Founding Brand Designer — Shape the Visual Identity

Phonely

United States

On-site

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Phonely in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Design Lead to own the brand across the product, marketing, and campaigns. You’ll establish a single visual direction and build the system that scales with the company as it grows.

You’ll ship the site in Webflow, define tokens and components, and help the team present a consistent identity to customers, investors, and partners. This is the first design hire, so you’ll set the standards, defend a direction in plain language, and evolve the

Qualifications

  • 5+ years designing brand systems and the marketing surfaces built on them.
  • You wrote the brand rules document, not just a logo.

Responsibilities

  • Own the identity across surfaces and set the rules.
  • Build the design system with tokens, components and templates.
  • Bring the product onto the system and align frontend implementation.
  • Make call flows and funnels legible through visuals.
  • Ship and test the marketing site with live forms.
  • Lead launches including campaign assets and customer stories.
  • Set the standard for executive communication formats.

Skills

Brand systems
Portfolio breadth
Typography mastery
Webflow proficiency
Presentation design

Tools

Webflow

Job description

Phonely in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Design Lead to own the brand across the product, marketing, and campaigns. You’ll establish a single visual direction and build the system that scales with the company as it grows.

You’ll ship the site in Webflow, define tokens and components, and help the team present a consistent identity to customers, investors, and partners. This is the first design hire, so you’ll set the standards, defend a direction in plain language, and evolve the

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