Job Description
Art Director
Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (Based in the U.S.)
NerdWallet’s Brand Studio team is looking for a versatile Art Director to be a strategic design partner for a consumer-first company. As a member of Brand Studio, you will conceptualize, design and implement creative solutions that align with NerdWallet’s roadmap. With a start-up mentality and your full range of skills in graphic design and art direction, you will help our team push the boundaries of what’s possible to grow and extend the NerdWallet brand. On Brand Studio, we define and evolve our brand expression, build all the creative for our advertising channels, integrated marketing campaigns, our CRM program, content experiences, and our internal brand.
Your center of excellence should be design and creative development as you will be acting in the capacity of a Lead Visual Designer and Art Director supporting everything from marketing campaigns, to sponsorships, events, and the occasional internal project as well. You will lead and create multi-deliverable campaign assets, from OOH, to radio, digital, photography, and experiential design.
We hope that you are excited by the opportunity to bring meaningful change to the world of FinTech with innovative design that informs, delights, and engages.
You are:
- Innovative: An outstanding designer and art director with a jaw-dropping portfolio that demonstrates your ability to build inspiring creative solutions for consumers across brand advertising channels. You have a proven track record of leading projects from development, through execution, and to success.
- Visionary: Not one to shy away from complex challenges that require new thinking and a willingness to take chances. You have in-depth knowledge of innovative trends and technologies in the advertising and marketing space that you share with the design team to influence and elevate.
- Strategic: As a creative problem solver, you supply innovative ideas that build on data and analytics in order to meet business objectives.
- Insightful: Able to inspire while articulating design decisions. You can effectively communicate your ideas to other designers and collaborators through strong oral and written communication skills.
- Flexible: In a fast-paced, dynamic working environment, you can handle quick feedback loops and fluctuate between jumping from campaigns to working on internal projects.
- Collaborative: Experience partnering cross-functionally with team members across marketing and product – from creating concepts and pitching ideas to delivery – in order to build best in class creative executions.
Where you can make an impact:
- Work closely with other Brand strategists and designers to craft engaging and performant concepts for our integrated campaigns including landing pages, display ads, social, radio, and video elements.
- Partner with our marketing team to bring to life creative concepts with brand objectives and our target consumer in mind.
- Evolve and inspire the NerdWallet brand within the Brand Studio Team and the company at large.
Your experience:
- 8+ years of applied design experience, management experience nice to have but not required
- Very comfortable developing strategic concepts based on business and audience insights
- An expert in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma with photography and illustration chops
- Excellent graphic design skills (layout, typography, color)
- Working knowledge of motion graphics and interaction design is a plus
Where:
- This role will be based in San Francisco, CA or remote (based in the U.S.).
- We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.
What we offer:
Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)
- Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
- Rejuvenation Policy Flexible Time Off + 13 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
- New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
- Mental health support through Ginger.io
- Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar
- Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
- Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
- Weekly Virtual Bootcamp, Yoga, and Mindfulness Meditation sessions
- Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)
- Nerd-led group initiatives Intramural Sports, Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
- Hackathons, Happy Hours, and team events across all teams and departments
- Company-wide events like Little Nerds Day (aka bring your kids to work day, even if you’re remote!) and our annual Charity Auction
Lifestyle (Be your best self – we’ll take care of the details)
- Our Nerds love to make an impact by paying it forward Donate to your favorite causes with a company match
- Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
- Anniversary recognition program choose from different items and experiences
- Commuting stipend
Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)
- 401K with company match
- Annual Enrichment Stipend for learning and development
- Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools
- Access to Rocket Lawyer for online legal support and resources