Lead Brand Designer, Web

Checkr • San Francisco, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for a Lead Brand Designer, Web, to shape how people experience the Checkr brand across all marketing surfaces. You'll partner closely with Marketing and Revenue, own our web brand standards, and bring a strong point of view on customer needs and business outcomes to every design decision.

Requirements

• 7+ years of in-house or agency experience on tech or B2B brands.
• An outstanding portfolio demonstrating mastery of typography, layout, storytelling, and art direction.
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, plus experience using AI-assisted tools to accelerate production.
• Deep knowledge of information architecture, usability, accessibility, and UI/UX best practices.
• A systems-minded approach to building templates and reusable assets other teams can rely on.
• Experience developing brand standards and directing contractor or freelance creative work.
• A strong point of view and high craft standards, with the confidence to present and defend your work to senior leadership.
• Track record managing multiple concurrent projects in fast-moving, iterative environments where the brief isn't always perfect.
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Front-end fluency (HTML/CSS), enough to prototype or QA your own work in-browser.
• Illustration, photography, or art direction experience.
• Experience in HR tech, trust and safety, or identity verification products.
• Experience mentoring or giving creative direction to other designers.

Responsibilities

• Design brand-forward web experiences that are polished, on-brand, and grounded in customer and business outcomes, across all marketing surfaces.
• Own and evolve brand standards, guidelines, and design systems for web.
• Scope design initiatives and prioritize work across multiple concurrent projects and timelines.
• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing and Revenue to maintain brand consistency across all web touchpoints.
• Provide creative direction and feedback to other designers on web/brand projects.
• Present and advocate for design decisions clearly and persuasively, from peers to senior leadership.
• Identify, hypothesize, and run ongoing user testing to evolve the web experience.
• Ground design decisions in a deep understanding of customer personas and the end-to-end user experience.

Benefits

• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Lunch five times a week
• Commuter stipend
• Relocation stipend may be available

What This Job Offers

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