Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

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Graphic Designer II - Marketing

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realise their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.


What is the role?

The Mastercard Creative Studio is looking for a talented designer to join our amazing in-house creative team. You will work in partnership with internal team members, including brand strategists, innovators, designers, and writers. The role will require you to:

•\tBe creative, intuitive, and motivated – taking projects from concept through to production
•\tCommunicate effectively with fellow designers, wider Creative Studio team and teams across Mastercard
•\tPartner with the marketing team to turn complex ideas into designed stories that can be used to market and sell our various products
•\tUse and interpret brand identity guidelines, design standards and interactive best practices
•\tAdapt and interpret brand guidelines in a way that keeps our sales materials fresh, modern, and engaging
•\tDesign impactful graphics and interactive presentations for various outlets such as PowerPoint, web, mobile/tablet and social media
•\tWork with researchers, analysts, and other subject matter experts to visualise engaging and differentiating thought leadership content, including blogs, articles, webinars and white papers
•\tConsult on other media like websites, digital display or social marketing, trade show and event signage, report designs/templates and more


Required Experience:

•\tBachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related discipline
•\tMinimum 3-5 years working as a graphic designer, with a strong portfolio demonstrating creative thinking and working with established brands
•\tAdvanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
•\tExcellent understanding of Microsoft Office including Word and PowerPoint
•\tExperience with project management software is a plus


Necessary skills:

•\tPossess solid knowledge in graphic design with the ability to apply brand style guides creatively
•\tApply strong conceptual skills, high level sense of typography, colour theory, and visual composition
•\tInterpret Mastercard brand guidelines successfully across a range of media and formats, including multi-page presentations and marketing assets
•\tEnsure designs best reflect our brand and are innovative and sophisticated
•\tDisplay creative curiosity by seeking out new design techniques and maintaining cutting edge industry knowledge


Business skills:

•\tCollaborate with and serve as a strategic partner to internal team and stakeholders across the company
•\tExperienced in presentations, comfortable communicating visual concepts and ideas to key stakeholders at Mastercard
•\tUnderstand the business goals, marketing strategies and value propositions of our stakeholders and clients
•\tWork effectively with others to identify challenges and opportunities and use creative and strategic thinking to generate solutions
•\tManage creative requirements, expectations, and deadlines for all projects


Work style:

•\tA quick learner with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment
•\tPassionate problem solver with a love for design, impactful visuals, and innovation
•\tSelf-motivated and detail-oriented, with a positive “get stuff done” mindset
•\tPossess a growth mindset and a willingness to give and receive feedback


Please provide a portfolio of recent work

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.