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About the Team: Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see. 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. At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It’s about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives. This is a hybrid role based in our Los Angeles office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays. About the Job: - 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 Role Requirements: - 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 You May Thrive in this Role if You: - Are well-versed in AI Image Generation - File organization is your best friend - Love creating options and concepts - Care about producing quality award-winning creative Benefits and Perks: - Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents. - Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption. - Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting. - Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee. - Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more. - Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year. - Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch About Grindr: Grindr is building the Global Gayborhood in your Pocket. With more than 15 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the gay community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. As a public company, we're moving into the next chapter: becoming an AI-native organization that's redefining what's possible for our community. We're embedding AI into our product and operations, moving with startup speed while operating at scale. Everything we do is rooted in impact for our users and outcomes for the business. This isn't social work, it’s impact through excellence. Business success is what gives us the power to serve our community and the seat at tables others can't reach. How we work is defined by Grindr Mode, our operating model that's moderately hardcore day-to-day and truly hardcore when it counts. We think like owners, drive real outcomes, create clarity through action, and push each other to go further than we thought possible. We’re headquartered in West Hollywood with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. Our work extends beyond the product through Grindr for Equality, our social impact initiative that's partnered with 100+ community organizations globally to advance safety, health, and human rights for LGBTQ+ people worldwide. We're profitable, growing, and building a team of smart, driven people who bring different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to the work. Want to build technology at a massive scale that serves millions? Come join us! Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer. To learn more about how we handle the personal data of applicants, visit our Employee and Candidate Privacy Policy grindr.com.

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In this role, you must be able to defend why certain design choices are right, not just how it looks.
This is a hybrid role based in our Los Angeles office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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
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
You May Thrive in this Role if You:
Are well-versed in AI Image Generation
File organization is your best friend
Love creating options and concepts
Care about producing quality award-winning creative

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