Brand Designer

Description

The company is a defense technology firm building America's drone industrial base. It designs and manufactures high-performance unmanned systems that have been tested in combat, developed at startup speed, and produced at large scale. The team moves quickly, works hands-on, and focuses on getting designs into the field as fast as possible.

Drones are changing how wars are fought. The company builds the systems the US and its allies need to compete on the modern battlefield, deter future conflicts, or win them if deterrence fails. The Marketing group is small and made up of creatives and operators who move fast, take full ownership of their work, build the brand from scratch, and tell the company's story.

This role sits in Marketing and covers visual design across the company's campaigns and channels. You will take strategic and creative briefs and turn them into finished work for web, social, email, business development materials, board decks, print, trade shows, physical spaces, and out-of-home placements.

The role suits someone who wants to build a brand system and also work hands-on inside it. The company wants a designer who cares deeply about the craft and produces work across every channel, not someone who only directs others.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and evolve the brand system, including documenting how the visual identity applies to both digital and physical surfaces
• Create and maintain the brand asset library in Figma, covering illustration, icons, type, layout styles, and components
• Design for digital channels in partnership with the existing Web and Digital Experience Designer
• Lead design and layout for business development materials such as product catalogs, one-pagers, and client presentations
• Lead environmental design for events, trade shows, offices, and out-of-home placements
• Lead merchandise design, including quality checks on samples and handing off design files to vendors

Requirements

• 5+ years of brand design experience, preferably in defense, aerospace, robotics, technology, or hardware
• Expert-level skill in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to manage a queue of design requests that differ in complexity and urgency
• Proven ability to work from a brand platform, respecting existing brand standards and guardrails while making considered changes to the design language
• Experience with automated workflows that cut down repetitive work, since the design judgment still has to be yours
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain the reasoning behind your design decisions
• Skill in motion design, animation, or illustration

Conditions

US salary range: $111,000 to $155,000 USD in base salary. The figure is an estimate; the actual salary may depend on experience, education or training, critical skills, and business needs.

Highly competitive equity grants are part of the total compensation package.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.