About the Role
This role focuses on building visual assets for credit card programs, essential for partnership pitches and investor understanding. It involves owning the visual presentation of Cardless to external stakeholders, including partner pitch decks, product mockups, investor materials, and the design system. The role requires translating strategy into visuals to advance commercial deals. Reporting to the Head of Product, this production-heavy position requires close collaboration with partnerships and business development teams to deliver high-volume, high-quality work on tight timelines.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain pitch decks for partner conversations, RFP responses, and investor updates.
- Translate complex product and business concepts into clear, compelling visual narratives.
- Manage end-to-end production of presentation materials with speed and independence.
- Collaborate with the partnerships team to tailor material design to partner needs.
- Build client presentation decks and materials using tools like PPT or Figma.
- Create high-fidelity Figma mockups for card products, interfaces, and dashboards.
- Ensure mockups accurately reflect actual product builds in collaboration with the product team.
- Maintain a library of reusable design components for mockups.
- Rapidly iterate on designs based on feedback.
- Participate in product discussions to translate decisions into visual representations.
- Identify early design implications of product decisions.
- Develop and maintain a scalable design system.
- Contribute to the product roadmap by identifying design constraints and opportunities.
- Maintain and evolve Cardless visual identity across all external materials.
- Ensure all external assets reflect Cardless's brand craft.
- Utilize AI design tools to accelerate production while maintaining quality.
- Build repeatable processes and templates to enhance team efficiency.
Requirements
- 3-6 years of product marketing / design experience with a portfolio demonstrating high-quality work across presentations, product design, and brand materials.
- Meaningful experience working with commercial teams (e.g., design agency, in-house startup, sales/business development exposure).
- Experience marketing and designing for financial services or fintech (strong plus).
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently with high output.
Skills
- Expert-level Figma fluency (components, libraries, prototyping).
- Strong presentation design skills (visuals, clear arguments).
- Professional Photoshop and image editing skills.
- Fluency in current AI design tools for acceleration.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to calibrate quality to urgency and exercise good judgment.
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- In-office 5 days a week
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 3-6 years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $170,000 - $215,000
Benefits
- Meaningful start-up equity
- 100% health, vision & dental primary coverage
- 75% health, vision & dental dependent coverage
- Catered lunches
- $250/month commuter benefit
- Parental leave
- Team building events & happy hours
- Flexible PTO (minimum 15 days/year)
- Apple equipment
- 401k plan
About the Company
- Cardless is a Series C consumer fintech enabling large brands to integrate credit cards into their ecosystems, offering tools to configure, launch, and grow credit card programs.
- Customers include Coinbase, Bilt Rewards, Alibaba, Qatar Airways, and LATAM Airlines. Cardless supports Visa, Mastercard, and American Express networks, utilizing AI-powered servicing for efficiency.
- The company scaled from $10M to $150M in run rate revenue in 12 months, raised a $60M Series C (total funding over $170M), has over 50 employees, and aims for profitability by year-end 2026.
