Job Title:
Brand Designer
Role Overview:
We're looking for a Brand Designer who thrives on solving complex design challenges and elevating ideas into world-class creative. You'll work across omnichannel campaigns, including upper/mid funnel media campaigns, performance marketing and lifecycle marketing, shaping visual systems that scale while still allowing for creative expression. You'll also mentor junior designers and collaborate closely with writers, marketers, and strategists to bring campaigns to life.?
This role is ideal for a designer with strong systems-thinking, typographic rigor, and the ability to adapt creative to maximize impact across a variety of touchpoints - with bonus points for motion graphics and creative automation experience.?
This is a Hybrid position located near one of our hubs in San Jose, CA or Frisco, TX. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis, typically 1-6 days per month. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to this location and are not offering relocation assistance at this time.
About the Role:
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Create, evolve, and manage scalable design systems that can be utilized by stakeholders without requiring always-on high touch support
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Lead the translation of campaign creative into digital experiences, ensuring usability, clarity, and visual consistency?
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Partner with brand team, product marketing and cross-functional teams to concept and deliver high-impact creative?
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Balance big-picture thinking with hands-on craft - from key campaign visuals to production-ready assets?
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Apply design frameworks to multiple marketing touchpoints (performance media, email, social, etc.) to meet marketer strategies while adhering to touchpoint best practices
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Understand business and stakeholder needs and build/optimize creative that drives impact
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Ensure work consistently meets high standards for design, usability, and brand alignment?
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Mentor junior designers and provide constructive, inspiring feedback?
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Explore motion graphics and editing opportunities to expand the team's creative toolkit?
About You:
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6 plus years of design experience (agency or in-house), with a portfolio that shows both systems-thinking and campaign craft?
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Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite?
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Proven ability to translate brand strategy into cohesive design systems and campaign executions?
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Strong typography, layout, and visual storytelling skills?
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Proficiency leveraging AI tools (e.g., MidJourney, Firefly, Runway) to explore, prototype, and extend creative directions?
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Understanding of business priorities and goals and how design can drive impact
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Ability to mentor, inspire, and collaborate across disciplines?
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Bonus: experience with motion graphics/animation, video editing, or creative automation platforms like Celtra?
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Company Overview
McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users' needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.
Company Benefits and Perks:
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.
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Bonus Program
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401k Retirement Plan
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Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
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Paid Parental Leave
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Support for Community Involvement
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14 Paid Company Holidays
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Unlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
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96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year
We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
The starting pay range for this position is $123,650.00-$203,150.00. McAfee takes into consideration an individual's skillset, experience and location in making final salary determinations. For further details, please discuss with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
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