Junior Brand Designer

Company Mission

Payhawk is one AI-powered spend management platform for scaling businesses - corporate cards, expense management, procurement, and accounts payable, unified in one place. We serve finance teams across 32+ countries, cutting month-end close time and reconciling 99.7% of transactions with zero manual touch. AI runs through the platform as core infrastructure, not a bolted-on feature - and we hire the top 1% of talent in every function to keep building it that way.

Why Payhawk

Payhawk, where the bold builders make an impact.

We're not a family, we're a high-performance team - and that's deliberate. We debate, ideate, and push each other to be better, because the best ideas come from direct feedback. We've already made history as Bulgaria's first unicorn, but the ambition doesn't stop there: if you want to grow fast - own it; do not wait for it.

Give: Honest opinions, real ownership, a focus on outcomes.

Get: A front-row seat to a market leader in one of the fastest-moving industries.

The role, in one line

You will produce the day-to-day creative that keeps Payhawk’s brand visible and consistent. You will work inside an established design system, with close mentorship from senior designers.

What you will own

Design production and asset creation

• Produce high-quality digital and print assets for social, email, web, presentations, sales collateral and internal comms.
• Adapt approved creative concepts into multiple formats, ratios and locales for campaigns and channels.
• Resize, version and localise existing assets accurately and quickly.
• Build and populate presentation decks to brand standard.

Campaigns, community and social creative

• Create on-brand social and community assets from established templates and components.
• Support campaign rollouts with every channel asset they need.
• Turn written messages into clear, engaging visuals with the Brand and Content team.

Event creative support

• Support the Senior Brand Designers on first- and third-party event materials: booth graphics, signage, merchandise artwork, speaker visuals and stage branding.
• Prepare print-ready files to the correct specifications.
• Liaise with print and production suppliers on technical requirements.
• Adapt global event templates for local and regional needs.

Brand stewardship

• Apply Payhawk’s visual language rigorously: typography, colour, iconography, patterns and spacing.
• Support the maintenance of templates, asset libraries and documentation.

Creative operations and workflow

• Manage your tasks in Jira, and keep status, timelines and deliverables up to date.
• Flag unclear or incomplete briefs early instead of guessing.
• Balance several small workstreams, and communicate clearly when priorities conflict.

Quality control

• Check every asset yourself before it goes to review: spelling, alignment, ratios, colour and export settings.
• Act on feedback thoroughly, so the same correction does not come up twice.

What you will need

Must-have

• 1-3 years of professional experience as a Graphic Designer, Visual Designer or Design Assistant. Internships, placements and freelance work count.
• A portfolio that shows strong fundamentals in typography, layout, hierarchy, colour and spacing. Studio and personal projects are welcome. We look at the quality of thinking and execution, not the size of the client.
• Working proficiency in Figma, and a willingness to learn how to work properly inside shared libraries, components and templates.
• Working proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Exposure to Adobe After Effects, or a clear interest in learning lightweight motion work.
• Hands-on use of AI tools in a real design workflow, such as image generation and editing, upscaling, background work and asset variations. You can tell when an output is good enough to ship and when it needs to be redone by hand.
• Close attention to detail, and the discipline to check your own work before someone else does.
• The ability to take direct creative feedback well and apply it quickly.
• Good organisation and time management.
• The ability to juggle several small requests at once.
• Clear, proactive communication, especially about what you do not yet know.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice-to-have

• Familiarity with InDesign
• Exposure to B2B SaaS, tech or product-led environments
• A basic understanding of print production and large-format output
• An interest in design systems and how brand consistency is maintained at scale
• Basic familiarity with social and creative performance metrics

What you will get

• Recharge properly - 30 days of paid holiday
• Change the view - a week-long exchange to London, Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Vilnius, Berlin, Sofia, or Barcelona
• Win together, celebrate together - regular team-wide events that are actually worth showing up to
• Covered, properly - additional medical care
• Stay in the game - a sports card, fully funded, for the gym, classes, or your sport of choice
• Commute easily - a monthly travel allowance that covers getting to and from the office
• Use what you build - hands-on access to the actual product you're hiring people to help build

Payhawk is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.