Lead Brand Designer

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Checkr<br></strong></span>Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.<br><br>We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/" target="_blank">Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List</a> and is a Y Combinator 2024 <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-top-companies-2024">Breakthrough Company</a>.</p></div><p><strong>About the role</strong></p> <p>Checkr's Brand Studio is the creative engine behind how the company shows up across every channel and touchpoint. As part of a small, high-craft team supporting a broader marketing organization, the Lead Brand Designer owns visual storytelling across multiple mediums, from campaign creative to templates and systems that scale across teams. This role is for someone who pairs creative mastery with a systems mindset, makes decisions informed by customer insight, and can hold the quality bar high across a lot of moving pieces at once.</p> <p><strong>What you'll do</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Brand systems and standards:</strong> Build templates and reusable assets that other teams can confidently work from, and develop and enforce brand standards across the organization</li> <li><strong>Art direction:</strong> Set visual direction across projects, directing photography, establishing tone, and giving feedback that elevates the work</li> <li><strong>Tools and AI-assisted workflow:</strong> Work fluently in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, and AI-assisted tools to accelerate production without compromising craft</li> <li><strong>Contractor and freelance direction:</strong> Direct and QC the work of contractors and freelancers to ensure quality and brand alignment</li> <li><strong>Creative production and craft:</strong> Produce outstanding creative across multiple mediums and channels, applying expert visual communication, typography, layout, and storytelling, with a sharp eye for detail and brand consistency</li> <li><strong>Cross-functional partnership:</strong> Partner with marketing to shape how brand shows up across programs and channels, and present design rationale clearly to everyone from peers to senior executives</li> <li><strong>Prioritization and ownership:</s