Brand Designer (Robotics)

Location: Austin, TX, United States; on-site. Must have US work authorization and be able to work from Austin, TX. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous driving technology for sidewalk delivery robots and robotaxis, with robots operating on US college campuses and city streets and robotaxis carrying Uber riders in Dallas.

What you will do

• Develop hirify.global’s existing brand identity into a comprehensive visual system and create communication templates for non-design colleagues.
• Brand robots and cars, including liveries, hardware branding points, and OLED/LED screen content.
• Test designs on physical hardware in the Austin garage and manage on-site printing and production.
• Design websites, PR and marketing materials, editorial and social formats, and high-stakes keynote and investor decks.
• Create basic 3D visuals, art-direct photography and video, and document standards for shooting robots and cars.
• Source, brief, and direct specialists for complex motion and high-end 3D work, with approximately 80% hands-on work and 20% coordination.

Requirements

• Senior-level craft demonstrated through strong composition, typography, and colour work created hands-on.
• Experience building brand systems and guidelines that other people have used.
• Range across print and outdoor, editorial, social, web, and decks, with enough motion understanding to direct it.
• Basic hands-on 3D skills or a genuine willingness to learn 3D.
• Ability to produce consistent, good-quality photography without a large production.
• Experience setting the direction of work rather than only executing someone else’s work.
• Ability to work quickly with many requesters, prioritise with a manager, and push back when needed.
• Confidence defending strong visual opinions or committing to decisions.
• Strong spoken and written English; Slack and most meetings are in English.
• US work authorization and ability to work from Austin, TX.

Nice to have

• Participation in a rebrand or experience building a brand system at an agency.
• Experience art-directing shoots or working closely with photo and video production.
• Experience with physical products, vehicles, robotics, hardware, or an autonomous-vehicle company.
• Technology startup background.
• Interest in product design, such as the passenger screen in the robotaxi.
• Habit of automating routine work, including AI-assisted decks.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus equity.
• Opportunity to establish the company’s first brand system and define how it is used.
• Hands-on access to real robots and cars for design and testing.
• High independence, light approvals, and fast shipping to production.
• Flexible schedule with no fixed hours in an Austin-based team close to the hardware.