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Design Director, Brand Design
@Wealthsimple
[Hiring] Design Director, Brand Design @Wealthsimple
Mar 28, 2025 - Wealthsimple is hiring a remote Design Director, Brand Design. 💸 Salary: competitive salary with top-tier health benefits. 📍Location: Northern America.
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Role Description
As our Brand Design Director, you will define the visual identity and vision for Wealthsimple and lead a talented team of designers, animators, and producers to develop brand-defining work that lets the world know we set the standard for design and visuals, but never lack humanity.
- Own and drive the design vision and direction for large-scale brand design initiatives, while ensuring quality and consistency across all projects
- Champion Wealthsimple’s distinct brand identity, ensuring it is consistently represented across all touchpoints
- Collaborate closely with marketing leadership to develop creative solutions that drive business and marketing objectives
- Partner with cross-functional teams including Growth, Product Marketing, Communications, and Product Design to ensure design solutions align with company goals and maintain a cohesive experience
- Balance strategic design leadership with hands-on execution, actively contributing to the creative process
- Lead, mentor, and grow a small team of talented designers across various design disciplines
- Advocate for design excellence, continuously pushing the team to innovate while maintaining high standards for design work
- Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback-driven environment for your team, encouraging growth and the development of new skills
- Provide clear and constructive feedback, both to team members and stakeholders, to ensure the quality and impact of design deliverables
- Act as a key point of contact between the design team and other departments, effectively communicating design rationale and aligning with broader organizational goals
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in design leadership, with a portfolio that showcases your design expertise across diverse disciplines (we’d love to see OOH campaigns, digital, photography, potentially 3D/motion)
- Strong understanding of Wealthsimple’s brand and visual identity, with the ability to uphold and evolve it as the company grows
- Proven experience managing and mentoring a team of designers, with a focus on fostering their individual development and design craft
- A strategic thinker with the ability to translate business objectives into design solutions that delight users and achieve company goals
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working with teams in marketing, editorial, product, and communications
- Deep understanding of design tools and software, including but not limited to Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present and defend design decisions to both internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in the financial services or tech industries is a plus, but not required
- A passion for staying on top of design trends, innovation, and best practices
Requirements
- Hands-On Creative Leadership: Beyond directing, you will actively contribute to the creative process, crafting exceptional work that resonates with our audience. This includes web design, digital campaigns, photography direction, and potentially 3D/motion work.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
- Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
- 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
- Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
- 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
- A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
- Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
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competitive salary with top-tier health benefits
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Northern America
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Job Type
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Posted
Mar 28, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Northern America |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
