Brand Design Engineer

Responsibilities

Own Marketing Design

• Own the visual design direction across the marketing organization.
• Develop and maintain systems, guidelines, templates, and visual language across web, campaigns, events, content, social, and product launches.
• Raise the creative bar across marketing output.

Own the Website

• Take end-to-end ownership of the marketing website.
• Keep it current with products, launches, case studies, campaigns, and messaging.
• Improve design, UX, performance, responsiveness, accessibility, and overall quality.
• Identify and fix broken, outdated, inconsistent, or mediocre experiences.

Design in Code

• Work directly in a custom codebase to implement designs.
• Use Claude Code and other AI development tools to prototype, iterate, and ship experiences.
• Navigate a frontend codebase, make frontend changes, debug issues, and turn designs into polished production experiences.

Build the Brand System

• Develop and evolve the visual identity across typography, color, layout, illustration, motion, photography, iconography, and interaction.
• Create systems that help the marketing team move quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Balance reusable systems with exceptional one-off work.

Partner With Product Marketing

• Bring products, features, launches, and narratives to life with Product Marketing.
• Turn positioning and messaging into visual experiences across the website and broader marketing ecosystem.

Create Marketing Experiences

• Design landing pages, campaign experiences, launch pages, interactive experiences, event materials, social creative, and other high-visibility marketing assets.
• Use interaction, motion, and technology to create memorable marketing experiences.

Maintain Quality

• Own the quality bar for marketing design.
• Establish QA processes for websites and digital experiences.
• Audit the site for visual inconsistencies, broken experiences, outdated content, responsive issues, and improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Exceptional design taste and a high standard for premium, modern, intentional visual work.
• Strong understanding of typography, composition, hierarchy, spacing, interaction, and visual storytelling.
• Strong foundation in traditional design principles and design systems.
• Comfort working with code and technology, including navigating frontend codebases, making changes, troubleshooting, and learning new tools.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, or similar technologies is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with modern AI coding and creative tools.
• High ownership, agency, speed, and attention to quality.
• Ability to collaborate with marketers, product marketers, engineers, copywriters, and creative teammates.

Nice-to-Haves

• Degree or formal training in design, graphic design, interaction design, or a related field.
• Experience designing for high-growth technology companies.
• Strong portfolio of brand and digital design work.
• Frontend development experience.
• Experience with React, Next.js, HTML/CSS, or similar technologies.
• Experience with Claude Code, Cursor, or other AI coding agents.
• Experience building or maintaining design systems.
• Motion design or interactive web experience skills.
• Experience working closely with engineers.
• Experience with Figma and modern creative tooling.
• Experience designing for B2B SaaS or enterprise technology.

Compensation & Benefits

• $120,000–$170,000 per year.
• Meaningful equity and bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Beautiful office in Levi's Plaza, San Francisco.
• Relocation packages available as needed.