Sr. Manager, Brand Design

TL;DR

Sr. Manager, Brand Design: Guiding the visual identity and storytelling for hirify.global, Starlink, and affiliates across merchandising and events with an accent on distinct brand guidelines and overarching cohesion. Focus on directing visual identity, storytelling, and design strategy for merchandise and events, ensuring outputs are innovative and on-brand.

Location: Hawthorne, CA. Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed. Must be willing to travel to vendors or other hirify.global locations (up to 15%).

Salary: $170,000.00 – $215,000.00/per year

Company

hirify.global is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and enforce comprehensive brand guidelines for merchandising and events across hirify.global, Starlink, and its affiliates.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with company-wide design teams to establish and align on unified visual identity standards.
• Direct the visual identity, storytelling, and design strategy for all merchandise and gifting and events, ensuring outputs are innovative, on-brand, and mission-aligned.
• Build, mentor, and manage a talented design team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Craft cohesive, high-impact, and distinct brand narratives that span physical, digital, and marketing channels.
• Partner with communications and executive teams to translate brand strategies into compelling visuals that drive engagement, sales, and customer excitement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, industrial design, or design principle.
• 10+ years of experience in design.
• 5+ years of experience in merchandising, events, or brand visual identity.
• 5+ years of experience with design software and tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma Sketch).
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice to have

• Demonstrated ability to be hands on with designing products, executing edits and tech packs.
• Proven track record owning brand guidelines and visual systems for tech, consumer, or mission-driven companies.
• Technical proficiency in design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma Sketch) and production processes for apparel, print, digital, and experiential design.
• Experience leading and managing cross-functional creative teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
• Strong design portfolio including apparel, print, digital, and experiential design.

Culture & Benefits

• Eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.
• Accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.