Staff Brand Designer, Interactive

Brex Brex · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · Design

Staff Brand Designer, Interactive at Brex, a fintech company. This role focuses on creating high-impact, responsive web experiences, driving the evolution of the brand's design system, and collaborating with engineers to translate designs into production. The role involves pushing creative boundaries with code and requires expertise in Figma, modern interactive tools, and a portfolio of shipped interactive work.

What you'd actually do

  1. Create high-impact, responsive web experiences from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes, balancing clarity, conversion, and brand expression.
  2. Drive the evolution of Brex’s web design system and Figma component libraries, ensuring scalability and consistency.
  3. Collaborate with engineers to translate design into production, writing detailed specs, QA’ing builds, and speaking fluently in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  4. Push creative boundaries with code, experimenting with interactive experiences using WebGL/Three.js, Canvas, GSAP, or p5.js.
  5. Have strong design taste and clear judgment. Be able to show work, get decisions made, and turn interactive ideas into business impact through excellent execution.

Skills

Required

  • Figma
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • WebGL/Three.js
  • GSAP
  • Framer
  • Spline
  • p5.js
  • Headless CMS (Sanity or similar)
  • Typography
  • Layout
  • Motion design
  • Visual hierarchy
  • Interactive prototyping

Nice to have

  • Experience with creative agencies or in-house teams for consumer-facing brands
  • Understanding of accessibility standards for motion and interactivity
  • Track record of delivering award-winning or high-impact web experiences

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience in interactive or digital design roles
  • Expert in Figma for systems, components, and prototyping
  • Comfortable working in code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and collaborating closely with engineers
  • Experience with modern interactive tools (Framer, Spline, WebGL/Three.js, GSAP, or similar)
  • Portfolio of shipped interactive work that demonstrates taste, technical fluency, and business impact