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Brand Design Lead

Freshbooks · Remote (US) · Remote

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About the role

FreshBooks is looking for a Design Lead who can turn briefs into finished, on-brand assets quickly and thoroughly as we sharpen our focus on solopreneurs and microbusinesses. Working under the Director, Brand & Communications, you’ll work cross-functionally across performance marketing, product marketing, and expansion to develop design assets for integrated campaigns with organic and paid ads, demand generation, and owned channels.

What they're looking for

  • Steward the visual identity system: Maintain FreshBooks' existing brand system with natural evolution to stay consistent and effective across channels and GTM teams
  • Lead design capacity: Source, brief, and QA freelance illustrators, animators, and production vendors to extend output
  • Prioritize with data: Decide the design work that is high-priority and get the attention based on funnel impact and business priority, using performance data to drive the decision-making
  • Day in the life: Producing on-brand assets, from web and campaign creative to organic and sales collateral. This role makes the calls on creative, based on performance, even under deadline pressure
  • Other duties as assigned
  • 5-7+ years of design experience, including work evolving or maintaining a brand system at an existing company
More about this role

FreshBooks is looking for a Design Lead who can turn briefs into finished, on-brand assets quickly and thoroughly as we sharpen our focus on solopreneurs and microbusinesses. Working under the Director, Brand & Communications, you’ll work cross-functionally across performance marketing, product marketing, and expansion to develop design assets for integrated campaigns with organic and paid ads, demand generation, and owned channels.

As the Design Lead, you understand the importance of speed in the Go-To-Market function, while stewarding and evolving the brand. FreshBooks is looking for someone who builds systems and uses AI, so teams can self-serve within guardrails. You’ll thrive here if you want to move fast and take risks.

NOTE: This role can be worked remotely from the above location.

What You'll Do

  • Steward the visual identity system: Maintain FreshBooks' existing brand system with natural evolution to stay consistent and effective across channels and GTM teams.
  • Partner on GTM: Work directly with copywriters and channel owners (content, paid, lifecycle, web) to translate messaging into creatives that drive the marketing funnel from conversion to awareness. Then, review...

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