As a highly creative and experienced Senior Brand Designer, you will lead digital brand design initiatives for the Internet Computer and DFINITY Foundation. You will specialize in analyzing, evolving, and innovating brand identity systems to keep us at the forefront of digital-first brand storytelling and impact.
Key Background and Skills
The ideal candidate is a digital branding visionary with a passion for evolving brand systems to create impactful digital experiences. They should have experience in creating and scaling digital-first brand identity systems, including defining brand guidelines, visual frameworks, and narrative structures.
Core Responsibilities
* Lead the strategic analysis of the current brand identity and propose forward-looking brand concepts that explore new dimensions of the brand across digital touchpoints.
* Develop and maintain a comprehensive and evolving digital brand system that guides consistent use of visual elements and flexibly adapts across web and mobile experiences.
* Lead projects creatively, ensuring creativity and quality are consistently pushed to the max.
* Create and craft impactful key visuals and bring brand concepts to life through compelling narratives and visual execution.
* Present ideas and creative direction to the design team and org-wide stakeholders, establishing productive relationships and encouraging collaborative feedback.
* Work closely with the website and marketing teams to ensure consistency in branding and digital strategy across internetcomputer.org, dfinity.org, and various landing pages.
* Drive creative direction and execution of high-quality visuals, including iconography, pictograms, and digital brand assets that strengthen the brand's digital identity.
* Present brand concepts and strategic improvements to stakeholders effectively, advocating for a cohesive digital-first brand vision that aligns with our goals.
* Stay current with digital branding, technology, and design trends to keep brand assets innovative and relevant in a fast-evolving industry.
* Lead branding initiatives from a strategic concept phase through digital execution, ensuring all assets align with and elevate the brand's identity.
* Analyze digital branding performance and user feedback to refine brand solutions and enhance brand impact across digital channels.
* Collaborate closely with developers and technical teams to ensure precise digital implementation of branding elements and resolve design-related issues.
* Participate in strategy sessions to enhance digital branding workflows and user experiences.
Minimum Qualifications
* Strong passion for strategic digital branding and storytelling through brand identity.
* Bachelor's degree in Brand Design, Digital Design, Visual Communication, or equivalent practical experience.
* Minimum of 6 years of experience in brand design, digital branding strategy, or brand evolution.
* Proficiency with Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite, with demonstrated expertise in developing scalable digital branding systems and assets.
* A compelling portfolio showcasing expertise in digital-first brand systems and branding assets that support an evolving and dynamic brand identity.
* Interest in understanding web technologies and user experience principles (no coding skills needed).
* Must include a portfolio, website, or other relevant links to your work in your application, providing viewable links and/or access instructions.
Preferred Qualifications
* 1-3 years of experience working in Web3 space, especially in digital branding.
* 1-2 years of experience in a lead brand strategy and design role.
* Experience in leading digital branding projects in a collaborative team environment.
* Demonstrated ability to facilitate strategy workshops to improve branding consistency across digital platforms.
About DFINITY and the Internet Computer:
DFINITY is a leading contributor to the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), with a mission to bring the world's compute onto the secure ICP network. Built on its unique third-generation blockchain technology, ICP enables the development and operation of a new generation of unstoppable, tamper-proof, fully decentralized web applications. Its powerful technology can run entire AI models within smart contracts, representing a major advancement for secure AI. Through seamless integration with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other networks, ICP facilitates multi-chain operations for digital assets and web3.
Our team of over 250 talented individuals includes world-renowned cryptographers, distributed systems engineers, programming language experts, and industry leaders who are shaping the future of the internet and web3. DFINITY was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and crypto theoretician, Dominic Williams.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.