Senior Designer

Adyen

This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.  For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster. Senior Designer Adyen is seeking a senior designer who is equally at home in a strategic brief and a craft critique. Please include a portfolio with your application. If your portfolio is password-protected, be sure to provide access details so we can review your work.  This San Francisco-based role is for someone who thrives on complexity — turning product features, campaign goals, and business priorities into intuitive, high-impact visuals anchored in Adyen's brand. You'll collaborate closely with stakeholders, manage projects with rigor, and produce work that doesn't just look great but moves the business forward. You bring broad design experience across multiple disciplines, a clear specialization, and the organizational skills to lead projects from brief to delivery without missing a beat. What you’ll do: * Develop high-quality brand concepts across multiple formats, ensuring consistency with Adyen's brand guidelines and strategic goals. * Strategically elevate Adyen's visual identity across platforms, ensuring a cohesive and impactful presence. * Bring a strong point of view to concept development, with meticulous attention to craft — from typography and layout to final execution. * Use visual storytelling to create designs that resonate with audiences and communicate Adyen's brand narrative with clarity and impact. * Present and advocate for creative decisions with stakeholders, clearly communicating design rationale and strategy to build alignment. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate brand strategy, business objectives, and consumer insights into effective creative solutions. * Manage and direct freelancers and creative agencies, providing clear creative briefs, feedback, and oversight to ensure quality and consistency across deliverables. * Proactively identify and address challenges throughout the project lifecycle, providing clear guidance and updates to keep teams aligned and on track. * Lead the end-to-end creative execution of events, from concept development and environmental design to on-site production, ensuring a cohesive and elevated brand experience. What you are:  * 7+ years of professional design experience, whether in-house, freelance, or agency. * A strong portfolio showcasing high-craft work with measurable impact across digital and print. * High proficiency in Adobe CC, Figma, and Framer, with a working knowledge of AI tools to enhance creative ideation and production efficiency. * Experience managing and directing external agencies and freelancers. * A collaborative approach and team-first mentality, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. * The drive to self-start, own projects end-to-end, and deliver against deadlines — while staying open to iteration and feedback. * Full professional proficiency in English, written and verbal. * Flexibility for occasional domestic and international travel. The base salary range for this role is $165,000-$195,000 to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments  Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.  Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application! What’s next? Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility. Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. SAN FRANCISCO  Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. This role is based out of our San Francisco office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Design Bridge and Partners

About Us At Design Bridge and Partners, part of WPP, we design brands with the power to move—pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 18 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds, and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands, benefiting their business, people, and the planet. Our clients include global brands across industries, such as technology, finance, consumer goods, and media. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.   Key Responsibilities Creative & Design Direction * Creative Conception (Ownership & Support): Autonomously lead the creative and visual design phase on mid-to-large projects, and support Creative Directors on massive global assignments—translating strategic blueprints into beautiful, brave, and award-winning design solutions. * Strategy-to-Creative Synergy: Bridge the gap between logic and magic. Work closely with Senior Strategists in the studio, acting as a collaborative partner to ensure that strategic insights and brand positionings are beautifully and consistently expressed through visual systems. * Craft Excellence: Define and elevate the visual standards of the studio. Deliver world-class design systems, typography, color palettes, and packaging layouts, ensuring every detail is polished, purposeful, and expressive. Relationship Management & Growth * Client Relationship Building: Present creative concepts directly to clients (brand managers and marketing directors) with clarity and passion, guiding them through the design thinking and the "why" behind visual systems. * New Business & Pitch Support: Actively participate in agency pitches, designing high-impact conceptual routes and helping package creative ideas into compelling presentation decks. Leadership & Collaboration * Mentorship & Psychological Safety: Act as a supportive mentor to Junior and Mid-weight Designers, offering constructive feedback, guiding their craft About You * Design Track Record: 5–7 years of professional experience in graphic design and brand identity, ideally within a premium design consultancy, brand agency, or creative studio. * CPG, Structural & Beyond: Deep experience designing for consumer brands (CPG/FMCG) with a strong portfolio showcasing packaging design systems, brand identity, structural branding integration. * The Modern Toolkit: Expert command of Adobe Creative Suite. Strong familiarity with using modern tools like Figma, motion/3D software (Cinema4D/Blender), and integrating AI-assisted visual ideation tools into the creative workflow. * Visual Storyteller: A proven ability to bring complex brand strategies to life through evocative visual storytelling, typography, and color theory. * Core Values: Creative Thinker, Inspirational People Person, and Entrepreneurial Spirit. Why Us? We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits, giving you the chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world. At Design Bridge and Partners, we believe that being together in person drives stronger collaboration, sparks creativity, and builds deeper connections, all of which contribute to your professional growth and the exceptional work we deliver for our clients. We operate a hybrid model, a mix of in-office (or with clients) and WFH. Our managers will discuss specific in-office requirements based on the role.   The salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $90,000-105,000. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.    Design Bridge and Partners, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. #LI-DNI #LI-DNP

