Brand Designer

Trade Coffee is a specialty coffee marketplace connecting customers to hundreds of freshly roasted coffees from leading independent roasters. The Brand Designer will help evolve Trade’s visual identity across the customer journey, balancing high-craft brand storytelling with scalable systems that support growth.

• Design high-impact campaign creative across paid media, email, direct mail, landing pages, and organic social.
• Evolve and maintain Trade’s visual identity across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Develop scalable brand systems, templates, and component libraries in partnership with Product Design.
• Concept and produce performance-driven creative with the Growth team that is on-brand and conversion-oriented.
• Collaborate with editorial and content teams to bring roaster stories and coffee discovery to life visually.
• Create assets for brand campaigns, seasonal moments, product launches, and cultural initiatives.
• Ensure consistency across typography, color systems, imagery, and motion.
• Present design work to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.
• Monitor design trends, cultural movements, and competitive creative to keep the brand differentiated.
• Guide external contractors to ensure video assets and partner creative align with brand standards.

• 4+ years of experience in brand design (preferably consumer-facing or DTC).
• Strong portfolio demonstrating digital campaigns, brand systems, and performance creative.
• Deep understanding of typography, layout, color systems, and visual hierarchy.
• Experience designing for paid media, email, landing pages, and web.
• Proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience building and maintaining design systems and reusable components.
• Understanding of how design influences growth, conversion, and customer experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Experience in startup or high-growth environments.
• Familiarity with subscription businesses or marketplace brands (plus).

• Hybrid schedule: in-office three days per week (Tuesday through Thursday) in Midtown Manhattan.
• Competitive salary and unlimited vacation.
• $500 per year coffee stipend.
• Company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending account.
• 401(k).
• Paid leave, including parental leave.
• Twice-monthly catered lunches.
• Pet-friendly office.
• Two paid days per year of Trade-sponsored community service.