Astronaut holding a flag with a blue C on a black background, standing on a mound of white coding text.

Coinbase

Tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

The Team

Veronica Funk - Designer
Jill Perrone - Designer
Heather Oxen - Designer

The Project

Over three years at HireClix, I contributed to multiple projects for Coinbase, including logo development for their Cryptern intern program and creative direction for marketing campaigns. The work involved close collaboration with Coinbase’s point of contact and internal cross-functional teams to develop concepts aligned with their evolving brand.

Logo Concept Sketches

Colorful digital sketches featuring green aliens and astronauts interacting with golden cryptocurrency coins and symbols, including playful poses and friendship scenes.

Cryptern Logo Ideation

Various alien logo designs for Coinbase Cryptern

Spot Illustrations

Pencil sketches of four scenes: city buildings with energy icon and upward arrow, open hands with money symbols, multiple hands exchanging cards and pointing at a button, and a stylized sword with sparkles.

The Challenge

Coinbase’s brand is dynamic and fast-moving, requiring visuals that consistently reflected core pillars such as mission and impact, outlier talent, remote-first culture, and generous rewards. Across multiple initiatives, the challenge was balancing strict brand guidelines with the need for fresh, engaging creative—while responding quickly to feedback and shifting priorities.

Cryptern Landing Page Assets

Various mockups of vector spot illustration and landing page hero mockups

The Results

Through iterative concept development and close collaboration, we delivered creative work that strengthened Coinbase’s visual storytelling across internship branding and campaign efforts. I continue to support the final year of this partnership, helping maintain brand consistency while evolving creative approaches to meet new goals.

Conceptual Display Ad Visuals

Overhead view of people crossing a busy intersection above text saying 'Be a builder of tomorrow' and a blue button labeled 'Apply now' by Coinbase.
Collage of Coinbase recruitment ads showing smartphones with job posts, and messages encouraging to apply, featuring phrases like 'Crypto champions rise,' 'Be part of something extraordinary,' and 'Surrounded by outlier talent.'