Design Bridge and Partners

ABOUT US At Design Bridge and Partners, part of WPP, we design brands with the power to move. Pulling people towards them with an irresistible force that compels and connects. With 900 creative minds across 17 studios worldwide, diverse in expertise, experience, backgrounds and beliefs, we are united in our ambition to achieve real impact for our clients’ brands benefiting their business, people and the planet. With expertise across brand strategy, brand design, brand engagement and brand effectiveness our clients across the world include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mastercard, Intel, HSBC, Tencent, Twitch, Heineken, Reckitt and the BBC. ABOUT WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, WPP.com. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for a Senior Designer to join our London studio, someone who wants to create the best work of their career and play a meaningful role in shaping bold, idea-led brands. This is a hands-on creative role for someone who thrives on ideation and craft in equal measure. You’ll work across brand identity systems, campaigns, communications and brand worlds, helping to define clear, single-minded ideas and expressing them with distinctive personality. You’ll collaborate closely with Creative Directors, strategists and writers to translate human insight into compelling ideas, and ideas into beautifully crafted outcomes. You’ll help set the standard for creative excellence within the studio, presenting work internally and to clients with clarity and confidence. Alongside delivering your own projects, you’ll mentor more junior designers and contribute to a culture that values candour, curiosity and collaboration. We’re looking for someone who understands that great design goes beyond decoration, that it’s creative problem solving. Someone who can bring together words, image, motion and experience to build brands that endure. You’ll present work internally and to clients, contribute to raising the bar for craft, mentor midweight and junior designers, and bring positive energy to the team. Above all, you’ll help create work that moves people, culturally, emotionally and commercially. ABOUT YOU  You are a senior-level designer with strong conceptual thinking and exceptional craft. Your portfolio demonstrates your ability to find a relevant human insight and translate it into a clear idea, expressed with confidence and personality. You move comfortably between identity systems, campaigns and broader brand worlds, and you understand how to take work from concept through to delivery without losing its original intent. You’re comfortable presenting and discussing your work, asking smart questions and constructively challenging briefs to push the thinking further. You respond well to feedback and know how to lead creatively without casting a shadow. You care deeply about the quality of what you put into the world, and you elevate the people around you in the process. You are culturally aware, creatively ambitious and motivated by the opportunity to create work that could be award-winning, but more importantly, work that genuinely connects. Breadth of experience across international brands, challengers or culturally relevant organisations is valuable, as is a curiosity about how brands show up in contemporary culture. WHY US? We’re passionate about our people and their careers. We’ll help you develop your skills and provide you with outstanding benefits. So you’ll have a chance to make your mark on our future, as we make a mark on yours. We’re proud to be the world’s most awarded brand design agency, with 28 Cannes Lions to our name and Creative Review Annual’s Most Creative Design Agency of the Year 2024. You’ll get to take new projects to award-winning potential, as part of a connected team of brilliant, tenacious people right by your side and across the world.   We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. Design Bridge and Partners, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates. We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.   #LI-DNI #LI-DNP