Application Guide
How to Apply for Brand Designer
at Ambrook
🏢 About Ambrook
Ambrook uniquely focuses on helping American family-run businesses become more profitable and resilient, blending financial technology with a mission-driven approach to support a traditionally underserved sector. Working here offers the chance to build a brand that directly impacts small business owners' livelihoods while operating in a remote-first environment that values creative autonomy.
About This Role
This Brand Designer role at Ambrook involves owning creative production across performance ads, social media, and sales enablement while leading UGC management and creator relationships. It's impactful because you'll be responsible for teaching design thinking to cross-functional peers and improving brand consistency across all channels, directly influencing how farmers and family businesses perceive and engage with financial tools.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve creating performance ad assets in Figma and Jitter for morning campaign launches, then reviewing and providing feedback on UGC content from agricultural creators in the afternoon. You'd likely spend time documenting brand standards for the sales team while also collaborating with marketing on upcoming social media content strategy, balancing immediate production needs with longer-term system improvements.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Ambrook Is Looking For
- A designer with exceptional foundational skills who can demonstrate strategic thinking in their portfolio, specifically showing how design decisions drove business outcomes for B2B or mission-driven companies
- Someone who is expert-level in Figma for collaborative workflows and also proficient with motion design (Jitter), video editing (Descript), and generative tools (Midjourney) for creating diverse marketing assets
- A self-organized professional with project management mindset who can juggle day-to-day asset production while building scalable design systems and templating for marketing enablement
- A creative who enjoys teaching and elevating others' visual literacy, comfortable coaching content creators on how to authentically represent Ambrook's brand to agricultural audiences
📝 Tips for Applying to Ambrook
Tailor your portfolio to show 2-3 case studies specifically related to performance marketing assets, social media content strategy, and design system creation for B2B or fintech companies
Include examples of UGC management or creator collaboration in your portfolio, demonstrating how you've directed non-designers to produce on-brand content
Mention specific experience with Ambrook's mentioned tools (Figma, Jitter, Descript, Midjourney) in your resume, not just listing them but showing how you've used them in professional projects
Research Ambrook's current social media presence and marketing materials, then in your application suggest one specific improvement to their visual brand consistency
Highlight any experience teaching design thinking or brand standards to non-design teams, providing concrete examples of how you elevated others' visual literacy
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Explain how your design philosophy aligns with helping family-run businesses through clear, authentic visual communication that builds trust in financial services', 'Describe a specific project where you improved brand consistency across multiple channels and the measurable impact it had on marketing or sales outcomes', 'Share your approach to managing creator relationships and UGC strategy, particularly how you balance brand standards with authentic creator voices', 'Demonstrate your ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining high creative standards and meeting production deadlines']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Study Ambrook's current marketing materials, social media channels, and website to understand their existing visual language and identify opportunities for improvement
- → Research the agricultural/farming industry that Ambrook serves to understand the unique visual communication needs and pain points of family-run businesses
- → Look into Ambrook's competitors in agricultural fintech to understand how their branding differs and where Ambrook could stand out visually
- → Review Ambrook's mission statement and company values to understand how their brand should visually communicate trust, resilience, and profitability to farmers
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Submitting a portfolio focused only on consumer brands or aesthetic projects without demonstrating strategic thinking for B2B or financial services
- Failing to show proficiency with the specific tools mentioned (Figma, Jitter, Descript, Midjourney) or only listing them without demonstrating practical application
- Presenting yourself as purely an executor without showing experience in teaching design thinking, managing creators, or improving team workflows
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!