Senior Designer

Make your impact within a rapidly growing Fintech Company

Reporting to the Director of Design, a Senior Designer plays a pivotal role in shaping BILL’s visual identity and elevating our brand, by collaborating closely across BILL’s Marketing org to develop impactful work that delivers strong business outcomes. They are responsible for driving fresh ideas, concepts, and design systems in the BILL brand, by thoughtfully and strategically acting as a design lead in foundational work streams such as product launch style guides and templates for the brand, and delivering high-bar design for marketing assets across digital and OOH campaigns, website design, collateral, content and email marketing, event signage, swag, and more. They partner with Brand Strategists, Creative Directors, Copywriters, and Marketing partners to interpret and deliver upon strategic creative briefs for complex and large projects, determining the best design approach for achieving results. Sr. Designers propose and drive programs and processes which make overall creative development more efficient, and actively network and conduct cross-team share-outs which help others understand how creative as a whole contributes to strategic business goals. They are collaborative design leaders, contributing to a positive, creative culture of excellence and growth, by mentoring peers and junior members of the creative team and beyond.

The ideal candidate has a deep portfolio of experience designing brands, campaigns, signage, and more. They are an excellent communicator and collaborator, with a high attention to design detail and commitment to design craft. They are steady and speedy problem solvers, clever creative conceptors, clear communicators, and energetic collaborators, eager to see every project as an opportunity to make something amazing.

Key responsibilities include interfacing with internal business partners throughout various departments to:

• Act autonomously as a design lead throughout fast-paced creative workflows to deliver high-bar and impactful creative marketing assets, while balancing  business needs with technical and creative constraints.
• Interpret and contribute to strategic briefs, evaluating and proposing multiple concepts and creative approaches inline with business needs, iterate creative execution inline with stakeholder feedback, and drive delivery of final creative assets.
• Succinctly and professionally present work, logic, and feedback openly to senior leadership and stakeholders across Marketing and other BILL organizations, explaining changing priorities and using compelling arguments to convey conclusions and ideas. 
• Maintain and share up-to-date expertise and best-practices relevant to common workstreams and/or touchpoints. Seek and share similar information from regular stakeholders and partners.
• Anticipate, flag, and propose solutions to avoid potential bottlenecks and roadblocks, and communicate project status with Project Managers regularly.
• Manage and strategically iterate creative approaches, continually elevating personal creative bar and output, and driving elevated creative bar of the team. Actively identify areas for improvement across the team’s output, and develop tools to bring the team's body of work up to high-bar.
• Actively manage personal career development, including defining and tracking quarterly goals, and seeking feedback around job expectations, performance, and promotion cadence. Independently identify “stretch” opportunities and initiate engagement and planning.

We’d love to chat if you have:

• • 5+  years of visual design experience in an in-house creative studio or agency.
  • An exceptional portfolio showcasing a high standard for typography and visual design.
  • Strong conceptual abilities and a talent for storytelling.
  • Technical motion design skills would be advantageous.
  • Exceptional communication skills, able to clearly convey design intent, advocate for their work, and suggest alternative ideas to peers and senior leadership.
  • Committed to maintaining a high standard of creative quality for themselves and others, while always striving to find the best solution to meet company goals.
  • The ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Strong organizational skills, collaborative mindset, and adept at working cross-functionally.