Lead Brand Designer$160k - $200k • meaningful equity
About the RoleWe're looking for a Senior Brand Designer to join our small, high-output creative team and help shape how Novig shows up in the world.
This is a hands-on IC role with real creative freedom - you'll work directly with the Head of Creative across brand and product systems, campaign assets, and culture-moving work. This is a rare opportunity to help define a brand still young enough that your fingerprints will be on everything.
What you will do- Help solidify Novig's brand identity and evolve it as we scale. Then be its keeper.
- Own design concepts with real autonomy, from art direction through execution, across brand, campaign, and marketing work.
- Act as a strategic design lead. Partner directly with peers in product, marketing, and leadership.
- Look for places Novig's design can level up. If you spot an opportunity worth chasing, pitch it and go make it.
- Partner with product design to create graphics (icons, illustrations, promotional assets) and branded moments within the app.
- Direct contract designers on overflow work.
What you bring- 6-8 years of design experience at top brands, studios, or agencies.
- A world- class portfolio that showcases your eye and your craft.
- Impeccable taste. Probably the single most important thing.
- The confidence to operate with real autonomy.
- An obsession with craft that doesn't discriminate by project size. The smallest deliverable gets the same care as the biggest campaign.
- Range across print and digital. Familiarity with product design is a big plus.
- Comfort wearing a lot of hats: art director, strategist, designer. Whatever the job needs.
- A finger on the pulse of art, culture, and design.
- Comfort with ambiguity. Startup pace means sometimes building the plane as we fly it.
- Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; motion design experience is a strong plus.
Nice to have- Experience directing contract or freelance designers.
- Experience building or evolving a brand identity from the ground up, ideally at a startup or in-house team.
- Interest or experience in sports, betting, prediction markets, or other stigmatized/regulated categories.
Not for everyone- Our work is tied to live sports - that means potential nights, weekends, and pressure included.
- If you need clear swim lanes, a heavy process, or someone to tell you what to do, this won't be the right environment.
Compensation & benefits- $160k - $200k base, benchmarked at top-tier tech companies
- Meaningful equity for every employee, regardless of role
- 100% health premiums covered
- 99% dental & vision covered
- 401(k) with 4% company match
- HSA + $1,080 annual company contribution
- $50/monthly company contribution to employee transit
- $27/day lunch stipend when working from our NYC office
- $35/day dinner stipend when working from the NYC office after 6:30pm
HomebaseUnion Square, NYC
