Brand Designer
BlacksmithContinuous Integration company
New York, United StatesMid
Google Ventures
Y Combinator
Spencer Kimball
Peter Mattis
Rich Aberman
JJ Fliegelman
Design
About the role
TL;DR
Own and evolve Blacksmith's brand identity for a developer audience.
- •Blacksmith is building infrastructure to run CI workloads exceptionally fast, helping companies run GitHub Actions faster and cheaper.
- •They are seeking their first in-house Brand Designer to own and evolve their developer-focused brand.
- •Key Responsibilities Own Blacksmith's visual and verbal identity across all touchpoints.
- •Translate complex technical concepts into engaging visuals for engineers.
- •Build a flexible, scalable visual system.
- •Collaborate with founders and engineering on launch narratives and assets.
- •Iterate on brand publicly alongside product development.
- •Requirements 5+ years in brand design, ideally in developer tools or complex B2B products.
- •A portfolio showcasing systems thinking and range across web, motion, print, and presentations.
- •Proven experience building or evolving a brand for a technical product.
- •Ability to articulate design decisions and gain buy-in from technical teams.
- •Comfort with ambiguity and a love for prototyping.
Required skills
FigmaHTMLCSSGit
Domain expertise
developer-tools
Benefits & perks
Medical, Vision, Dental insurance, Competitive base + equity, 401k match, Unlimited PTO, Annual offsite, Early-exercise stock options, 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US)
Tech stack
FigmaHTMLCSSGit