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Lead Brand Designer

Monzo Bank· Design
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Hybrid (London)£75k - £95kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Lead Brand Designer at Monzo (London, Hybrid) responsible for shaping Monzo’s visual identity, brand guidelines, motion, typography and collaboration with product, marketing and external agencies.

Responsibilities

  • Creative Leadership. Leading and overseeing end-to-end projects, from ideation to execution, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product design, and engineers.
  • People management. You will need management skills to manage a small team of designers, by guiding and supporting them with our internal leveling frameworks.
  • Mentoring and providing guidance to designers, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment. Run design critiques and help others navigate projects with cohesive and thoughtful feedback.
  • Brand Guardian: Guide external agency partners on all things design and creative concepts.
  • Brand Design. Develop, evolve and maintain brand identities, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
  • Hands-On Design: Figma FIRST. Roll up your sleeves and contribute directly to the design work, whether it’s crafting a standout campaign, refining our typography, or animating assets.
  • Typography. Utilize expert knowledge of typography to create visually appealing and readable designs.
  • Collaboration and Communication. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product development, and project management, to deliver cohesive design solutions.
  • Creatively concept art direction and motion for in-app experiences with product teams.

Qualifications

  • Proven track record in design roles, with a strong portfolio demonstrating branding, art direction, product design, advertising campaigns and typography.
  • Experience in managing designers and leading design projects.
  • Strong typography skills.
  • Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Figma is a must. Motion skills, 3D programs, Ai tooling are a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate design concepts to both internal teams and senior management.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills.
  • Creative problem solver who can manage multiple projects simultaneously and balance competing priorities.
  • Curious about AI tools and hands-on experience using them in design work (advantage).
  • Experience in fast-paced tech startups or creative agencies working on global brands.
  • Experience in additional areas like web design, print design, storyboarding, art direction, film, and illustration.
  • Obsessed with strategically designing within a brand and evolving within a brand guideline.
  • Strong motion ideation and storyboarding skills.

Skills

Required:BrandingArt directionTypographyFigma
Nice to have:Adobe Creative Suite

Benefits

  • £75,000 - £95,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance
  • Flexible working hours
  • £1,000 learning budget each year for books, training courses and conferences
  • Macbooks provided; additional work-from-home setup support for fully remote workers
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Monzo Bank

A bank as smart as your phone.

YC has written a good overview of our business on their blog: https://blog.ycombinator.com/monzo-makes-money-work-for-everyone/ Our mission is to make money work for everyone. We are the UK's leading digital bank for individuals and businesses, reinventing the traditional banking industry one customer at a time. We're relentlessly mission driven and always put our customers first - from what products we chose to launch next to our transparency and use of simple language. With a Net Promoter Score of 70+, it shows. From our founding in 2015, we now have over 7 million customers in the UK (13% of UK adults) and are building out our team in the US. We've seen incredible organic growth, acquiring 150,000 customers / month in 2022, with 80% of this coming from word of mouth. Our weekly active user rate is ~60% and ~40% of our active users use us as their Main Bank account, showing that we are a product that is embedded in our users' daily lives. We've grown to ~2,450 staff (~400 of which make up the product/tech team), and are backed by YC, Stripe, Tencent, Mike Moritz, and others. Internally, we encourage an open, collaborative, and inclusive working environment - we were voted the #1 startup where people in the UK want to work for the second year running in 2022. We contribute to open source software, and we continually engage with our wonderful community. We're hiring talented, creative problem-solvers to help us build the bank of the future. Join us!

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