Later: Manager, Brand Design

remote-job.net Job Summary: 💶 Salary: 131.600 - 150.400 ⏰ Weekly hours: Full-time 🔍 Recommended experience: Senior 🎓 Recommended education: Bachelor in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or a related field 🏭 Industry: SaaS 📋 Main responsibilities: Lead visual brand and campaign strategy Lead and develop the Brand Design team Create scalable design systems and marketing assets ✅ Key requirements: 8+ years of design experience, including ≥3 years in leadership Strong tool proficiency (Adobe, Figma) and experience with AI-assisted workflows Portfolio demonstrating art direction, presentation and communication strengths About the company: Later is a leading company in social media and influencer marketing software, services and data, trusted by leading brands and agencies worldwide. After the acquisition of Mavely (Everyday Influencer Platform®), Later enables brands to scale creator partnerships from nano- to premium-influencers while managing social media content and campaigns across all major platforms and affiliate networks. Through proprietary performance data, marketing leaders can drive sales-relevant initiatives and optimize social commerce using the platform or award-winning services. Later originated from two success stories since 2014: Mavrck (now Later Influence™), an influencer marketing solution, and Later (now Later Social™), a social media management platform and pioneer of the link-in-bio tool. In 2024 Mavrck and Later united into one company with the shared vision of enabling people to make a living from their creativity. The company works closely with top platforms and has partnerships and integrations with Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest. Responsibilities: Lead the visual storytelling strategy and creative execution for key marketing campaigns (digital & print). Develop creative concepts, design systems and templates for the scalable production of consistent brand communications. Create visual assets for websites, landing pages, email, social media, events, sales enablement and marketing materials. Lead, mentor and manage resources for a team of Brand Designers; conduct reviews, one-on-ones and performance evaluations. Present creative concepts to leadership and incorporate feedback while maintaining the creative vision. Analyze performance data, run A/B tests and iteratively optimize creative work. Foster a collaborative, innovation-driven team culture and work closely with Copy, Product Marketing and Engineering. Requirements: Minimum 8 years of experience in Art Direction, Graphic or Visual Design; at least 3 years of leadership experience. Portfolio with examples of Art Direction, visual storytelling and execution across media. Hands-on experience in campaign and brand building and in creating scalable design systems. Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and common design tools; experience integrating AI tools into the creative process. Strong understanding of design principles (typography, color theory, visual hierarchy) as well as strong presentation and communication skills. Experience designing for Enterprise B2B/B2C, ideally in SaaS or marketing technology. Basic knowledge of web/responsive design and basic HTML/CSS is a plus. Degree: Bachelor in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or a related field preferred. Benefits: Market- and data-based compensation structure with published salary range. Participation in company retirement and benefits programs for full-time employees. Opportunity for certain roles to work fully remotely; offices in Boston, Vancouver, Chicago and Vancouver WA. Commitment to diversity, inclusion and fair, unbiased hiring and compensation practices. Growth opportunities, mentoring and support for professional development.