Senior Communications Designer (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid, with successful candidates located near Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA; some work must be done onsite. U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Government authorizations is required for ITAR-controlled technology.

Base salary: $105,000–$205,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space superiority and security.

What you will do

• Extract essential ideas from technical documents, data, conversations, and source materials, identifying gaps, connections, and clear narrative angles.
• Partner with Communications and Business Development to structure, sequence, and visualize messaging for capability and company presentations, customer briefings, executive communications, and keynotes.
• Develop visual concepts using typography, composition, pacing, hierarchy, diagrams, charts, and timelines to clarify complex technical content.
• Create and integrate original graphics, photography, renders, illustration, video, and motion assets while identifying missing assets and defining their requirements.
• Adapt presentations for technical briefings, executive discussions, customer meetings, live delivery, and standalone reading; build editable templates and asset libraries for non-designers.
• Manage proprietary and export-controlled content, carry projects from intake through delivery, coordinate with stakeholders, and support executive and keynote presentations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in communication, presentation, information, or brand design, including substantial presentation work and leading complex, high-visibility projects.
• Required portfolio link demonstrating excellent visual craft and the ability to turn complex or incomplete information into a clear, persuasive story; starting materials and specific contributions should be shown where possible, with anonymized or redacted examples accepted.
• Strong editorial judgment to identify the main point and decide what to emphasize, simplify, sequence, or remove.
• Experience working directly with technical experts, senior stakeholders, and business development or sales teams, including developing the narrative before design begins.
• Experience handling sensitive, proprietary, or controlled information, or the discipline to learn this quickly.
• Excellent typography, layout, data visualization, and diagramming skills.
• Experience designing within an established brand system, creating new components when needed, and building reusable templates for non-designers.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Figma, including editable charts, master layouts, and reliable file handoff.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where the function and workflows are still being built; genuine interest in aerospace, defense, or national security.

Nice to have

• Aerospace, defense, or other complex technical experience.
• Keynote, launch, or capability storytelling experience.
• Motion and video integration experience.
• Experience creating guidance that helps teams adopt new tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with onsite collaboration for some responsibilities.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/HRA options.
• Flexible Time Off for exempt employees or accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays, parental leave, and sick leave.
• Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees, fitness reimbursement, and Dog Fridays.
• 401(k) retirement plan and equity participation as part of total compensation.