Senior Brand Designer

JOB DETAILS:
Position: Senior Brand Designer
Status: Permanent; Full-time
Location: Remote, must live in the contiguous U.S. or Canada
Closing Date: Open until filled
ABOUT US:
NGEN Mission Critical is a U.S.-based provider of critical power and cooling infrastructure, serving data centers, AI factories, and utility-scale power generation. We reduce lead times by pairing global manufacturing scalability with a fully integrated American engineering and service platform. In a market defined by equipment scarcity, extended procurement cycles, and heightened regulatory scrutiny, NGEN delivers deployment certainty through disciplined regulatory compliance, coordinated sourcing, and lifecycle accountability. From engineering validation through commissioning and ongoing operational support, NGEN ensures compliance, documentation integrity, and performance continuity in mission-critical environments.
Our team works hard while maintaining a collaborative, respectful, and supportive culture. We are looking for colleagues with a sense of humor, who consider themselves “builders,” and who are excited to make an impact in a future-focused and fast-paced environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Our Communication & Brand team is seeking a design partner who can turn ambitious ideas into polished, professional work. We're hiring a Senior Brand Designer to take ownership of day-to-day design execution, from presentation templates and marketing collateral to full brand identity work. This is a senior seat with real autonomy. You'll get a brief, not a daily check-in, and work through it on your own schedule, with growing ownership over the brand's look and feel as you go. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with Product and Engineering teams as we bring new products, and eventually new business lines, to market.
A strong foundation for the brand is already in place and you'll build on it, continuing to develop our voice and visual identity, in writing and in design, as the company scales. This role gives real creative latitude to shape how a fast-growing company in a massive, fast-moving space looks and feels as it grows.
If you're a visual storyteller who's self-motivated, a team player, and just as comfortable with a headline as you are with a layout, we'd love to hear from you!
YOUR MISSION:
• Own the day-to-day execution of NGEN's visual brand across corporate presentations, marketing collateral, and product materials
• Build and maintain presentation templates in PowerPoint and Figma, and set design standards that let the rest of the organization build their own decks without sacrificing quality
• Design marketing collateral for our various product lines. Brochures, product imagery, and go-to-market materials are all in your hands
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to translate technical content into visuals that are clear and compelling to a non-technical audience
• Take the lead on brand identity work as new business lines come online, including logo design and full brand guidelines
• Support with event branding and physical brand touchpoints for NGEN sponsored events and experiences
• Bring copywriting skills to blog posts and written marketing content, working alongside our marketing team
• Support, and eventually lead website design and maintenance
• Manage requests from multiple stakeholders across the company with expert time management skills
YOU'LL WIN US OVER WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
• You bring 5+ years of professional graphic design experience, ideally across a mix of agency, in-house, and freelance or contract work
• You have a sharp eye for typography and layout, the kind of taste that's hard to fake
• A degree in visual communications, graphic design, or a similar field is a plus, but not required. We care more about your body of work and software fluency
• You're an expert in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator and Photoshop, and just as strong building decks in PowerPoint and Microsoft Suite
• You have hands-on experience with Figma
• You've built a full brand identity from the ground up, including logo design
• You know how to integrate AI tools into your design workflow, whether that's enhancing images, speeding up production, or conceptualizing concepts
• You bring copywriting/content writing experience. Blog writing or a portfolio of published writing is a plus
• You have experience designing for Squarespace; experience with other website platforms is a plus
• 3D rendering or CAD software experience is a plus, but not a requirement
• You're ready to share portfolio examples of your work - including a corporate deck, a brochure, and a brand design project
WHO YOU ARE:
• You operate with a lot of autonomy. You take a brief and run with it, managing your own time and priorities across multiple stakeholders
• You have a sharp aesthetic eye and strong visual instincts. You know when something is on brand but still not working, and you can put your finger on why faster than most.
• You're collaborative and know how to prioritize when everyone needs something at once
• You think beyond graphics. You see the story a brand is trying to tell, and help bring it to life in words and pictures
• You bring positive energy to the team and don't take yourself too seriously
• You're excited by the idea of continuing to build the visual identity of an early-stage company, and helping shape it into an industry wide recognized name
COMPENSATION PACKAGE:
• U.S. base salary: $100,000 - $130,000 USD
• Canada base salary: $95,000 - $125,000 CAD
• The exact salary will be determined based on the selected candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and relevant skills
• Annual bonus of up to 25% of your base salary, based on performance
• 401k or RRSP match of up to 5% of your base salary
• Access to health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents
• Three weeks of paid vacation
• Five paid personal days
• Home office set-up support
• Remote working environment with flexibility and autonomy
INTERVIEW PROCESS & TIMELINES:
We're so excited that you are interested in joining our team! Our interview process will look like this:
• Oct 5-9th: 4-6 questions emailed to shortlisted candidates, confirming some basic information about you and why you're interested in this position (estimated time commitment 10-15 minutes). Request for portfolio will be sent to selected candidates, if not already shared
• Oct 12-16th: 30-minute virtual meeting with our recruitment team so that we can learn more about your career path so far, and you have a chance to ask us any questions that you have
• Oct 19-23rd: 1-hour meeting with the Head of Communication & Brand and a member of the People & Culture team
• Oct 26-30th: Reference checks and an employment offer extended
We will do our best to follow the timelines outlined, and we will let you know if timelines shift!
HOW WE THINK ABOUT AI IN RECRUITMENT:
We believe in real humans hiring real humans.
To keep things organized and thoughtful, NGEN uses AI-assisted tools for notetaking during interviews. That said, every conversation, evaluation, and hiring decision is made by real people on our team (including initial resume screening). The only automated (not AI-augmented, just automated) step in our process is at the initial screening question stage when you're first applying for the role.
We are so excited to meet you and hear about all the incredible experiences and expertise you have built throughout your career. It's very important to us that we hear about those experiences and pieces of expertise in your own words – we prefer messy and authentic to polished with no depth. We mention this because we know how tight the labor market is and why some candidates may feel compelled to use an AI companion tool to help them answer questions live in interviews. Please be aware that if we suspect that you are using a tool like this, we will stop the interview and remove your application from consideration.
We do believe in using AI to support our everyday work in areas that we've identified as low value or low energy – we routinely use tools like Claude, Zapier, Fireflies.ai and Grammarly. Bringing on a new teammate is very important to us, so this effort falls into neither of those categories of “low value” or “low energy”.
We will show up for you in this recruitment process! In turn, please show up (as you!) for us. We can't wait to meet you!
HOW TO APPLY:
If this role sounds like it's right up your alley, but you're worried about missing a few of the qualifications, please reach out with your interest anyway. We value the unique skill sets, experiences, and pathways that people take in their careers, and are aware that non-traditional routes are sometimes overlooked. We make hiring decisions based on skill, and we're excited to hear what you will bring to our team!
• This is a permanent, full-time position and a fully remote role with some travel required
• We are not in a position to sponsor visa applications of any kind. As a result, only candidates who are currently legally entitle

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