About Ziina

Ziina’s mission is to bring financial freedom to every person in the Middle East. We are building MENA’s consumer and SMB financial platform, starting with a peer-to-peer and merchant wallet. Our team have backgrounds from Apple, Uber, Stripe, Klarna, Revolut, Yandex, and Nubank. Ziina’s payments volumes have grown by 10x YoY for the last two years. The team have built a product that is beloved by the UAE with a 4.8 star rating in the app store and is the recipient of 8 international design awards, including the Red Dot Award and the UX Design Award.

Our last round was a $22 million Series A from top-tier investors globally including Altos Ventures, Fintech Collective, Activant, Long Journey Ventures and Y Combinator. Our angel investors include early employees and executives at Revolut, Stripe, Venmo, Brex, Checkout.com, Notion, and Deel.

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The Role

Ziina’s mission is to bring financial freedom to every person in the Middle East. We’re a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the payments landscape in the Middle East, and are on the lookout for an experienced designer to drive our creative efforts.

As a Senior Brand & Visual Designer, you will be responsible for leading the conceptualization and execution of captivating visual designs that resonate with our target audience and reinforce our brand values. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to both engage in hands-on design work and provide art direction to freelancers, ensuring the highest quality and cohesive visual output.

Within this role, you will work on:

• Brand Identity: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain the integrity of our identity —including logos, color schemes, typography, and other brand assets — and consistency in visual execution across various platforms Help evolve and refine our brand guidelines to ensure we continue to elevate our creative standards. .
• Visual Design: Create exceptional visual designs for digital and print materials, such as marketing collateral, social media content, paid ads, banners, presentations, and other creative assets—maintaining the standards of the Ziina brand. Ability to create captivating and original illustrations that enhance our brand storytelling is a huge plus.
• Art Direction: Champion a high caliber of design throughout Ziina. Provide clear and concise art direction to freelancers and/or agencies, guiding them to produce stunning visuals that align with the brand's vision and objectives — all while promoting the Ziina brand in new and exciting ways. Create relevant creative that engages our audience, aligns with larger marketing/business objectives, and most importantly, makes Ziina memorable.
• Motion Graphics: Leverage your expertise in motion graphics to add dynamic and engaging elements to our digital campaigns and product interfaces.
• Photography & Video Editing: Enhance our visual storytelling through your proficiency in photography and video editing, creating compelling visuals that capture the essence of our products and services.
• User Experience: Collaborate with product design to ensure a seamless integration of branded design elements, enhancing user experience and overall aesthetics.
• Market Trends: Stay up-to-date with design,industry, and pop culture trends, incorporating best practices and innovative ideas into our brand's visual language.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Fine Arts, or related fields.
• Proven experience as a Brand & Visual Designer and/or Art Director, ideally in the fintech industry, consumer tech space, or related fields.