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Founding Brand Designer

Founding Brand Designer

CompanyChalk
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • 4–7+ years of experience in brand, visual, or marketing design—ideally in B2B SaaS, dev tools, or AI/infra
  • A portfolio that shows world-class craft, storytelling, and a distinct point of view
  • Experience owning and executing creative across web, content, campaigns, and digital media
  • Strong collaboration skills across growth, product, comms, and UX
  • Familiarity with UX workflows and the ability to think across the entire user journey
  • Excellent taste and systems thinking—layout, type, color, hierarchy, and brand cohesion
  • Proficiency in Figma and Adobe CC; motion or illustration skills are a plus
  • Ability to move quickly, ship thoughtfully, and iterate often

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve Chalk’s brand across digital, print, web, social, content, and event surfaces
  • Design marketing collateral including decks, one-pagers, blog visuals, paid ads, and event materials
  • Lead creative direction for Chalk’s website—working with engineers or agency partners to build and launch
  • Partner with product and UX designers to ensure a seamless, consistent experience across the full customer lifecycle
  • Collaborate with developer advocacy to turn complex technical concepts into accessible, high-impact visuals
  • Manage external vendors and freelancers to expand capacity while maintaining creative quality
  • Build and maintain a scalable design system that keeps Chalk consistent and differentiated

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience at or with top-tier startups in the developer or ML/AI ecosystem
  • You’ve helped build or evolve a brand system at a high-growth company
  • You’ve worked with technical or developer-first audiences and understand what resonates