art director for fintech

Finom is building a business banking app for entrepreneurs across Europe. The company has over 200,000 users and is growing its brand to support its ambition to reach millions more.

• Own Finom's visual identity, including the brand system, guidelines, design systems and documentation, and drive consistent adoption across teams and touchpoints;
• Set and maintain the creative bar, shape visual direction across channels, and ensure consistency and quality;
• Lead and develop the Marketing Design team, assess its capabilities and future structure, and identify needs for permanent, freelance or AI-enabled capacity;
• Define requirements for intake, briefing, prioritisation, SLAs and review, and work with Brand Operations and Marketing Operations to establish scalable processes;
• Design and direct visual and motion assets, setting the benchmark for the wider team;
• Build the AI-native production pipeline, define where AI is used and establish quality and brand-integrity gates, templates, systems and tools;
• Provide creative direction at the start of significant projects, including the kickoff, concept and narrative;
• Direct the creation of mood boards, design references, scamps, storyboards and animatics;
• Partner with Marketing, Product, copywriters and strategists to develop campaigns across social, web and video, extending into ATL when appropriate;
• Own projects from concept through delivery and run parallel workstreams while maintaining standards;
• Build and present creative work to senior stakeholders and explain the rationale to guide decisions;
• Manage a flexible pool of freelance and external creative partners;
• Guard the visual identity while pushing the brand to be braver.

• 8+ Years as a graphic or brand designer, ideally in fast-moving, brand-led environments;
• 4+ Years as a design leader with direct responsibility for a team of three or more;
• Experience building customer-facing technology brands or consumer digital products at scale; portfolio should demonstrate visual craft alongside usability, clarity and commercial objectives;
• Track record of building and evolving brand systems across campaigns, products or businesses, including ownership of key visual directions;
• Standout portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, creativity and polished execution across visual design, motion, editorial, digital and social formats;
• Clear examples of leading or directing other creatives;
• Demonstrated AI design fluency, including built workflows, set quality standards and shipped output;
• Experience creating scalable brand systems, templates, tools and guidelines that enable other teams to execute independently;
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma, and ability to define efficient team workflows and standards;
• Portfolio of shipped brand assets, including campaign visuals, social graphics, presentation decks, event materials and marketing collateral;
• Excellent communication skills and judgement to influence at a senior level;
• Fluent English;
• Nice to have: experience in fintech or financial services, sponsorship, partnership or event-led brand work at scale, motion design or directing motion specialists, close partnership with a product design function on a shared brand system, building and managing a freelance or external creative network.

• Stock Options Program available to every team member;
• Work & Swim Program: one month in a corporate apartment in Cyprus;
• Remote or hybrid work across Europe;
• Resources and opportunities for personal and professional development;
• Supportive, friendly and eco-conscious corporate culture.