Design Lead, Credit Cards

In the U.S., co-branded cards alone account for over $300 billion in annual spend, and most still run on decades-old legacy bank systems. Imprint is the modern alternative: flexible, embeddable, and built for how people actually pay today. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Ribbit, and Khosla Ventures, we're...

As Design Lead, Credit Cards at Imprint, you will lead a small team of designers while owning the creative execution of co branded card programs from brief to production. This is a player coach role, you'll be hands on with design work while also guiding, developing, and setting the bar for the designers on your team.

You will act as the primary creative partner to brand and product stakeholders, translating partner briefs into compelling visual presentations, defending design rationale, and ensuring every card program reflects the brand promise of both Imprint and its partners. You'll also be responsible for the quality and cons...

Lead and develop a small team of designers, setting the creative bar and providing regular feedback and coaching
Own end to end creative execution for co branded card programs, from initial brief through final production, both personally and through your team
Lead client facing creative presentations, listening to partner feedback, presenting options, and defending design decisions with clarity and confidence
Translate partner briefs into card designs, program toolkits, and visual systems that reflect brand identity, voice and tone, and program promise
Build production ready mechanicals for card manufacturing, ensuring files meet the specialized requirements of credit card print production
Manage program level creative thinking across card design, digital wallet, and app contexts, for your own work and your team's
Collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders across brand, product, and external partners
Maintain quality and consistency across all creative deliverables throughout the program lifecycle
Participate in production milestones including press checks and printer coordination

Demonstrated experience in brand or print design, with a strong portfolio showing end to end ownership of design projects
Experience leading, mentoring, or managing designers, even informally, with a genuine interest in growing people
Proven ability to present and defend creative work to clients or stakeholders, articulating design rationale across multiple options
Strong understanding of print production, including how to prepare and build mechanicals for commercial printing
Experience operating at a program level, understanding how a single design asset connects to a broader brand system
Clear, confident communicator with the ability to translate feedback into actionable creative decisions, for clients and for your team
Comfort working directly with external partners or clients in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
Experience with credit card or financial product design, including knowledge of card manufacturing processes and specifications
Familiarity with digital wallet and mobile app design contexts
Experience building creative toolkits and brand systems, beyond individual asset execution
Background in co branded or licensed design programs where multiple brand identities must coexist
Prior experience as a design lead or manager of a small team