What is Payra?

Payra is the core payments and revenue operations platform for America’s industry and trade suppliers. We replace the paper, phone calls, and checks that still run billions of dollars in trade credit with a modern billing and payments experience, all writing back natively into the ERPs these businesses depend on.

NOTE: you must include your portfolio to be considered

Design Vision

Payra serves the companies that pour concrete, move steel, build airports, and keep job sites running. They don't get magazine covers or Silicon Valley hype, but they're the backbone of the American economy, and we think they deserve design that reflects that.

Our creative direction is to take the "ordinary" - a tractor dealer, a steel supplier, a concrete plant - and shoot it, frame it, and design it like it's extraordinary. Hero shots of heavy equipment. Portraits of foremen and ops managers like they're founders (because they are). We want strong visual confidence pointed at an industry nobody's bothered to make beautiful yet.

We want to showcase the work of our clients. Ideas we like are here

What are we hiring for?

We're hiring a Founding Designer to establish the visual bar for Payra. You'll set the direction and for brand design, marketing assets, and product marketing releases. Your domain will be the website, PR product launches, campaign assets, sales collateral, and social. You'll report to and work day-to-day with the co-founders. You will be closely partnered with the product organization.

What you'll do

• Own Payra's visual identity end to end on every surface a customer touches. Theme, graphics, styling, and product marketing.
• Ship design work that attracts our next customers and inspires them to partner with us.
• Produce motion design, create commercial imagery, and video using AI tools like Midjourney and Higgsfield when the work requires it.
• Move fast without dropping quality. Turnaround must be fast and priorities shift.
• Raise the bar. Payra powers America's largest businesses but no one knows that (yet).

What we're looking for

• 3+ years design experience, preferable early stage companies where you can demonstrate developing a cohesive/strong brand from zero.
• Strong visual taste. If your best work looks like a stock enterprise template, this isn't the role.
• Passion to showcase our clients in the best light.
• Proficient in Figma, the Adobe suite, and video editing tools.
• Comfortable with AI tooling like Midjourney, Higgsfield, or similar, and able to produce commercial-grade imagery and video with them.
• Range. You can jump between product, brand, and marketing work without losing quality.
• Speed without sloppiness. You ship good work quickly and don't need three rounds of handholding to get started.

Why Join Payra

• You want to join a high throughput team with no bureaucracy.
• You want to showcase some of America’s greatest companies (example here).
• Competitive compensation and fast career growth.

To apply: send your portfolio and a short note on a project where you set the visual direction yourself to thomas@payra.com