# Brand Designer at Ascend

- Company: Ascend
- What the company does: The only complete financial operations platform built for agencies, MGAs, wholesalers, and carriers. Backed by Index and South Park Commons.
- Company website: https://useascend.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $150K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-07
- Apply by: 2026-11-21
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ascend21/jobs/5447178008?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ascend-brand-designer/

## About the role

You’ll own Ascend’s brand: its expression, evolution, and architecture as we grow. You’ll report to the head of design and partner closely with product and marketing. We don’t treat brand and product as separate disciplines — the product is where the brand is proven, and the brand is how the product is understood. We want someone who treats brand as infrastructure as much as expression, with the instincts of an art director. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years in brand or visual design, ideally in-house. We care more about the work than the number
- A portfolio that shows you built or meaningfully evolved a brand system, not only executed against someone else's
- Art direction ability: you can build a vision from references, imagery, texture, and type, and show the thinking behind it, not just the finished pieces
- Range across mediums: digital, print, environmental, and enough motion to bring things to life
- Systems instincts: you know when to build a template, a pattern, or a tool instead of another one-off asset
- Ownership: you run initiatives end to end, propose before you're asked, and can defend a decision or change your mind when the argument is better

Tags: Design

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ascend-brand-designer/