Director, Brand Design

Build to Protect Civilization

TRM is a blockchain intelligence company that’s on a mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. We’re a lean, high-impact team tackling some of the world’s most critical challenges, ranging from human trafficking and financial fraud to terrorist financing. We are builders who power governments, financial institutions, and crypto companies when the clock is running and the consequences are real. This is why every TRMer is a bet on our future and has the power to change our trajectory.

About the Position

As the Brand Design Director for TRM’s Go-to-Market team, you will be the principal creative force shaping our brand expression across every stage of the customer journey. Sitting at the intersection of strategy and individual contributor, you will own the visual identity for GTM and lead creative initiatives that elevate how we tell our story — across web, campaigns, product launches, events, and more.

This is a player–coach role: you'll roll up your sleeves to deliver high-impact design work while also driving systems, setting creative standards, and enabling others across the org to build beautifully and consistently. You’ll work closely with Marketing leadership to ensure design is not only high-quality but also a strategic growth lever for the business.

The impact you will have:

• Own and lead TRM’s GTM design strategy, partnering with the VP of Marketing and brand leadership to develop a cohesive, differentiated visual presence across marketing and growth channels.

• Deliver high-caliber assets across a wide range of formats — from landing pages to product launch creative, social campaigns, swag, events, decks, and executive content.

• Establish scalable design systems and processes (e.g. templates, component libraries, QA checklists) to increase consistency, speed, and quality across the marketing design lifecycle.

• Provide direction and oversight to freelance or contract talent, including brand designers, illustrators, and motion designers — setting clear briefs, reviewing work, and ensuring alignment with TRM's visual language.

• Serve as a cross-functional creative partner, collaborating with Product Marketing, Comms, Events, and Recruiting to ensure all outward-facing materials meet brand and business objectives.

• Champion a culture of creative excellence, fostering feedback loops, design critiques, and continuous improvement within the broader Marketing team.

What we’re looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in brand, marketing, or visual design, with a strong track record of leading creative work for high-growth tech companies or top-tier agencies.

• Experience owning and evolving a brand system across multiple channels and touchpoints.

• A strong portfolio showcasing campaigns, systems thinking, and creative leadership — not just individual execution.

• Expertise in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and other visual design tools. Motion/animation or basic video editing is a plus.

• Exceptional visual and conceptual storytelling skills; can translate complex ideas into compelling design.

• Proven experience leading projects end-to-end, from brief to final delivery — with cross-functional collaboration throughout.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and proactively identifying how design can drive strategic impact.

• Clear, confident communicator who can present and advocate for creative decisions with executive stakeholders.

About the Team:

• A 16-person global marketing team across Demand Gen, Regional Marketing, Product Marketing, and Brand that includes high-performing senior ICs and emerging leaders

• Strong async culture with collaborative rituals — including weekly sprint planning, shared dashboards, retrospectives, and performance reviews

• Culture strengths: analytical curiosity, clear communication, self-accountability, and high agency

• Core collaboration hours: 8am–12pm PST

• No on-call or weekend requirements

• Campaigns, insights, and ops work are tracked against shared sprints and team KPIs

Learn about TRM Speed in this position:

• Rapid Campaign Turnaround: Deliver polished multi-channel campaign assets within hours by leveraging prebuilt templates and systems.

• Streamlined Design System: Generate high-quality, on-brand materials quickly using scalable component libraries that also empower teammates to self-serve.

• Real-Time Collaboration: Interpret needs and provide same-day design support through clear workflows, briefs, and asset libraries.

Life at TRM

We build to protect civilization. That promise shows up in how we work every day.

TRM runs fast. Really fast. We’re a high-velocity team that expects ownership, clarity, and follow-through. People who thrive here are inspired by hard problems, experimentation, direct feedback. If it takes months elsewhere, it often ships here in days. If you are optimizing primarily for consistent work-life balance, use the interview process to pressure-test fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here.

We coach directly, assume positive intent, and play for the front of the jersey.

Leadership Principles

• Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first, driving for speed, focus, and adaptability.

• Master Craftsperson: We prioritize speed, high standards, and distributed ownership.

• Inspiring Colleague: We value humility, candor, and a one-team mindset.

Want to learn more about how we interview at TRM Labs? Check out more about our leadership principles and hiring process here.

What You’ll Do Here

This work has teeth. At TRM, your week might include:

• Driving critical investigations that can’t wait for typical business hours.

• Shipping products in days when others would schedule quarters.

• Partnering with teams across time zones to deliver insights while the story is still unfolding.

• Building new solutions from first principles when the playbook doesn’t yet exist.

• Protecting victims and customers by tracing illicit activity and disrupting criminal networks.

Join our Mission

We look for people who want their work to matter, who build with speed and rigor, and who take pride in protecting others through their craft. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, apply anyway. We hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.

Build to protect civilization. Let’s do it together.

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