Mercury
Staff Brand Designer
$170K–$237K
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 13, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States
Any Office or Remote - Experience
- 7–10+ years of brand design experience; background includes high-craft environments such as agency, fashion, elevated consumer, or design-forward tech.
About the job
Sets Mercury’s brand craft standard and leads complex brand design work across channels while shaping creative direction, team quality, and AI use in the creative process.
What you'll do
- Lead high-visibility brand design projects from brief through delivery and uphold craft standards across brand channels.
- Co-lead creative direction, oversee work across Brand Studio, and develop brand-system documentation and frameworks.
- Commission and art-direct external creatives, mentor designers, and guide the team’s use of AI in design.
What they ask for
- Portfolio demonstrating mastery of typography, layout, color, and composition across brand contexts.
- Fluency in brand systems and experience stewarding a brand through growth or change.
- Staff-level ability to work autonomously, influence without authority, and shape team output.
- Proficiency in Figma and hands-on experience contributing to or owning a design system.
Pay
$189,400 — $236,700 USD (base salary); $170,400 — $213,000 USD (base salary); $179,000 — $223,700 CAD (base salary)
Tools
Figma
AI focus
Set standards for where AI belongs in the creative process, build AI-ready brand guidelines, and guide the team in using AI tools without lowering design quality.
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