Brand Designer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

As a Brand Designer at Metalab, you will guide the brand design process from start to finish, delivering stunning, product-ready brands. This is a remote position, requiring comfort with remote-friendly methods. Metalab designs some of the world’s most beloved products, assisting startups and global enterprises with new product launches. The role focuses on visual identity design and creative strategy, with a strong understanding of digital product development.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of experience designing products and brands that can be seen in the wild.
• Design Tools: Proficient with design tools such as Figma, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Collaboration: Comfortable working independently and in teams, communicating directly with stakeholders and collaborating with Product Designers.
• Teamwork: Experience in collaborative, highly iterative teams, with open communication and regular sharing of work.
• Communication: Passionate about storytelling and effective communication of concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
• Leadership: Confident in leading brand exercises, workshop activities, and sprint reviews.
• Presentation Skills: Strong presentation skills (written and in-person) for selling, revising, and presenting ideas to large stakeholder groups.
• Adaptability: Enjoy evolving how you work to ensure productive weekly sprints.
• Active Participation: Actively participate in agile processes.

Responsibilities

• Guide the brand design process from start to finish, owning all aspects of the brand design process.
• Create inspiring, beautiful, and relevant brands that strengthen the products made.
• Complement and assist the product team, leveling up output by crafting a stunning, product-ready brand.
• Work closely with Product Designers, Product Managers, Client Partners, and clients to educate and inform them about brand design best practices.
• Translate design output into sound, actionable assets and documentation as a source of truth.
• Guide clients through a rigorous yet agile branding process, ensuring they understand the process.
• Be accountable for timelines, deliverables, and output with oversight and support from Brand leadership and project teams.

Application Instructions

• Portfolio: Demonstrate your work in the wild (products seen in the real world).
• Time Zone: Located within MST to BRT time zones.

Company Information

Metalab designs some of the world’s most beloved products. Founders at early-stage startups hire us to help build businesses from scratch, and leaders at global enterprises hire us to help launch new products.