Senior Brand Designer

Grindr • West Hollywood, CA

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Grindr’s Brand Design Studio is seeking a Senior Brand Designer to work at the intersection of brand, product, and communication design. The role translates briefs into creative work and helps develop the design systems, templates, and guidelines that enable teams to move quickly while keeping the brand consistent, expressive, and culturally relevant at global scale. The designer is expected to think conceptually and explain the reasoning behind design choices.

The role develops creative from concept through final production across campaigns, product launches, social, events, and cultural moments. It partners with teams across Marketing, Growth, Product, Communications, Partnerships, and Grindr for Equality; contributes to the evolution of Grindr’s visual identity and creative direction; and maintains reusable studio infrastructure. It also produces presentations for high-stakes audiences and supports the growth of junior designers.

This is a hybrid role based in Grindr’s Los Angeles office, with in-person work required Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of design experience, ideally across both agency and in-house environments.
• A portfolio demonstrating strategic conceptual thinking and exceptional craft, including the ability to define a creative direction and execute it across multiple touchpoints.
• Experience building brand systems, not only working within an existing one.
• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; proficiency in Illustrator and Photoshop is required.
• Ability to support multiple stakeholder teams, prioritize competing requests, push back with a rationale, and maintain quality across a wide range of work.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to take work from concept to final files.

Nice To Haves

• Video-editing skills are a strong plus.
• Well-versed in AI image generation.
• Enjoys creating options and concepts.
• Values producing high-quality, award-winning creative.

Responsibilities

• Develop on-brand creative solutions for campaigns, product launches, social, events, and cultural moments, from concept through final production.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate briefs into clear, compelling creative.
• Help evolve and extend Grindr’s visual identity by contributing to brand-system decisions, setting creative direction, and maintaining quality across supported touchpoints.
• Maintain reusable templates, toolkits, component libraries, and guidelines that help partner teams work efficiently without diluting the brand.
• Design and produce presentation materials for high-stakes audiences.
• Switch between projects quickly and apply design thinking and best practices.
• Support and grow the talent of junior designers.
• Present creative to senior stakeholders, explain design reasoning, respond thoughtfully to feedback, and advocate for strong ideas.
• Take work from concept through final files.

Benefits

• Full premium coverage for employee health, dental, and vision insurance; partial coverage for dependents.
• Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, including IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
• 401(k) with 6% company match and immediate vesting.
• Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
• Gender-affirming care offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, and monthly HRT stipends.
• Flexible vacation policy and two company-wide rest weeks per year.
• Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting.
• Breakfast and lunch.

What This Job Offers

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