Brand Designer, Design Systems (Contract)

About the Opportunity:

Our client, a fast-growing tech company, is looking for a Staff Brand Designer to join their in-house brand team. This role owns and scales the brand system, including the guidelines, Figma libraries and templates the wider team uses to produce work quickly and stay on brand. This is a good fit for a systems-minded brand designer who has built brand guidelines from the ground up and likes making a brand work at scale.

• Duration: November 2026 to May 2027
• Location: Remote, or hybrid in San Francisco
• Schedule: 40 hours/week
• Pay: $78 to $88/hr (W2)

What You’ll Do:

• Own the brand guidelines and keep them clear, current and easy for any team to use
• Build and maintain the Figma components, libraries and templates behind the brand
• Create systems that let GTM, marketing and sales teams produce high-volume work without going off-brand
• Design presentations and decks
• Handle print design and production, including working with vendors

What’s Required:

• Brand design experience across in-house tech and agency
• A portfolio that shows brand guidelines you’ve built or owned
• Expert Figma skills, especially component libraries for large brand systems
• Experience designing for volume work like GTM campaigns
• Print production know-how

What’s Preferred:

• An agency background building identity systems and guidelines for clients
• Strong deck design skills
• B2B or SaaS experience

What’s a Bonus:

• Hands-on experience with AI design tools, or real curiosity about bringing them into a brand workflow
• Motion design skills