Description
Build something people love.
Wealthsimple's mission is to help everyone achieve financial freedom – by making financial services simple, transparent, and low-cost. We're Canada's largest fintech, trusted by over 3 million clients with more than $100 billion in assets. We move fast, we own our work, and we care deeply about the people using our products. If that sounds like you, keep reading.
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About The Role
As our Brand Design Director, you will define the visual identity and vision for Wealthsimple and lead a talented team of designers, animators, and producers to develop brand-defining work that lets the world know we set the standard for design and visuals, but never lack humanity. As the Design Director, Brand at Wealthsimple, you will be responsible for leading a team of diverse designers across multiple disciplines, including 3D, motion, and brand design.
You will work closely with various teams, including Integrated & Marketing Operations, Art Direction, Editorial, and Copywriting, to ensure cohesive, high-quality design outputs that reflect Wealthsimple's unique brand and resonate with our audience.
This is a leadership role, but we are looking for someone who is capable of contributing at an individual designer level, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design skills and strategic thinking. While you will lead and mentor a small, talented team, your primary impact will stem from your unparalleled design taste and hands-on contributions.
We're looking for a seasoned designer who can transition between strategic leadership and design execution. You will work cross-functionally with teams to ensure alignment across all touchpoints of the Wealthsimple experience.
What You'll Do
• Own and drive the design vision and direction for large-scale brand design initiatives, while ensuring quality and consistency across all projects.
• Champion Wealthsimple’s distinct brand identity, ensuring it is consistently represented across all touchpoints.
• Collaborate closely with marketing leadership to develop creative solutions that drive business and marketing objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including Growth, Product Marketing, Communications, and Product Design to ensure design solutions align with company goals and maintain a cohesive experience.
• Balance strategic design leadership with hands-on execution, actively contributing to the creative process.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a small team of talented designers across various design disciplines.
• Advocate for design excellence, continuously pushing the team to innovate while maintaining high standards for design work.
• Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative, and feedback-driven environment for your team, encouraging growth and the development of new skills.
• Provide clear and constructive feedback, both to team members and stakeholders, to ensure the quality and impact of design deliverables.
• Act as a key point of contact between the design team and other departments, effectively communicating design rationale and aligning with broader organizational goals.
Skills You Bring
• 8+ years of experience in design leadership, with a portfolio that showcases your design expertise across diverse disciplines (we’d love to see OOH campaigns, digital, photography, potentially 3D/motion).
• Hands-On Creative Leadership: Beyond directing, you will actively contribute to the creative process, crafting exceptional work that resonates with our audience. This includes web design, digital campaigns, photography direction, and potentially 3D/motion work.
• Strong understanding of Wealthsimple’s brand and visual identity, with the ability to uphold and evolve it as the company grows.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring a team of designers, with a focus on fostering their individual development and design craft.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to translate business objectives into design solutions that delight users and achieve company goals.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working with teams in marketing, editorial, product, and communications. You thrive in a collaborative environment and can build strong relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of design tools and software, including but not limited to Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present and defend design decisions to both internal and external stakeholders. You can articulate design rationale effectively and present your ideas with confidence.
• Experience in the financial services or tech industries is a plus, but not required.
• A passion for staying on top of design trends, innovation, and best practices.
Why Wealthsimple?
• 🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• 📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
• 🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
• ✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
• 👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
• 🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.
Additional Information
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully. That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.
Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our team but don't replace human judgment – all final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.
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