Brand Designer
Mid-level Brand Marketing role at Exa. San Francisco · full-time · $150,000–$280,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Shape Exa's visual identity across campaigns, launches, the website, events, and product marketing
- Partner with founders and the marketing, product, and design teams from first concept to launch
- Turn sharp visual ideas into cohesive systems that hold up across channels
- Move across graphic design, motion, illustration, 3D, and web to explore and ship ideas
- Build reusable templates and brand tools so teams can move fast without losing craft
What you bring
- Four or more years in brand, visual, or multidisciplinary design
- A portfolio of finished identities, campaigns, and digital work
- Strong grasp of typography, composition, art direction, and visual storytelling
- Comfort with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite plus depth in some mix of motion, illustration, 3D, creative coding, or web
- High agency to spot opportunities and operate through ambiguity
Who this fits
This suits a versatile designer who enjoys jumping between formats while keeping the quality high, and who wants creative license to lead new brand initiatives. The role is fully in-person in San Francisco. Exa sponsors international candidates across visa types including STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, and E3, though sponsorship is not guaranteed. Pay ranges from 150,000 to 280,000 USD per year.
From the employer
Exa is an applied AI lab building a search engine unlike the world has ever seen. We build massive-scale infrastructure to crawl the web, train state-of-the-art embedding models to understand it, and develop high-performance vector databases to retrieve information from it.
Today, Exa powers search for Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, and over 400,000 developers, and we’ve raised $350 million from a16z, Benchmark, and Lightspeed.
Our goal is to build perfect search over all of the world’s information, far beyond what traditional search engines can offer. The visual language for this technology and category is still being invented, and you’ll help define it.
About the role
We’re looking for a Brand Designer with exceptional visual taste and broad creative range to shape Exa’s identity across campaigns, launches, website, events, and product marketing.
You’ll work closely with the founders, marketing, and product teams to take a project from early concepts to final launch. Alongside the day-to-day design work, we’re looking for designers who can bring a unique perspective and opinionated approach to each launch or event.
Designers at Exa have broad creative license, and the freedom to lead new initiatives to express our brand. This role will be a great fit for you if you enjoy moving across different kinds of work without compromising on craft.
What you’ll do
Work with founders, marketing, product, and design from early concept through launch
Develop creative direction across Exa’s brand, campaigns, website, events, and product marketing
Turn strong visual concepts into cohesive systems that work across different channels
Move fluidly across graphic design, motion, illustration, 3D, and web to explore and execute ideas
Build reusable templates and brand tools that help teams move quickly without compromising on craft
Example projects
Create the visual system for a major product launch, from the hero concept through its campaign rollout
Rethink Exa’s presence at a major industry event, from the environment and keynote through supporting materials
Build a flexible brand toolkit for launches, social, sales, and recurring marketing work
What we’re looking for
4+ years working in brand, visual, or multidisciplinary design
A portfolio of polished identities, campaigns, and digital experiences
Strong typography, composition, art direction, and visual storytelling skills
Fluency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, and skilled in a combination of graphic design, motion, illustration, 3D, creative coding, or web design
Ability to turn strong visual concepts into cohesive systems across different formats
High agency to identify opportunities, communicate clearly, and work well through ambiguity
Logistics
Location: This is an in-person opportunity in San Francisco.
Visas: We're happy to sponsor international candidates (e.g., STEM OPT, OPT, H1B, O1, E3). While we cannot guarantee your visa, we have historically been successful in sponsoring candidates from all over the world. If you receive an offer, our team will work hard to get you a visa.
Benefits: We offer premium healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision), fertility benefits, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, and a monthly wellness stipend to all of our employees.
Exa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, criminal histories consistent with applicable law, or any other basis protected by applicable law.