Digital Designer

What You'll Do

• Design and ship landing pages, campaign sites, and entry points for agency platforms that convert both agency stakeholders and mission-driven talent.
• Build the constituent-facing visual system (typographic voice, motion language, illustration style) so every agency application carries an unmistakable Kaizen signature.
• Develop Kaizen's own web presence including the marketing site, launch moments, flyers, and campaign work.
• Ship your own work in code.
• Use AI-native creative tools as real leverage to produce at high volume and quality.
• Partner directly with Sales and BD on federal pitch materials, demo environments, and proposal assets.
• Work closely with our Design Lead, CEO, and engineering teams to ensure product and brand alignment.

What You'll Bring

• A portfolio with real range: web design work that's both beautiful and functional, motion with craft and intention, illustration that doesn't read as stock.
• A record of shipping independently, start to finish. You build with tools like Claude Code against your most ambitious idea.
• Strong command of web-native design, including layouts, typography, and interactions in a browser.
• Fluency with motion and animation tools (After Effects, Rive, Lottie, Jitter, or equivalent) used to add clarity.
• Fluency with AI creative tools such as Midjourney, Runway, or Firefly, used as genuine creative leverage.
• Experience building or significantly evolving a brand system from first principles.

Strong Candidates May Also

• Have designed for B2G, B2B, or mission-driven organizations where credibility carries as much weight as aesthetics.
• Have worked against USWDS or a comparable government design standard.
• Have a point of view on what great government-facing design looks like.

What Kaizen Offers

Health & Insurance

• 100% coverage for medical (Oxford/United Gold and Platinum PPO), dental (Guardian PPO), and vision (Beam) for employees and dependents.
• $100,000 in fully paid life insurance.
• FSA and Dependent Care FSA.
• One Medical membership.
• Fertility and family-building support through Carrot.
• 401(k) with 2% company match.

Family & Time Off

• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave for birthing parents; 10 weeks for non-birthing.
• Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum.
• Closed for all federal holidays and company-wide winter break.
• Company-wide offsites.

Office & Remote Setup

• Up to $750 one-time home office stipend for NYC employees; $500 for remote.
• $50/month commuter benefit.
• Expensed lunch in office.
• Company-provided laptop.

Wellness

• Fully covered gym membership at Grindhouse (NYC) or $100/month fitness reimbursement for remote.
• $100/month utility stipend.
• $500/year professional development.
• $250/year recreation.
• $300/quarter pet care stipend.