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Senior Designer / Design Lead

Wintermute
Wintermute is seeking a versatile, highly-skilled Senior Designer / Design Lead to own and evolve the brand's design vision. This role encompasses strategic initiatives and daily tasks across UI, UX, social media, website design, and motion graphics, collaborating closely with the marketing and product teams.

Overview

Department

Marketing & Communications

Job type

Full time

Compensation

Salary not specified

Location

Global

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About Wintermute

Wintermute is a technology unicorn and one of the leading global players in digital asset markets. As the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading firm, it provides liquidity across all major exchanges and trading platforms. Its OTC desk offers an extensive range of spot and derivatives products, serving over 2,000 counterparties, including both crypto-native and traditional financial institutions.

 

Beyond trading, Wintermute actively contributes to the growth and development of the blockchain ecosystem. The firm is among the largest participants in DeFi through strategic investments, partnerships, and incubations.

 

Founded in 2017 by veterans of the trading industry, Wintermute has successfully navigated multiple crypto market cycles. Its culture uniquely combines the technological rigor of traditional high-frequency trading firms with the innovative spirit, agility, and entrepreneurial mindset of tech startups. Learn more about our culture and ways of working on our website.

About the Role

As a Senior Designer, you will work directly with the Head of Marketing and closely collaborate with the entire marketing team, while also engaging cross-functionally, particularly with the product team. This role involves taking full ownership of all design projects, from evolving and expanding the recently refreshed brand identity, upgrading the new design system by developing distinctive graphical and illustrative styles, and driving forward the design vision. Your responsibilities will span strategic initiatives as well as day-to-day tasks, including UI, UX, social media assets, website design, and motion.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the evolution and expansion of the refreshed brand identity
  • Upgrade and refine our design system, establishing distinctive graphical and illustration styles
  • Conceptualize and execute UI/UX design for digital products, ensuring smooth user experiences
  • Create impactful visual assets for social media, marketing campaigns, and communications
  • Oversee website design, ensuring consistent brand representation and optimal functionality
  • Develop engaging motion graphics, animations, and videos to elevate brand storytelling
  • Collaborate cross-functionally, particularly with marketing and product teams, to align design efforts with business objectives
  • Balance strategic design initiatives with efficient management of daily design tasks
  • Clearly articulate and present design decisions and concepts to stakeholders, incorporating feedback effectively
  • Hard Requirements

  • Extensive experience in graphic design, UI/UX, motion graphics, and video production
  • Expert-level proficiency with design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Figma, and other tools
  • Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining comprehensive design systems
  • Exceptional portfolio demonstrating versatile design capabilities and visual storytelling
  • Excellent typography, color theory, and composition skills
  • Strong collaborative skills and clear communication abilities
  • Great taste and a sense of humor
  • Why Join Our Dynamic Team

  • Opportunity to work at one of the world's leading algorithmic trading firms
  • Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership compared to traditional finance environments.
  • A vibrant working culture with team meals, festive celebrations, gaming events and company wide team building events.
  • Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial.
  • A performance-based compensation with a significant earning potential alongside standard perks like pension and private health insurance.
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