Our mission and where you fit in
At Employment Hero, we’re an ambitious bunch of people on a mission to make employment easier and more valuable for everyone.
Since our inception in 2014, we've had some pretty impressive growth (100% YoY), reached unicorn status in 2022, and now serve 300,000 businesses globally, with 2 million+ users on the platform. We have no plans to slow down.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join one of the fastest-growing SaaS unicorns, so let’s see if we could be a match!
What your days might look like
We’re looking for a versatile and highly creative Senior Brand Designer to join our in-house creative agency, reporting to the Brand Design Lead. The right candidate will be our brand custodian and creative powerhouse, collaborating with our high performing, multidisciplinary design team to deliver world-class brand campaigns and content.
The role is fully remote, requiring a self-starting team player with diverse agency/studio experience across brand, design and creative – able to push our brand and craft campaigns for all content types: from digital, print and everything in-between across the Employment Hero house of brands. You are curious, culturally immersed, and eager to use your storytelling talents to shape our vision of changing employment for good.
As our Senior Brand Designer you’ll:
- Make beautiful design: Create visually compelling creative assets that align with our brand identity, while also pushing the art direction and vernacular into fresh new territories across digital ads, social media content, email, landing pages, presentations, event collateral and print materials.
- Operational Excellence: Adhere to best-practice production processes, optimise time management, and actively contribute to enhancing and improving our workflows.
- Take ownership of projects: Work autonomously and take ownership of design systems and processes. Drive the development of audience-focused creative for brand campaigns and multi-channel marketing initiatives to meet business targets.
- Collaborate & Innovate: Work closely with campaign managers, content writers, designers, and agencies worldwide to execute cohesive, brand-aligned campaigns.
- Mentor & Inspire: Provide guidance and feedback to junior designers, fostering a culture of creativity and ownership.
- Be a Creative Leader: Present your vision and ideas to stakeholders, demonstrating the value of design and integrating feedback to refine your
- Stay Ahead of Trends: Keep up with industry advancements, trends and emerging technologies/AI, ensuring our designs are not only current but also groundbreaking.
- Production and Workflow Expertise: Adhere to best-practice production processes, optimise time management, and actively contribute to enhancing workflows.
- Be our brand custodian: Enable non-designers within the business to create on-brand, clear and beautiful designs through template creation and internal design education streams.
What you will bring
- 6+ years agency/design industry experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Seasoned designer/art director with a varied and highly creative portfolio showcasing award winning work across brand, marketing campaigns, creative projects and social content.
- Passion for creativity, brading, design, and everything motion.
- A natural storyteller, with interest in video, digital content, and social trends - who always seeks to push boundaries, innovate, and elevate brand experiences through outstanding visual storytelling.
- Willingness to take ownership and learn, with a flexible mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions, with a strategic mindset and a keen understanding of audience insights.
- Motivated self-starter able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a flexible mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Team player with the ability to collaborate effectively asynchronously across departments and levels of the organisation.
- Capable of thinking big picture, while also demonstrating meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent understanding of marketing principles, digital-first design, accessibility standards, photography, typography, digital/social, and print.
- Deep understanding of media platforms like TVC, OOH, Paid Social, and Organic Social, delivering impactful creative quickly and at scale.
- Proven experience of socially led campaigns that have changed the dial.
- Operate at the intersection of creativity, data, and innovation, guiding creative output by testing new ideas, insights, and strategies, and focusing on those that prove successful.
- Experience across the full creative channel ecosystem and customer journey mapping from a creative perspective.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to work asynchronously with global teams.
- Explore new ways to leverage our branding and employment products for consumer and B2B audiences.
- Expertise in brand design: typography, composition, colour, layout, design thinking, and content strategy.
- High proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) Bonus: AfterEffects and Premiere Pro.
- Familiarity with project management and marketing operations tooling, for example - Slack (comms), Asana (project management), Hubspot (email marketing) and Canva (templates), Google Slides (presentations).
- High level understanding of digital first design and accessibility standards.
- Ability to storyboard impactful narratives with a strong understanding of motion design/video processes.
- Experience with wireframing and user journeys with a deep understanding of digital design principles, UX/UI design, and responsive web design.
Bonus but not essential
- Motion graphics / video editing experience (After Effects and Premiere Pro)
- Experience working with CSS / basic understanding of Javascript
- Experience working with frontend developers
- Experience with HTML5 and Google Web Designer
Experience is important, but for us the biggest measure of success is people who can live and breathe The EH Way of working. Show us what you can bring to the table, and we’ll empower you to let your talents shine.
The EH Way
The EH Way is how we describe our culture at Employment Hero and how we all operate. It is our DNA. You can read all about it on our careers page: https://employmenthero.com/careers/
In short, you’ll love working with us if:
- Revolutionising employment gets your heart racing.
- You thrive on the flexibility (and responsibility) of a remote-first business.
- Our values align, and shape how you show up every day.
- You love the dynamic pace of a startup, are driven by innovation, and enjoy working with other smart people.
Plus, you’ll get to enjoy a number of great perks, including:
- A generous budget for your home office.
- Cutting-edge tools and technology.
- Reward and recognition programs - because great work should be recognised and rewarded.
- Cashback offers and discounts on popular brands through our Swag app.
- Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero.
- Annual Global Gathering - so far we’ve been to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali and are excited to meet in Dubai in September 2025.
Are we a match?
Think we're the right match for you? Fantastic! Click 'Apply' and our talent team will reach out with the next steps.
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Employment Hero celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences, we invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.
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