Senior Brand Designer, Grindr
$97.5-130k
+ Equity and bonus
More information about location
2 days a week in office (West Hollywood, CA)
Social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people
Posted today
Social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people
201-500 employees
Posted today
$97.5-130k
+ Equity and bonus
More information about location
2 days a week in office (West Hollywood, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the world where the lives of our global community are free, equal, and just.
Role
Who you are
- 6-10 years of design experience, ideally across both agency and in-house environments
- A design portfolio that shows both strategic conceptual thinking and exceptional craft — evidence you can define a creative direction and execute it at a high level across multiple touchpoints
- Experience building brand systems, not just working within one
- Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop required; Video Editing is a strong plus)
- Track record of supporting multiple stakeholder teams at once — you can prioritize competing requests, push back with a rationale, and keep quality high across a wide surface area
- Strong presentation and communication skills: you can present creative to senior stakeholders, explain your reasoning, respond thoughtfully to feedback, and advocate for the strong version of the idea
- You can take work from concept to final files
What the job involves
- Grindr's Brand Design Studio, the in-house team responsible for how Grindr shows up outside the app, is looking for a Senior Brand Designer
- This role sits at the intersection of brand, product and communication design
- As Grindr expands, the visual language has grown with it
- This role requires a conceptual thinker who can bring ideas to life in new and inspiring ways
- In this role, you’ll translate briefs into creative, adopt and build upon our design systems, templates, and guidelines that help Grindr’s teams move fast while keeping the brand consistent, expressive, and culturally relevant at global scale
- In this role, you must be able to defend why certain design choices are right, not just how it looks
- Develop on-brand solutions for creative across campaigns, product launches, social, events, and cultural moments — from concept through final production
- Serve as a creative partner to cross-functional teams across the company, translating briefs from Marketing, Growth, Product, Comms, Partnerships, and Grindr for Equality into clear, compelling creative
- Help evolve and extend Grindr's visual identity — contributing to brand system decisions, setting creative direction, and holding the quality bar across every touchpoint the Design Studio supports
- Maintain the infrastructure that lets a lean studio punch above its weight: reusable templates, toolkits, component libraries, and guidelines that let partner teams move without diluting the brand
- Design and produce presentation materials for high-stakes audiences
- Switch between projects quickly
- Uses design thinking and best practices across work
- Support and grow talent of junior designers
Our take
Grindr stands out as one of the foremost dating platforms, recognized for its role in fostering connections within the LGBT+ community. Initially conceived as a dating app tailored to gay men - an innovative concept at its inception - the company has evolved to embrace a broader spectrum of identities, proudly positioning itself as "the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people".
Offering a complimentary version alongside premium subscription tiers like "Grindr Xtra" and "Grindr Unlimited", Grindr follows the familiar model of many social and dating applications, Despite facing competition from platforms such as Jack'd and Scruff, Grindr maintains its prominence within the market.
In the dynamic landscape of digital connections, Grindr's evolution from a niche dating service to a comprehensive LGBT+ networking hub underscores its enduring relevance. As it navigates fierce competition, Grinder remains a space for individuals to forge meaningful connections and cultivate community, all while iterating on its product - for example with its newest AI-powered premium features.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
32% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2016
$93m
LATE VC
Total funding: $93m
Company benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees
- 401k Matching (up to 6%)
- Flexible PTO, sick-time, holidays, and two company wide shut-down weeks + an annual travel and leisure stipend
- Equity for all employees
- Monthly lifestyle stipend for food and wellness as well as fully catered onsite breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Community projects and charitable giving stipend to support LGBTQ+ non-profit organizations alongside Grindr for Equality
- Gender Affirmation Fund for transgender and gender non-conforming employees
- Queer-inclusive health benefits including LGBTQ consultative healthcare and expanded HRT shipped directly to employees in eligible states
- Monthly commuter stipend to get you to and from the office on in-person collaboration days
Company HQ
Central LA, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
George Arison
(CEO)Former Product Manager at Google. They are a founding member of Shift. They took over the role of CEO at Grindr from Jeff Bonforte in October 2022.
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