Brand Designer (Manufacturing)

Location: On-site in Los Angeles, CA or the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. The role requires eligibility to work with U.S. Government export-controlled information under ITAR regulations.

Salary: $224,000–$260,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous factories using AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing for aerospace and defense products.

What you will do

• Design campaigns, out-of-home artwork, social and digital assets, recruiting collateral, event and environmental graphics, merchandise, and external presentations.
• Prepare production-ready files for print, large-format work, vendors, and printers.
• Art direct photography and video shoots in manufacturing facilities.
• Define the brand system across typography, color, layouts, photography, illustration, iconography, digital, print, environmental design, and merchandise.
• Build templates and toolkits that enable recruiters, site teams, and marketing to create on-brand materials independently.
• Own the creative standard, brief and critique external partners, and partner with growth marketing, communications, and talent brand.

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating range across digital, print or large-format, environmental, and physical work, including a brand system built for others to use.
• 6+ years of brand or visual design experience in-house or at an agency, including ownership from brief through production.
• Excellent execution at high volume and speed without sacrificing quality.
• Experience with brand systems, guidelines, template libraries, print production, large-format production, color management, and file preparation.
• Ability to direct and critique external partners, work independently as the only designer, and establish design standards.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. authorizations for ITAR-controlled work.

Nice to have

• Experience with industrial, aerospace, defense, automotive, hardware, or other physical-product brands.
• Environmental or experiential design, including signage, wayfinding, factory spaces, or event builds.
• Motion design, video editing, industrial photo and video art direction, or short-form video production.
• Experience as a first or early design hire, performance creative, merchandise, or apparel design.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work supporting autonomous factories and American manufacturing.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) and equity.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Relocation support may be available in certain situations based on business needs.