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Requirements found
Marketing Figma (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- Brex is looking for a Manager, Brand Design (Growth) to join the Design team, a cross-disciplinary group of creatives including product designers, brand desi…
- Reporting into the Executive Creative Director, you’ll lead the designers responsible for Brex’s growth creative across paid social, digital marketing, email…
- This is a hands-on creative leadership role for someone who leads through the work — not around it. We’re looking for a highly conceptual and craft-driven de…
- You’ll partner closely with producers, channel owners, and marketing leads to proactively shape briefs, prioritize workstreams, and guide projects from conce…
- Where you’ll work
- This role will be based in our San Francisco, Seattle, or New York office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in t…
- Lead creative direction and execution across growth campaigns, paid social, digital experiences, email and lifecycle journeys, industry and growth marketing …
- Manage and mentor the designers responsible for growth creative within the Brand Design team through active creative partnership, hands-on feedback, and clos…
- Partner directly with producers to prioritize, resource, and balance work across designers and projects.
- Collaborate closely with growth, lifecycle, events, and account-based marketing partners to shape briefs and influence creative strategy from the earliest st…
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.” · “The ideal candidate is energized by building something larger than themselves, thrives in highly collaborative environments, and knows how to push creative q…” · “Collaborate closely with growth, lifecycle, events, and account-based marketing partners to shape briefs and influence creative strategy from the earliest st…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “This is a hands-on creative leadership role for someone who leads through the work — not around it.” · “We’re looking for a highly conceptual and craft-driven designer who remains deeply involved in execution while mentoring and guiding other designers along th…” · “Manage and mentor the designers responsible for growth creative within the Brand Design team through active creative partnership, hands-on feedback, and clos…”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most.” · “This is a team where creativity meets high craft, and where designers grow by building for ambitious customers.” · “You’ll bring exceptional brand craft to work that attracts new customers and deepens engagement, using growth experiments and creative testing to learn what …”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “You’ll partner closely with producers, channel owners, and marketing leads to proactively shape briefs, prioritize workstreams, and guide projects from conce…” · “Partner directly with producers to prioritize, resource, and balance work across designers and projects.” · “Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Our team’s mission is to build a category-defining brand and meaningfully move key business metrics by delivering world-class creative.” · “Reporting into the Executive Creative Director, you’ll lead the designers responsible for Brex’s growth creative across paid social, digital marketing, email…” · “Push creative boundaries through growth experiments and creative testing, using performance insights to guide iterations while keeping work strategically gro…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Whether crafting interfaces, shaping product strategy, or harnessing AI to empower our users, we obsess over quality and clarity.” · “You’ll bring exceptional brand craft to work that attracts new customers and deepens engagement, using growth experiments and creative testing to learn what …” · “Success in this role means influencing both the “what” and the “how”: shaping creative direction and strategy early with marketing partners, while also eleva…”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Reporting into the Executive Creative Director, you’ll lead the designers responsible for Brex’s growth creative across paid social, digital marketing, email…” · “Success in this role means influencing both the “what” and the “how”: shaping creative direction and strategy early with marketing partners, while also eleva…” · “Collaborate closely with growth, lifecycle, events, and account-based marketing partners to shape briefs and influence creative strategy from the earliest st…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Technical skill Supporting
In the posting: “By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to ac…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate creative decisions and rationale.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- How have you used figma in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using marketing. From this posting
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

