Senior Marketing Design Leader - Cards & Brand Programs

Imprint; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Configured work computers

Flexible PTO

Full healthcare

Dependent coverage

One Medical access

FSA option

Parental leave

Industry-leading technology resources

Job summary

Imprint seeks a Senior Marketing Design Manager to lead a small design team and own the creative execution of co-branded card programs from brief to production. The role combines hands-on design, people leadership, and program-level thinking to ensure brand consistency across card design, digital wallet, and app contexts.

You will translate partner briefs into compelling visuals, defend design rationales, and guide your team toward production-ready mechanics that meet credit card manufacturing

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in brand or print design with end-to-end ownership of design projects.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing designers, with a genuine interest in growing people.
• Proven ability to present and defend creative work to clients or stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of print production and preparing mechanicals for commercial printing.
• Experience operating at a program level, connecting assets to a broader brand system.
• Clear, confident communicator translating feedback into actionable creative decisions.
• Ability to work directly with external partners/clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small team of designers, setting the creative bar and providing regular feedback and coaching.
• Own end-to-end creative execution for co-branded card programs, both personally and through your team.
• Lead client-facing creative presentations, listening to partner feedback, presenting options, and defending design decisions with clarity.
• Translate partner briefs into card designs, program toolkits, and visual systems reflecting brand identity, voice, and program promise.
• Build production-ready mechanicals for card manufacturing, ensuring files meet print production requirements.
• Manage program-level creative thinking across card design, digital wallet, and app contexts for you and your team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across brand, product, and external partners.
• Maintain quality and consistency across all creative deliverables throughout the program lifecycle.
• Participate in production milestones including press checks and printer coordination.

Skills

Brand design

Print design

Mentoring designers

Presenting design work

Client facing

Print production

Program-level design

Communication

Job description

Imprint seeks a Senior Marketing Design Manager to lead a small design team and own the creative execution of co-branded card programs from brief to production. The role combines hands-on design, people leadership, and program-level thinking to ensure brand consistency across card design, digital wallet, and app contexts.

You will translate partner briefs into compelling visuals, defend design rationales, and guide your team toward production-ready mechanics that meet credit card manufacturing