and evaluate ideas before production.
• Build Cohesive Design Systems: Create flexible visual systems that remain consistent and recognizable across formats, products, audiences, and workstreams.
• Design for Social: Create work for how people experience content and advertising across social platforms, considering hierarchy, stopping power, readability, mobile-first composition, platform conventions, and the broader feed.
• Concept and Design for Motion: Develop motion concepts, style frames, storyboards, sequences, transitions, and layouts that clearly communicate how an idea should unfold over time. Provide motion designers and editors with a strong foundation without being expected to animate the work yourself.
• Maintain a High Bar for Craft: Bring strong typography, composition, color, image selection, hierarchy, and attention to detail to both larger campaigns and fast-turn, always-on assignments.
• Stay Close to Culture: Maintain an informed point of view on youth culture, internet culture, and emerging visual styles, translating those influences into original and brand-appropriate work rather than simply replicating trends.
• Mentor and Take Ownership: Provide thoughtful guidance to less-experienced designers while managing multiple assignments and changing priorities with strong organization, dependable communication, and autonomy.

Skills

Brand design

Social content design

Motion boards

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

Typography & layout

Design systems

Mentorship

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Monks is a global, digital-first, data-driven brand partner. We’re seeking a Senior Designer to shape visual expression across social, film, and brand touchpoints, translating ideas into distinctive, cohesive design at scale.

You’ll lead with typography, color, and systems, collaborate with Creative Directors, and mentor junior designers while delivering fast-turn, high-quality work in a hybrid setup. Hourly rate CAD 95–109 reflects market value.