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# Staff Visual Designer - Design Systems

- **Company:** Mercury - Banking for Startups
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $228,700.0 - $285,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Modular Design, Visual Systems, ReactJS, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-visual-designer-design-systems-mercury-banking-for-startups-8708542

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in visual design, with deep expertise in typography, color systems, and iconography at a product or brand scale.
 * A portfolio that shows range: foundational systems work as well as high-craft, expressive visual design.
 * Not just taste, but conviction and language to articulate what makes something successful.
 * A track record of coaching or mentoring other designers, with a clear point of view on what strong craft looks like and how to teach it.
 * Systems thinking, you're comfortable balancing expressive visual design with the pragmatic needs of a scalable design system for a data rich product.
 * Strong stakeholder management, comfortable winning buy-in from executives and cross-functional leaders on high-visibility work, backed by conviction.
 * Strong communication and presence: able to set direction, build alignment, and defend opinionated design decisions with both designers and engineers.
 * Proficient in design tools and front-end prototyping with React; comfortable working closely with engineers on how visual systems get built and maintained in code. Affinity for AI-assisted prototyping. Motion design skills are a plus.

## Description

* Redefine and ship large, foundational improvements to Mercury's design language (things like type, color, and iconography) that scale beautifully across every product surface.
 * Partner with Brand and other craft leaders to bring expressive moments into the product and set direction for how brand and product visual language work together.
 * Set the craft bar for the design org: define what excellent looks like, and build the systems, guidelines, and references that make it repeatable.
 * Actively coach product designers on their craft, giving direct feedback that raises the quality bar across both individual work and the design system itself.
 * Partner with design systems designers and engineers to make sure visual decisions translate cleanly into scalable, maintainable components.
 * Represent design systems and visual craft in conversations with Brand, Engineering, and design leadership.


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