Senior Brand Designer, Systems & Motion

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.

What you’ll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you’ll be responsible for:

The Senior Brand Designer, Systems & Motion will play a key role in defining and scaling the visual systems that power Circle’s core brand and associated sub-brands. This individual will combine systems thinking with motion craft to build cohesive, flexible brand frameworks that ensure consistency across touchpoints while enabling thoughtful differentiation across audiences and product lines.

As an individual contributor, this role is expected to lead complex brand initiatives, contribute to multiple Marketing OKRs, and operate with strong autonomy. The designer will partner closely with marketing, product, and external collaborators to elevate creative execution and improve the efficiency and scalability of brand systems across the organization.

You will help define and evolve scalable brand systems for Circle and its sub-brands, ensuring clarity, consistency, and flexibility across digital, campaign, and partner touchpoints. You will develop structured visual architectures and motion systems that empower internal teams and external partners to execute high-quality, on-brand creative efficiently. This role requires both strategic systems thinking and hands-on motion design execution, along with the ability to integrate emerging tools, including AI, into modern creative workflows.

What you’ll work on:

• Define and evolve scalable brand design systems for Circle and associated sub-brands

• Develop visual frameworks that balance consistency with clear brand differentiation

• Build reusable components, templates, and documentation to support internal teams and external partners

• Translate brand strategy into expressive motion systems across campaigns, web, and digital experiences

• Create motion toolkits and patterns that extend the brand consistently across channels

• Leverage AI tools to enhance motion workflows, creative exploration, and scalable system development

• Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product, and agency partners to ensure high-quality, on-brand execution

What you’ll bring to Circle:

Core Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in brand, visual, or systems design within an in-house, agency, or hybrid environment

• Demonstrated experience building and scaling brand design systems

• Strong portfolio and personal website showcasing systems thinking, brand identity work, and motion design

• Experience creating documentation and toolkits that enable scalable, consistent execution

• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including After Effects or comparable motion tools

• Demonstrated experience incorporating AI tools into motion or design system workflows

• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with marketing, product, and external creative partners
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within crypto, fintech or Web3

• Experience supporting multi-brand or sub-brand ecosystems

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $112,500 - $147,500

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status required by the laws in the locations where we hire. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support. We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.

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