Senior Brand Designer
Grindr· Marketing
Hybrid (Los Angeles)Full-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior Brand Designer in Grindr's Brand Design Studio, responsible for developing on-brand creative across campaigns, product launches, social, events, and cultural moments; contributes to brand system decisions, templates, and guidelines; collaborates with cross-functional teams to maintain a scalable, expressive global brand.
Responsibilities
- Develop on-brand solutions for creative across campaigns, product launches, social, events, and cultural moments — from concept through final production
- Serve as a creative partner to cross-functional teams across the company, translating briefs from Marketing, Growth, Product, Comms, Partnerships, and Grindr for Equality into clear, compelling creative
- Help evolve and extend Grindr's visual identity — contributing to brand system decisions, setting creative direction, and holding the quality bar across every touchpoint the Design Studio supports
- Maintain the infrastructure that lets a lean studio punch above its weight: reusable templates, toolkits, component libraries, and guidelines that let partner teams move without diluting the brand
- Design and produce presentation materials for high-stakes audiences
- Switch between projects quickly
- Uses design thinking and best practices across work
- Support and grow talent of junior designers
Qualifications
- 6-10 years of design experience, ideally across both agency and in-house environments
- A design portfolio that shows both strategic conceptual thinking and exceptional craft — evidence you can define a creative direction and execute it at a high level across multiple touchpoints
- Experience building brand systems, not just working within one
- Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop required; Video Editing is a strong plus)
- Track record of supporting multiple stakeholder teams at once — you can prioritize competing requests, push back with a rationale, and keep quality high across a wide surface area
- Strong presentation and communication skills: you can present creative to senior stakeholders, explain your reasoning, respond thoughtfully to feedback, and advocate for the strong version of the idea
- You can take work from concept to final files
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
- Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
- Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
- Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
- Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
- Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
- Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Grindr
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Grindr is the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grindr today to discover, connect to, and explore the queer world around you.
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