Founding Brand Designer

1w1 week ago

Resolve AI

San Francisco, US · Full-time · $200,000 – $280,000

About this role

Resolve AI is building a transformative, truly autonomous AI Production Engineer that investigates and fixes complex system issues end-to-end. Our founders created OpenTelemetry and led Splunk Observability, achieving successful exits to Splunk and VMware. We’ve raised over $150M from top-tier investors like Lightspeed, Greylock, and backers including Jeff Dean and Reid Hoffman.

As Founding Brand Designer, you’ll own the visual expression of Resolve AI from the ground up, crafting a brand that reflects our ambition, clarity, and technical depth. You’ll lead the end-to-end design vision across web, campaigns, product marketing, and executive communications. This role sets the creative foundation for a premium brand experience.

You’ll work directly with the Head of Marketing, Founders, and Executives to translate complex technical ideas into visually compelling narratives. Design high-impact creative for launches, campaigns, events, and announcements across web, social, presentations, and motion. Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Leadership.

Build scalable design systems, guidelines, and reusable components to enable fast, on-brand work. Establish creative processes balancing speed and quality amid shifting priorities. As the first design hire, set the bar for visual excellence and explore AI-assisted tools to push boundaries.

Joining Resolve AI now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at an AI-native company pushing engineering limits. Bring fresh inspiration and experimentation to evolve our visual identity coherently. Shape a brand that scales with the company’s growth.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in visual, brand, or marketing design with a portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, visual clarity, and narrative craft
Proven ability to create and evolve a brand across digital surfaces including web, product marketing, campaigns, and internal storytelling
Deep expertise with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; motion, 3D, or interactive design experience is a strong plus
Exceptional eye for typography, layout, hierarchy, and color with meticulous attention to detail
Strong communication and presentation skills to articulate creative rationale to cross-functional partners and executives
Experience building or contributing to scalable design systems, visual guidelines, or component libraries
Comfort operating as both strategist and executor in a high-ambition environment

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design vision for Resolve AI’s brand across web, campaigns, product marketing, and executive communications
Work directly with the Head of Marketing, Founders, and Executives to translate complex technical ideas into visually compelling narratives
Design high-impact creative for launches, campaigns, events, and announcements across web, social, presentations, motion, and more
Build the foundations of our design system with scalable guidelines, reusable components, and templates
Shape and evolve our visual identity ensuring coherence across every touchpoint
Establish creative processes that balance speed and quality in a fast-paced environment
Bring fresh inspiration and experimentation using new techniques, workflows, and AI-assisted tools
Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Leadership