Senior Brand Identity Architect

Jackalope Digital LLC; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex is seeking a Staff Brand Designer to join the Design team, a cross-disciplinary group of creatives including product designers, brand designers, content design, operations, and marketing strategists. Our team’s mission is to build a category-defining brand and move key business metrics by delivering world-class creative.

Your role will be to drive the evolution of Brex's brand identity system, pushing our visual language forward while maintaining cohesion across all touch points.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in brand design or art direction.
• Portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, system design, and high-quality execution across identities and campaigns.
• Deep expertise in typography, color, composition, and scalable visual systems.
• Strong ability to articulate design decisions and build alignment with cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple workstreams in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with comfort prototyping and iterating quickly.
• Practical experience using AI tools in the creative process with sound judgment on when and how to apply them.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Brex’s brand identity system, including visual language, typography, color, illustration, and brand patterns.
• Define and maintain brand standards that balance consistency with creative flexibility across teams and channels.
• Translate company strategy and brand vision into clear, compelling visual direction in partnership with leadership.
• Design and deliver new brand expressions that advance the identity while preserving recognition and equity.
• Lead high-impact brand work beyond the core system, including special campaigns, sub-brands, and select product or service launches.
• Art direct and contribute to brand campaigns, collaborating with external partners and internal teams to ensure exceptional craft.
• Provide guidance and feedback across the organization to raise the quality and effectiveness of brand execution.

Skills

Brand design

Art direction

Identity systems

Typography

Color theory

Cross-functional collaboration

Prototyping

Strategic thinking

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

AI tools in creative process

Job description

Brex is seeking a Staff Brand Designer to join the Design team, a cross-disciplinary group of creatives including product designers, brand designers, content design, operations, and marketing strategists. Our team’s mission is to build a category-defining brand and move key business metrics by delivering world-class creative.

Your role will be to drive the evolution of Brex's brand identity system, pushing our visual language forward while maintaining cohesion across all touch points.