Staff Brand Designer, Creative Lab

Brand Studio team works on a variety of brand-centric projects for Stripe, from our brand standards to campaigns, events, IRL experiences, packaging, digital products, and even printed publications. The brand designers on this team are multidisciplinary in nature, able to design robust visual systems, art direction,...

Collaborating with other teams at Stripe, as well as external partners, we raise the quality and consistency of experiences with the Stripe brand IRL, virtually, and everywhere in between. We craft the creative vision and strategy for different types of projects and audiences, and amplify them across various mediums...

Stripe Creative Lab aims to create breakthrough, culturally resonant, and exquisitely crafted projects that reveal Stripe’s magic in surprising ways. We dedicate ourselves to meticulously crafting the work to ensure the highest possible creative quality. The work is experimental, often starts with ambiguous briefs a...

You’ll be joining a highly creative team that spans the gamut of creative execution, from digital experiences (like interactive games or live-streaming a handbuilt, miniature city) to physical activations (like retrofitting CRT monitors or retired MTA ticketing machines) and beyond. The work is highly experimental, idea-driven, and very collaborative. 
The work starts with ideas. Your ability to generate original and interesting concepts is foundational, as is your ability to find the right form for them and bring them to life, both with your own hands and through close collaboration with people across a wide range of disciplines.
Be an adamant maker that is genuinely curious, experimental, and loves to tinker, iterate quickly, and innovate on ideas, narrative, and making beautiful things
Creative vision: Design execution and quality of ideas work in equal partnership
Collaborate with like-minded creative people who have radically different skill sets and together create ideas that envision an optimistic, progressive future
Help shape the strategic vision for design that pushes the boundaries of the brand and build awareness for what we do and why it’s important to Stripe
Partner widely with cross-functional teams to build upon great ideas through making things
Give and solicit feedback from wide range of teammates, agency partners, and stakeholders
Generate original, conceptually strong ideas from ambiguous briefs, strategic problems, cultural observations, and emerging opportunities 
Determine the right form for an idea, then direct multidisciplinary collaborators to bring it to life across a wide range of mediums
Develop clear creative narratives, pitches, references, treatments, and prototypes that make an idea compelling before its final execution is known

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
8+ years of relevant creative experience in concepting and delivering ideas 
Experience creating and directing experimental work across a variety of mediums, disciplines, and collaborators
Strong track record independently delivering work as well as influencing the work of other designers, contractors, and agencies
A strong strategic acumen for building leading brands in a fast paced, global facing environment
Exceptional craft
A portfolio demonstrating exceptional conceptual thinking and art direction across a range of formats and disciplines
Exceptional visual and cultural taste, with a broad frame of reference extending beyond design
Are genuinely curious, ambitious and creative with a refreshing sense of design, art, technology, and culture
Are persuasive and humble in explaining your work, process, and decisions and experienced at facilitating stakeholders to advance the project as well as design quality 
Have excellent organization and presentation skills, and excel in written and verbal communication
Love working with other designers to help them learn and grow (and invite them to help you do the same)
Have experience working in or alongside highly conceptual advertising, design, or cultural studios
Experience working with cross functional partners
Proficient in the latest AI and creative tools
Creative coding or creative technologist background is a nice to have