Lead Brand Designer

LEAD BRAND DESIGNER

$160k – $200k • meaningful equity

ABOUT NOVIG

Novig is building America's #1 sports prediction market. Our mission is to financialize and democratize sports trading - taking a closed system run by casinos and turning it into a fair, efficient, two-sided market where the power sits with users. With Novig recently becoming a CFTC-designated market — the fastest designation of its kind in US history— we're bringing the prediction market built for sports fans nationwide. We're backed by some of Silicon Valley's top investors — Pantera, Forerunner, Lux, NFX, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana — who have collectively invested over $100M behind this vision.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Senior Brand Designer to join our small, high-output creative team and help shape how Novig shows up in the world. This is a hands-on IC role with real creative freedom — you’ll work directly with the Head of Creative across brand and product systems, campaign assets, and culture-moving work. This is a rare opportunity to help define a brand still young enough that your fingerprints will be on everything.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Help solidify Novig's brand identity and evolve it as we scale. Then be its keeper.
• Own design concepts with real autonomy, from art direction through execution, across brand, campaign, and marketing work.
• Act as a strategic design lead. Partner directly with peers in product, marketing, and leadership.
• Look for places Novig's design can level up. If you spot an opportunity worth chasing, pitch it and go make it.
• Partner with product design to create graphics (icons, illustrations, promotional assets) and branded moments within the app.
• Direct contract designers on overflow work.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 6-8 years of design experience at top brands, studios, or agencies.
• A world- class portfolio that showcases your eye and your craft.
• Impeccable taste. Probably the single most important thing.
• The confidence to operate with real autonomy.
• An obsession with craft that doesn’t discriminate by project size. The smallest deliverable gets the same care as the biggest campaign.
• Range across print and digital. Familiarity with product design is a big plus.
• Comfort wearing a lot of hats: art director, strategist, designer. Whatever the job needs.
• A finger on the pulse of art, culture, and design.
• Comfort with ambiguity. Startup pace means sometimes building the plane as we fly it.
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; motion design experience is a strong plus.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience directing contract or freelance designers.
• Experience building or evolving a brand identity from the ground up, ideally at a startup or in-house team.
• Interest or experience in sports, betting, prediction markets, or other stigmatized/regulated categories.

WHY WORK HERE, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO

• I work with extremely stellar people, I own real systems, and decisions happen fast. No politics, no waiting for needless red tape. If something's broken, I fix it. If I build something good, it ships.”
• The people! They're smart, thoughtful, fun to work with and passionate about their craft.”
• I'm having the most fun I've had in my entire career.”

If you want responsibility, trust, and the chance to help build the future of sports prediction markets - take your shot, we’d love to connect.

NOT FOR EVERYONE

• Our work is tied to live sports - that means potential nights, weekends, and pressure included.
• If you need clear swim lanes, a heavy process, or someone to tell you what to do, this won’t be the right environment.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• $160k – $200k base, benchmarked at top-tier tech companies
• Meaningful equity for every employee, regardless of role
• 100% health premiums covered
• 99% dental & vision covered
• 401(k) with 4% company match
• HSA + $1,080 annual company contribution
• $50/monthly company contribution to employee transit
• $27/day lunch stipend when working from our NYC office
• $35/day dinner stipend when working from the NYC office after 6:30pm

HOMEBASE

Union Square, NYC