Brand Designer, Brand Studio - Figma (San Francisco, CA or NYC, NY)
About
Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!
We’re seeking a Brand Designer to join the Figma Brand Studio, a multidisciplinary group of designers, makers, and strategists. This passionate team gives shape to the ways Figma shows up and interacts with the world through brand touch-points, marketing efforts, and social channels. This person will support our mission of delivering world-class creative brand experiences and content that set the bar for quality. We value those that are curious, collaborative, and ego-free.
Job Description
As a Brand Designer, you will conceptualize and craft a variety of creative solutions across many mediums and surfaces including our website, social channels, and events. This is a highly collaborative role where you will partner closely with Go-To-Market teams, giving shape to projects that build awareness of the Figma brand and product benefits in engaging and novel ways. Working with the rest of the studio, you’ll play an essential role in maintaining and evolving the Figma brand. You’re a strong, clear communicator and a natural problem solver providing a critical eye to the level of detail, polish, craft, and consistency in our overall output. The ideal candidate for this role is self-motivated, medium-agnostic, willing to help out on any project, loves a creative challenge, and is excited about growing in their craft.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What you’ll do at Figma:
See projects throughout the entire design process; from creative conception to production
Craft engaging visuals and digital experiences in a fast-paced environment
Design for a wide range of projects while ensure consistency of the Figma brand across many surfaces including our website, social channels, and events
Actively contribute to the evolution of the Figma brand by exploring novel solutions that support our brand and marketing goals
Collaborate with marketing, product design, and growth teams to concept campaigns, evergreen communications, and launch announcements that support new products and features
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
A strong portfolio showcasing brand experience across a range of mediums
Excellence in typography, color, layout, and composition
Strong visual storytelling skills that support launching new and emerging product features in novel ways
Deep understanding of current UI/UX trends, craft, and patterns
Effectively communicate concepts and design rationale
Embrace an iterative design process and receptive to feedback
Able to work independently, drive multiple projects at a time, and iterate quickly
Foster strong working relationships with team members and cross-functional partners
Comfortable in your soft skills: listening, negotiating, and decision-making
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$102,000—$215,000 USD
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.
Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
Holding interviews in an accessible location
Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
Changing the mode or format of interviews
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