Brand Designer Job at Mono

Mono helps businesses in Africa access financial accounts for financial data and payments. Businesses of all sizes in Africa use our platform to retrieve account details, transactions and move money, reliably and securely, including Carbon, Renmoney, Inflow Finance, Tangerine Insurance, and many others.

In almost a year, we've introduced a steady cadence of innovations, such as statement pages, a no-code tool to retrieve bank statements, and much more. We've connected to 10% of all active bank accounts in Nigeria, and our investors include YCombinator, Entree Capital, and others.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Brand Designer

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Department: Design

Description

• We are looking to hire a Brand Designer to shape how our brand is presented to the public and who is responsible for ensuring strategic, seamless experiences throughout our customers interaction with us.
• You will breathe life into our brand and give it a tangible and unique identity that cuts through the noise and strikes a chord with the public.
• At Mono, we seek to build infrastructures that promote reliable access to bank accounts with high quality financial data and collect direct bank payments with ease.
• Through your continuous crave and curiosity for strategic creativity, you will implement this message and design execution to ensure that our customers understand our objective clearly.
• To perform this role effectively, you will work closely with the Growth, Business and Product teams to ensure that you understand, define and create a visual language that is as an extension of the brand at every stage of our business operations.
• If you desire a career that allows you to develop unique ideas and bring them to life, turn ideas and visualisations into finished products and a natural talent for creative thinking, we would love to partner with you to make this happen. At Mono, we understand how important it is to hire, develop and offer value to members of our team and we can't wait for you to join us!

Responsibilities

• Working on the Design team to create visual assets and devices to maintain and develop the company's brand.
• Design, produce, and update printed and digital marketing collateral such as social media assets, banners, signage, web graphics, sales / corporate presentations, web mockups, and display ads.
• Create high-quality visual work, expressing our identity in diverse ways while staying consistent with the brand.
• Assist to ensure all marketing communications across various channels and departments remain consistent and align with strategic marketing goals and brand guidelines.
• Translate business and marketing objectives into designs that are clear, compelling, and visually engaging.
• Partner with other designers, growth/marketing team, product team, and engineers to ensure quality in all aspects of campaign execution.

Requirements
You'll thrive as a Brand Designer if you:

• Have a minimum of 2 years of professional or freelance experience in designing brand identities, editorial layouts, and general graphic design
• Have a well-rounded portfolio that demonstrates your ability to deliver high-quality visual design
• Show proven ability to independently conceptualise and think critically about design, and iterate quickly.
• Effectively communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale.
• Incorporate feedback and take/give direction well.
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of typography, iconography, colour, space, and texture
• Have proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop
• Have an ability to build on other people's ideas to come up with new ones
• Have ability to learn new tools quick
• Enable others, non-designers, to create on-brand assets.

Bonus

• Proficiency in Adobe After Effects.
• Proficiency is in 3D software(or open to learning).

Benefits

• Stock options
• Flexible working hours
• Remote friendly
• Health Insurance
• Training Budget
• Team building events
• Yearly offsite
• Free lunch