Senior Brand Designer - Campaigns

Mercury • Portland, OR

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About The Position

In 1954, architect Eero Saarinen designed a radically modern bank branch for Irwin Union in Columbus, Indiana. With glass walls, no private offices, and a floor plan that invited openness, it embodied a new kind of transparency in finance. The building was surrounded by trees, furnished by Herman Miller, and featured rustic brick flooring. Today, that space is a conference center, and that spirit of design-forward thinking in banking feels almost extinct.
Mercury believes that level of care and craft in design has been lost in modern finance and we’re building a brand that brings it back. We're a financial technology company building products that feel extraordinary to use. We help people and businesses accomplish more with their money by turning banking from a frustration into a catalyst for their ambitions.

We’re looking for a senior brand designer to help shape how Mercury shows up visually, emotionally, and creatively across our brand campaigns, website, social, and more. Someone who thrives in a highly collaborative environment where the best ideas drive progress, not the most powerful voices in the room.
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of experience in brand design, art direction, or visual communication, ideally with a mix of in-house and agency experience.
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates conceptual range, systems thinking, and refined visual execution across print and environmental formats.
• Deep understanding of typography, composition, and storytelling principles.
• A proactive problem-solving drive, ability to manage multiple deliverables, and ease in receiving or handing off projects.
• Experience leading campaigns from concept through production, including managing vendors, testing proofs, and navigating print or fabrication logistics.
• Comfort working autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.
• A sharp eye for craft, but also for cultural and conceptual applications, you design for resonance, not decoration.
• Strong communication skills, able to clearly articulate concepts, ideas, and creative decisions to internal teams and external partners.
• Passion for mentoring other designers and cross-functional partners to enhance our creative execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative development of large-scale visual storytelling that brings Mercury to life in expressive ways.
• Ensure campaigns connect seamlessly across formats from out-of-home and experiential moments to digital placements, paid social, and performance marketing ads with coherence and craft across every touchpoint.
• Contribute and translate complex brand strategy into simple, magnetic visual stories that connect with Mercury’s audience of founders and builders.
• Concept, design, and art-direct campaigns that translate Mercury’s voice and visual system into bold, emotionally resonant, and culturally attuned experiences. You’ll work cross-functionally with brand leadership, copywriting, motion, and performance marketing to craft work that’s impossible to ignore and unmistakably Mercury.
• Design across scales from the macro impact of a citywide takeover to the micro craft of typography, layout, and color harmony.
• Collaborate with external agencies, photographers, and illustrators to bring ambitious creativity to life with quality and precision.
• Champion craft and clarity in every deliverable from the initial sketch to final production files.
• Effectively balance multiple projects, from concepting through to final execution, managing timelines with clarity and calm.
• Collaborate proactively and communicate effectively in an environment that values diverse perspectives, creativity, and innovation.

Benefits

• The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity, and benefits.
• Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry.
• New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

What This Job Offers

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