Senior Brand Designer, Systems & Motion

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.

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.

• 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

• 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

• Experience with in crypto, fintech or Web3
• Experience supporting multi‑brand or sub‑brand ecosystems

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, 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.

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