What youβll do:
1. Brand Visual Asset Ownership & Oversight
β’ Supports the creation, maintenance, and production of exclusive of Schwabβs visual asset system across illustration, iconography, visual motifs, and design components.
β’ Aid in creative ideation, design iteration, and image design using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma.
β’ Defines and maintain brand-approved visual standards, usage guidelines, and evolution paths.
β’ Ensures consistency and quality across internally created assets, vendor work, and partner-generated visuals.
β’ Act as a visual authority and reviewer, approving assets before they scale across platforms.
β’ Collaborate with internal and external content creators on various projects.
β’ Manage daily usage rights requests (URRs) to ensure legal and licensing compliance.
β’ Maintain the Bynder taxonomy for illustration and icon assets.
β’ Organize digital assets and maintain curated collections.
β’ Support vendor relationships, including coordinating bids and managing paperwork.
 
2. AI-Enabled Visual Strategy & Governance
β’ Lead the intentional integration of AI tools into the brandβs visual ecosystem.
β’ Define how, when, and where AI-generated or AI-assisted visuals are appropriate within brand standards.
β’ Establish governance frameworks for:
o AI-generated imagery
o AI-assisted illustration and icon creation
o AI-modified or extended visual content
β’ Ensure AI outputs are reviewed, refined, and adapted to meet brand quality, accessibility, and compliance standards.
 
3. Brand-Safe AI Exploration & Enablement
β’ Explore emerging AI design capabilities with a brand-first lens, identifying opportunities that enhance speed, flexibility, and creative exploration.
β’ Partner with design, UX, brand strategy, legal, and governance teams to ensure AI usage is:
o Ethically sound
o Legally compliant
o Aligned with brand values and visual expression
β’ Translate AI experimentation into clear guidance, tools, and workflows for teams.
 
4. Vendor & Partner Design Leadership
β’ Partner with external vendors, illustrators, and agencies to ensure work aligns with brand visual systems.
β’ Provide creative direction and guardrails, not just feedback.
β’ Review, refine, and approve externally produced assets before they enter the brand ecosystem.
β’ Ensure vendors understand how AI is (and is not) used within brand standards.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Enablement
β’ Work closely with Brand, Creative, UX, Digital, and Platform teams to integrate visual assets consistently across channels.
β’ Support brand training, office hours, and enablement efforts related to visual systems and AI usage.
β’ Act as a bridge between creative craft and scalable systems, helping teams move faster without eroding brand integrity.
What you have:
To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.
β’ Strong foundation as a designer or art director, with deep understanding of visual systems and brand expression.
β’ Demonstrated design leadershipβable to set direction, not just execute.
β’ Deep familiarity with illustration systems, iconography, and visual language development.
β’ Practical understanding of AI design tools and workflows, paired with strong judgment about when not to use them.
β’ Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate internally and externally.
β’ Solid PowerPoint and Illustrator skills.
β’ Comfortable operating in an oversight, governance, and enablement model, not hands-on production all day.
Strong collaborator with the ability to influence without direct authority.
Regards,
Mohammed ilyas,
PH - 229-264-4024 or Text - 229-469-1455 or you can share the updated resume at Mohammed@vtekis. com