Interim Brand Designer
Job Description
Brand Designer, 15-month FTC
Level: Mid and Senior
Location: London
Work Arrangement: 3+ days a week in office
Salary: Not provided
Who you are
- Design Expertise: Strong background in graphic or brand design, with an exceptional aptitude for typography, layout, and visual storytelling across digital, print, and physical touchpoints
- System Thinking: Ability to think in systems, understanding how small and large design choices affect the broader brand experience and how to scale design consistency
- Collaborative Mindset: A true team player who works seamlessly with cross-functional stakeholders, values diverse perspectives, and knows when to bring in support to execute a brief
- Accountability & Ownership: Deeply accountable for your work, with a proven ability to manage project timelines, share progress clearly, and learn from mistakes to build internal trust
- Agility & Self-Motivation: Highly self-motivated and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment, with the flexibility to "wear many hats" when required
- Communication & Presentation Skills: Confident articulating your design work, creative process, and strategic choices to non-creative internal business partners
- Growth Orientation: Driven by a love for learning, a desire to welcome constructive feedback, and an excitement to grow even if you don't check every single requirement on day one
What the job involves
- As a Brand Designer (15-month Fixed Term Contract, Maternity Cover), you will turn complex, abstract business concepts into clear, compelling, and world-class creative outputs
- You will take cues from our established brand system and use your expertise to apply it distinctively and consistently to make an impact every day
- This role sits within our dynamic Brand & Creative team in London
- You will work in a highly collaborative environment alongside copywriters, fellow designers, and sharp marketers, while partnering cross-functionally with Product Design through regular Design Town Halls to cultivate our shared visual vision
- Drive Visual Problem-Solving: Partner closely with copywriters and designers to explore, develop, and visualize conceptual approaches for integrated marketing campaigns across digital advertising, email, and targeted direct mail
- Execute Experiential & Event Design: Support the creation of branded event collateral and experiential assets for our flagship global events, bringing immersive brand spaces to life with support from senior creatives
- Champion Commercial Enablement: Design unique RFP responses and tailored visual experiences for strategic accounts, collaborating with commercial partners to maximize our chance of winning while building scalable solutions
- Evolve the Brand System: Act as a thoughtful guardian of our brand identity, creating new brand elements and sub-brands for key programs while adapting templated assets to make repeatable work more efficient
- Deliver Confident Craft: Own day-to-day stakeholder conversations, think beyond single assets to consider overall content flow, and deliver high-standard outputs that strictly match project specs
- Foster Creative Culture: Actively contribute to the team's creative culture by sharing ideas, learning from others, and proactively seeking constructive feedback to continuously iterate for better solutions
About the Company
Company mission
To help businesses thrive in the digital economy.
About Checkout.com
Checkout.com is a fintech payments platform building the go-to solution for all things related to payments, including accepting transactions, processing them, and detecting fraud. The company focuses on large merchants and aims to make its product as customizable as possible, positioning itself as an infrastructure partner in clients' products.
The company has secured significant funding from top investors like Tiger Global Management and serves as the strategic payments partner for fast-moving brands globally such as Patreon, Dashlane, Udacity, Wise, Sony Electronics, and Klarna.
Checkout.com is known for its high-quality proprietary technology, designed from the outset to easily deliver incremental services as the company expands its offering. The company claims to offer the most comprehensive cross-border payment solution for digital commerce.
Company Size: 1001+ employees
Industries: Fintech, B2B, Enterprise, Payments, SaaS
Employee Demographics: 38% female employees
Growth: 10% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor Rating: 4.1/5