Brand and Motion Designer

Highbeam is building the future of business banking and cash management, combining AI agents, automated financial workflows, and integrated financial products to save brands time and money. Their platform serves well-known brands like Cuts, Tushy, Rocco, Sabah, Still Here, Alice Mushrooms, Original Grain, and birddogs.

About this role

We are hiring a brand and motion designer to establish Highbeam’s visual identity and bring it to life. This role is a full-stack brand position, encompassing identity, campaigns, motion, and illustration. You will collaborate closely with product and GTM teams and work alongside founders to define how the company presents itself. This is a contract-to-start engagement with the potential to convert to full-time, and we are open to remote candidates.

What you'll work on

• The rebrand: Highbeam is a serious financial platform that lacks a corresponding visual identity. You will rebuild the identity from the ground up—type, color, logo, illustration, and visual expression of our voice—creating guidelines and kits that the rest of the team can use independently.

• Marketing surfaces: This includes the highbeam.co website, launch campaigns, lifecycle emails, social media, paid creative, sales collateral, and event materials. You will take concepts from idea to execution, and collaborate with external partners when necessary.

• Motion: Develop launch films and social videos for marketing, as well as transitions, empty states, onboarding, and Luma’s thinking states for the product side. Define how Highbeam moves and deliver production-ready assets to the engineering team.

• Illustration and 3D: Visualize abstract concepts like cash flow, working capital, ad spend, and AI-driven financial analysis. Build a visual language to make these concepts understandable.

Who you are

• 4+ years of experience in brand design, graphic design, or art direction, preferably with consumer or modern tech brands. We welcome a wide range of experiences and seniority levels for the right candidate.

• A strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual execution across various surfaces, including web, mobile, social media, email, and print. A portfolio is mandatory; applications without one will not be reviewed.

• Obsessive attention to design fundamentals: typography, layout, color, composition, and hierarchy. Ability to apply these principles across multiple disciplines rather than specializing in just one.

• Proficient in motion design with experience using After Effects, Cavalry, or Rive. Comfortable shipping assets to engineering teams while meeting format, sizing, and performance requirements.

You'll thrive at Highbeam if...

• You enjoy working in-person with a high-performing team.
• You thrive in an idea-meritocratic, low-ego environment.
• You are proactive, self-directed, and excel in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• You prioritize delivering a polished customer experience.
• Bonus: Experience in fintech, AI, or early-stage startups.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
• Comprehensive health and benefits package.
• Generous paid time off (PTO).
• $1,000/year stipend to purchase our customers' products.
• $100/month wellness stipend.
• Annual offsite (last year was Mexico City!).
• In-office perks: Covered commute and $20/day lunch stipend.
• Great location: NYC office in NoHo, near major subway lines; Toronto office downtown near St. Andrew Station.