Staff Brand Designer

About this role

Set the creative direction for Render’s brand as the company grows its developer cloud platform. Lead brand concepts and campaigns from idea through delivery, and build a visual system that works across digital channels, events, and physical spaces.

About the company

Render is a cloud platform for deploying web services, databases, and static sites with managed infrastructure. It targets developers who want production hosting without operating their own cloud stack.

The team

Product & Design Organization; Product & Design, Design, and Brand Design teams.

What you'll do

• Define and evolve Render’s brand across its website, campaigns, launches, social, events, and merchandise.
• Develop and present creative concepts from brief through execution.
• Lead integrated campaigns across digital, social, out-of-home, print, and video.
• Design event and physical brand experiences, including booths, signage, and merchandise.
• Build and maintain brand guidelines, templates, and asset libraries.
• Art direct external creative partners when needed.
• Mentor designers, contribute to critiques, and raise the quality bar for brand work.
• Align creative direction with marketing, product, engineering, and leadership.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of brand and graphic design experience, including senior-level creative direction.
• Exceptional typography, layout, color, and composition skills.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong concepts and polished execution across scales.
• Experience leading integrated campaigns across multiple channels.
• Experience designing for events and physical spaces.
• Experience building or evolving brand systems and guidelines.
• Strong creative judgment, prioritization, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Interest in developer culture and how technical audiences respond to brands.

Nice to have

• Animation or motion design experience.
• Interactive design, launch microsites, or experiential work.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, WebGL, creative coding, or prototyping tools.
• Experience at a developer tools, infrastructure, or technical company.
• Illustration or 3D skills.
• Interest in AI-assisted design tools.

Benefits

• Four weeks of paid vacation.
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for the employee and a dependent.
• 401(k), life insurance, and long-term disability plans.
• Monthly wellness and lifestyle stipend.
• Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
• Home office stipend for remote employees.
• Continuous learning benefits and support.