Senior Brand Designer San Francisco, CA

Lambda's GPU cloud is used by deep learning engineers at Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon. Lambda's on-prem systems power research and engineering at Intel, Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente, major universities, and the Department of Defense.

If you'd like to build the world's best deep learning cloud, join us.

Note: This position requires presence in one of our San Francisco Bay Area office locations (Currently San Jose, expanding to Peninsula/SF) 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

We seek a talented Senior Brand Designer to lead and execute design projects that define and elevate our visual identity and brand. This role is crucial in shaping how Lambda is perceived across all touch points. As part of the design team, you’ll create exceptional brand experiences for our customers and users.

What You’ll Do

• Be a key contributor to the creation and evolution of our brand identity - creating beautiful and intuitive designs for marketing, product, and internal initiatives.
• Work with marketing, product, and engineering teams to ensure cohesive brand messaging and high-quality design outputs.
• Craft design assets across web, print, and presentation.
• Manage multiple design projects to ensure timely delivery.
• Experiment with new design tools to enhance the brand’s visual appeal.
• Help create and develop design processes that scale with the team.

You Are...

• A hands-on full stack brand designer with expert level skills in graphic, digital, and motion design.
• Possessing expertise in refining vector artwork, encompassing logo design, iconography, and illustration.
• Experienced in creating multiple websites, with a penchant for grid layouts and a sharp eye for typography and font combinations.
• Skilled in crafting motion assets using prototyping software, 2D motion tools like After Effects, or 3D software.
• Able to adapt your aesthetic output to align with brand guidelines while exploring novel visual directions.
• Thriving on establishing brands and design systems from scratch, having executed brand refreshes and full rebrands.
• Demonstrating agility in iterating designs swiftly within a fast-paced creative setting.
• Maintaining a humble approach with a team-first mindset, relishing collaboration within a tight-knit team.
• Leveraging data and quantitative insights to drive design decisions.
• Articulating the rationale behind design choices and embracing qualitative analysis with a rational, balanced perspective.
• Adept at providing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders, both technical and non-technical (Product/Engineering and Marketing).
• Keeping abreast of industry trends and design methodologies.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in brand design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your ability to solve complex design problems.
• Hands-on designer.
• Expert level in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools.
• Strong understanding of typography, color theory, and visual composition.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and feedback clearly.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Love ideation, iteration, and attention to detail (pixel perfection).
• A degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field is preferred but not required.

Nice to Have

• AI design techniques - Stable diffusion, prompt engineering, and AI automation in design workflow.
• Experience in the machine learning or computer hardware industry.

Salary Range Information

Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $185,000 - $200,000. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• We offer generous cash & equity compensation.
• Investors include Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund.
• We are experiencing extremely high demand for our systems, with quarter over quarter, year over year profitability.
• Our research papers have been accepted into top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG.
• We have a wildly talented team of 300, and growing fast.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
• Commuter/Work from home stipends for select roles.
• 401k Plan with 2% company match.
• Flexible Paid Time Off Plan that we all actually use.

A Final Note:

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.