Lead Brand/Visual Designer

Mercor Alabaster

$120K — $150K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design and storytelling
  • Passion for building distinctive and culturally relevant brands
  • 4+ years of experience in brand, visual, or graphic design, preferably in fast-paced environments
  • Experience designing for various formats including web and social media
  • Proficient in converting ambiguous ideas into high-quality creative work
  • Strong attention to detail with a fast-paced work ethic
  • Bonus: Expertise in designing for AI or complex technical products

Responsibilities

  • Own the development of Mercor's brand identity across all platforms
  • Translate complex themes into engaging visual systems
  • Create high-impact assets like marketing visuals and event collateral
  • Establish and maintain modern visual language for the brand
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to amplify Mercor’s story
  • Build a scalable branding system with templates and guidelines
  • Bring originality and a high creative standard to the team

Benefits

  • Bi-annual performance bonus structure
  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
  • Up to $15k relocation bonus
  • $10K housing bonus for nearby residents
  • $1.5K monthly meal stipend
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Own the evolution of Mercor's brand identity across every external and internal touchpoint, from campaigns and launches to web, social, and events
  • Translate complex ideas about AI, talent, and work into clear, compelling visual systems
  • Create polished, high-impact brand assets, including landing pages, decks, social graphics, ads, illustrations, event collateral, and product marketing visuals
  • Develop and maintain a distinctive, modern visual language
  • Partner closely with marketing, product, recruiting, and leadership to bring Mercor's story to life across channels
  • Help build a scalable brand system, templates, and guidelines that make the company look consistently excellent as we grow
  • Bring strong taste, speed, and originality to a fast-moving team with a high creative bar
Qualifications
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design, brand systems, typography, layout, and storytelling
  • Passion for building brands that feel distinctive, polished, and culturally relevant
  • 4+ years in brand, visual, or graphic design, ideally at fast-moving startups, agencies, or high-bar creative teams
  • Experience designing across web, social, campaigns, decks, and marketing surfaces
  • Proven ability to operate autonomously, take ambiguous ideas, and turn them into excellent creative work
  • Strong taste, attention to detail, and ability to move quickly without sacrificing quality
  • Bonus: Experience designing for AI, marketplaces, recruiting, fintech, or other complex technical products

At Mercor, we recognize that exceptional ability comes in all forms, a core philosophy on which we built our platform. Because of this, we welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds with unique experiences and transferable skill sets, even if they don't meet all the preferred qualifications listed above.

Benefits
  • Bi-annual performance bonus structure
  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
  • Up to $15k relocation bonus
  • $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance

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