3+ years of professional design experience in digital and physical media.
Strong portfolio showcasing decks, web UI, and print materials.
Ability to communicate design choices to technical teams without jargon.
Experience collaborating with marketing teams and founders on campaigns.
Familiarity with AI tools for building digital pages.
Proficient in Figma, Canva, and Photoshop.
Responsibilities
Develop the brand book and guidelines for Modern Intelligence.
Create presentation decks and video assets for marketing.
Design social media and campaign graphics to enhance brand visibility.
Build and maintain the marketing site and product pages.
Design UI for the operator app and trade-show materials.
Produce digital and physical one-pagers and merchandise.
Benefits
Full medical coverage for employees and their families.
Comprehensive dental and vision plans for employees, with partial coverage for dependents.
Generous and flexible paid time off (PTO).
Paid holidays including all federal holidays and the last two weeks of the year.
12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Full Job Description
Modern Intelligence is hiring its first dedicated designer to set the future brand direction across all digital and physical media.
Working with the executive team and marketing team, you'll produce the following:
Brand book and guidelines
Presentation decks
Video artifacts and assets
Social and campaign graphics
The marketing site
Product pages
Sovereign's operator app UI
Trade-show booths and banners
Digital and physical one-pagers
Merchandise
This role is on-site in Austin.
Requirements
3+ years of professional experience as a designer (brand, visual, product, or hybrid), with shipped work in both digital and physical media.
A portfolio of shipped work: decks or presentations, web or product UI, and some print, booth, or environmental pieces.
Ability to design for a technical B2B or defense / dual-use product and explain choices to founders and engineers without design jargon.
Experience working with marketing and with founders acting as marketing, on campaigns, events, and a brand system.
Experience building digital pages with AI, such as standalone landing pages, product pages, a marketing site, or similar campaign pages.
Proficiency in Figma, Canva, and Photoshop, from concept through production files.
Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). This role may work with export-controlled technology and controlled messaging.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience at a defense, dual-use, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, or deep-tech company, or an agency whose clients were in those spaces.
Prior or current title as Brand Designer, Visual Designer, Creative Designer, or a similar hybrid role.
Experience with marketing-site layout systems, component pages, and light UI polish for an operator or enterprise app.
Illustrator and InDesign for one-pagers, booth graphics, and merch.
Relationships with printers, booth fabricators, or production partners you would bring with you.
Presentation templates and masters in Google Slides and current AI presentation tools.
Short-form motion for social and campaigns in After Effects or Jitter.
Experience designing brand books and guidelines.
Enough front-end literacy to build marketing and landing pages on your own.
$100,000 - $140,000 semi monthly
Compensation Specifics
Final offer depends on demonstrated capture and proposal experience
Equity is granted on top of base for every full-time role.
Benefits
Full medical for employee and family
Full dental and vision for employee and partial coverage for your dependents.
Generous and flexible PTO
Paid Holidays: All federal holidays + last two weeks of the calendar year
Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks
Modern Intelligence builds Sovereign: edge targeting software for unmanned systems. You'll be our first dedicated designer, setting visual direction across all mediums. If you're hungry and move with agency, apply with your portfolio.
