*Note: This position requires presence in our San Jose or San Francisco office location 4 days per week; Lambda's designated work-from-home day is currently Tuesday.
We seek a talented Senior Brand Designer to lead and execute design projects that define and elevate our visual identity and brand. This role is crucial in shaping how Lambda is perceived across all touchpoints. As part of the design team, you'll create exceptional brand experiences for our customers and users.
What You'll Do- Be a key contributor to the creation and evolution of our brand identity - creating beautiful and intuitive designs for marketing, product, and internal initiatives.
- Work with marketing, product, and engineering teams to ensure a cohesive brand and high-quality design outputs.
- You will craft design assets across web, print, and presentation.
- Manage multiple design projects to ensure timely delivery.
- Experiment with new design tools to enhance the brand's visual appeal.
- Help create and develop design processes that scale with the team.
You Are- You are not a cog in the machine; you're a people person...but if you could please attach your cover sheets to your TPS reports, that would be greeeaaaat...
- You are a hands-on, full-stack brand designer with expert-level skills in graphic, digital, print, and motion design.
- You possess expertise in refining vector artwork, encompassing logo design, iconography, and illustration.
You Have a Track Record of- Creating multiple websites, with a penchant for grid layouts and a sharp eye for typography and font combinations.
- Crafting motion assets using prototyping software, 2D motion tools like After Effects or Cavalry, or 3D software.
- Adapting your aesthetic output to align with brand guidelines while exploring novel visual directions.
- Thriving on establishing brands and design systems from scratch, having executed brand refreshes and full rebrands.
- Demonstrating agility in iterating designs swiftly within a fast-paced creative setting.
- Maintaining a humble approach with a team-first mindset, relishing collaboration within a tight-knit team.
- Leveraging data and quantitative insights to drive design decisions.
- Articulating the rationale behind design choices and embracing qualitative analysis with a rational, balanced perspective.
- Being adept at providing and receiving constructive feedback.
- Engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders, both technical and non-technical (Product/Engineering and Marketing).
- Keeping abreast of industry trends and design methodologies.
- Fluency with AI tools and prompting to support creative exploration, accelerate workflows, and push visual innovation.
Requirements- 6+ years of experience in brand design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your ability to solve complex design problems
- You are a hands-on designer.
- Expert-level in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools
- Have a strong understanding of typography, color theory, and visual composition
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and feedback clearly
- You are experienced with website design, UI/UX, presentation design, print design, event design, and social media design
- Experience in a fast-paced environment
- Love ideation, iteration, and attention to detail (pixel perfection)
- A degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field is preferred, but not required
Nice to Have- Advanced motion/3D skills: animating, compositing, rendering, rotoscoping
- Photography/videography skills: shooting, editing
- Experience with creative coding or generative art, especially where design and engineering intersect
- Experience in the machine learning or computer hardware industry
Salary Range InformationThe annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
