Brand Designer

As a Brand Designer at the Stellar Development Foundation, you shape the visual narrative of a mission-driven organization building equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. You join the Creative Team to elevate the Stellar brand across global digital and marketing channels, working with autonomy to manage production lifecycles, evolve design systems, and make a tangible impact alongside senior mentors.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end design across campaigns, product launches, and multi-channel marketing content (social, web, print, presentations), ensuring high-fidelity output that elevates the Stellar brand
• Develop narrative-driven visual concepts and contribute to the evolution of the design system, extending new executions while maintaining high quality standards
• Independently manage the full production lifecycle from scoping and revisions to delivery while prioritizing concurrent projects with minimal day-to-day oversight
• Partner with internal stakeholders, Creative leadership, and external agencies, providing constructive feedback and sharing design best practices to ensure consistent brand excellence
• Lead creative development on high-visibility projects and actively improve team processes, including the introduction of scalable components and emerging AI tools to enhance creative output

What you bring

• 3-5 years of experience in brand design, with a strong mix of agency and in-house expertise
• A robust portfolio demonstrating judgment, coherent visual systems, and clear brand thinking across digital (ads, web, social), motion, company merchandise, and physical collateral
• Design mastery in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with forward-looking fluency in emerging AI design tools
• Proven ability to build upon and extend brand design systems, with a track record of defining and executing high-level creative direction
• Experience managing end-to-end projects, including liaising with external agencies and freelance partners to ensure quality and timely delivery
• Proven capacity to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines with minimal day-to-day oversight
• Strong interpersonal skills for partnering effectively across marketing, strategy, content, and communications teams
• Ability to present work to senior stakeholders, clearly articulate rationale, and advocate for strong creative decisions

Nice to have

• Experience integrating generative AI tools (for example, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, Envato) into creative and production workflows
• Familiarity with the Stellar ecosystem, open-source software, decentralized finance (DeFi), or the broader fintech landscape
• Passion for building accessible, equitable financial tools, with prior experience in mission-driven or non-profit organizations
• Experience contributing to or evolving design systems within growing, fast-paced creative teams

What we offer

• Base salary range of $100,000-$130,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location, plus lumen-denominated grants
• Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for you and any dependents
• Flexible time off plus 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
• Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
• Gym reimbursement of $80 per month
• Life and ADD insurance (up to $50,000)
• Short and long term disability coverage
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Health and Dependent Care FSA Accounts
• Commuter benefits with $250 per month employer contribution
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
• Family building benefits through Kindbody
• Wellbeing benefits including One Medical, Rightway, and Headspace
• Learning and development budget of $1,500 per year
• Daily lunch and snacks in the office
• Company retreats
• Hybrid work arrangement

About Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. Founded in 2014, SDF develops the Stellar network, a decentralized, fast, scalable, and sustainable platform for financial products and services, and provides grants, investments, tooling, and strategic collaborations to builders and organizations within the ecosystem.