Lead Brand Designer
Shares, France
Job Description
We, the people. Our social interactions spark trends, shape movements, rock history, push stock values up and down. It’s about time we had a place to meet and collectively build our financial future all of us, together.
Shares is not only a serious trading platform that opens up the stock market to everyone with no minimum investment it’s also a fun, hivelike social community where members engage, learn, swap knowledge and help each other make informed decisions.
Every feature inside Shares was designed to fit the way people connect today. It’s simple and straightforward to use and lets people chat, share, follow, tag and engage with groups in a seamless flow all inside a secure real-time trading platform.
The people-driven revolution in financial markets is already well underway. We’ve just built in the social motor so that every human can join the conversation and get their fair share of the market in a way that’s safe, fun, educational and collectively inspiring. We are backed by top tier venture capital firms based in the US and Europe.
We are looking for a Lead Brand Designer to help us elevate Shares into a one of a kind, bold brand that people love and engage with. Reporting to our newly hired Chief Marketing Officer, you will work on defining Shares’ brand design system, design guidelines and key brand assets. You will create outstanding on and offline brand material to support Shares’ go-to-market strategy and tell its unique story. You will be the first in-house Brand Designer and work with award winning design studios to build the foundations of a yet-to-be iconic brand and operate it. You want to be in the front seat of a brand that is set to become global? You have a Maker mindset and crave to build an in-house interdisciplinary design studio while working with the best design agencies and creative freelancers? Your talents go beyond design tools and you have experience producing brand campaigns, photoshoots, events and films? Then, no doubt, we want to hear from you!
- Co-define Shares’ brand design system and design guidelines
- Create key brand assets such as logos, icons, brand imagery, etc.
- Deliver creative assets to fuel on and offline multi-touch points campaigns
- Work and co-drive external partners on creative projects with agencies and creative freelancers
- Build a design traffic management workflow to ensure all design demands are produced in time
- Build a brand asset management system to store assets and make them browsable by the whole company
- Play an active role in building Shares’ unique brand identity and positioning
- Collaborate with our marketing cross-teams (Growth, Marketing, Brand amp; Product) to ensure consistency on all brand touch points
Requirements
- Proven work experience as a Senior Brand Designer or Brand Designer
- In-depth knowledge of how to create a scalable and consistent brands on multi-touchpoints (on amp; offline)
- Deep knowledge and mastery of creative tools such as Adobe Suite (Photoshop, inDesign, AfterEffect, Lightroom) and Figma
- 360 creative profile: we’re not looking for someone only able to work with Photoshop / Indesign. Additional know how around advertising, motion graphics, film and/or photography is a must-have
- Strong brand strategy mindset amp; copywriting skills
- Fluent in English, excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
- Leadership capabilities: you will build an in-house creative team as Shares expand
- Team-player: you thrive in a team environment
- Attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Past experiences in international environments
- Passionate about Fintech and the Trade market
- Fluent in other languages ; French is a big +
Please make sure to attach a portfolio to your application. Applications without portfolios won't be considered.
Shares is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to promoting diversity. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.