Brand Design Manager, Growth

Brex • Seattle, WA

6h • $248,000 - $311,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Brex is hiring a Manager, Brand Design (Growth) for its Design team, a cross-disciplinary group of product designers, brand designers, content designers, operations specialists, and marketing strategists. The team aims to build a category-defining brand and move key business metrics through high-quality creative work.

Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, this hands-on creative leadership role leads the designers responsible for growth creative across paid social, digital marketing, email and lifecycle marketing, industry and growth marketing events, and account-based marketing campaigns. The manager shapes creative direction and strategy with marketing partners, guides projects from concept through execution, and remains actively involved in design and craft while mentoring other designers.

The role partners with producers, channel owners, and marketing leads to shape briefs, prioritize workstreams, and balance creative quality with business goals and team growth. It also helps evolve Brex’s visual identity and applies growth experiments and creative testing to improve work based on performance insights.

The position is based in Brex’s San Francisco, Seattle, or New York office. Brex operates a hybrid model requiring three office days per week—Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday—and offers up to four weeks per year of fully remote work.

Requirements

• 8 or more years of experience in brand design within agency and/or in-house creative teams.
• Experience leading high-impact creative work while remaining deeply hands-on in execution and craft.
• A portfolio demonstrating concept-driven design across campaigns, storytelling, brand systems, experiential work, and digital experiences.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, including experience coaching, mentoring, or guiding designers through the work.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and contribute strategically to creative direction and brand development.
• High level of craft in typography, layout, visual systems, art direction, and storytelling.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain creative decisions and rationale.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in Figma.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI visual creation tools such as Nano Banana or Midjourney.
• Experience with motion and animation tools such as After Effects or Jitter.
• Experience working on both B2B and B2C brands.
• Experience leading integrated campaigns or experiential work across multiple channels and audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction and execution across growth campaigns, paid social, digital experiences, email and lifecycle journeys, industry and growth marketing events, and account-based marketing.
• Manage and mentor growth creative designers through active creative partnership, hands-on feedback, and close involvement in the work.
• Partner with producers to prioritize, resource, and balance work across designers and projects.
• Collaborate with growth, lifecycle, events, and account-based marketing partners to shape briefs and influence creative strategy from the earliest stages.
• Work with stakeholders to define the creative direction and strategy, not only execute it.
• Evolve and steward Brex’s visual identity and brand expression across channels and touchpoints.
• Translate complex business concepts into clear, compelling, and emotionally resonant visual storytelling.
• Maintain a high standard of craft across typography, layout, systems thinking, and visual execution.
• Present work to stakeholders and articulate creative rationale thoughtfully and persuasively.
• Use growth experiments, creative testing, and performance insights to guide iterations while keeping creative work strategically grounded and operationally effective.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with three required office days per week.
• Up to four weeks per year of fully remote work.
• Equity and other forms of compensation may be included, depending on the position offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed