Visual Design Lead

Mercor

$110K — $130K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong portfolio showcasing visual design and brand systems
  • Passion for creating distinctive and culturally relevant brands
  • 4+ years in graphic, visual, or brand design, preferably in startups or agencies
  • Experience in designing for various marketing platforms
  • Ability to transform ambiguous concepts into creative assets
  • Strong attention to detail and speed without compromising quality
  • Bonus: Experience with AI or technical products

Responsibilities

  • Own the evolution of Mercor's brand identity across channels
  • Translate complex ideas into compelling visual systems
  • Create high-impact brand assets and marketing visuals
  • Develop a modern visual language for the brand
  • Collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership on storytelling
  • Build scalable brand systems, templates, and guidelines
  • Deliver original designs while maintaining fast-paced production

Benefits

  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
  • Up to $15k relocation bonus
  • $10K housing bonus for proximity to office
  • $1.5K monthly meal stipend
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly 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
  • 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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