Brand Designer

the Company • Austin, TX

13h • Onsite

About The Position

Oxenham Group is recruiting a Brand Designer for a startup developing proprietary targeting software for unmanned systems. The software is integrated onto unmanned vehicles and operates on their onboard computers. The company has held Department of War contracts, including work with Air Force Special Operations Command and U.S. Special Operations Command.

The company is hiring its first dedicated designer to establish and own its visual identity across digital and physical media. The designer will work with the executive and marketing teams, including the CEO and Sr. Marketing Specialist, and will need to communicate design decisions clearly to founders and engineers. The role covers the brand system and book, marketing site and product pages, operator app UI, presentations, campaign and social materials, trade-show assets, print pieces, and merchandise. The position is onsite in Austin, Texas, and requires eligibility to obtain a security clearance and U.S.-person status as defined in the posting. The role may involve export-controlled technology and controlled messaging.

Success means delivering a complete brand book adopted across the company, creating a consistent and credible identity across marketing and product materials, and delivering trade-show, print, and merchandise materials on time and on brand.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of professional design experience in brand, visual, product, or hybrid design, with shipped work across both digital and physical media.
• A portfolio of shipped work that includes decks or presentations, web or product UI, and some print, booth, or environmental pieces.
• Ability to design for a technical B2B or defense/dual-use product and explain design choices clearly to founders and engineers.
• Experience working with marketing teams, or founders acting as marketing, on campaigns, events, and a brand system.
• Experience building digital pages with AI, such as landing pages, product pages, marketing sites, or similar campaign pages.
• Proficiency in Figma, Canva, and Photoshop from concept through production files.
• Must work onsite in Austin, Texas.
• Must be a U.S. person: a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
• Must be eligible to obtain a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a defense, dual-use, aerospace, autonomy, robotics, or deep-tech company, or at an agency serving clients in those fields.
• Prior or current title as Brand Designer, Visual Designer, Creative Designer, or a similar hybrid role.
• Experience with marketing-site layout systems, component pages, and light UI polish for an operator or enterprise app.
• Experience using Illustrator and InDesign for one-pagers, booth graphics, and merchandise.
• Relationships with printers, booth fabricators, or production partners.
• Experience creating presentation templates and masters in Google Slides and using current AI presentation tools.
• Experience producing short-form motion for social and campaigns in After Effects or Jitter.
• Experience designing brand books and guidelines.
• Enough front-end literacy to build marketing and landing pages independently.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop the company's visual identity and brand direction across digital and physical media.
• Create a brand book and guidelines for use across the company.
• Produce presentation decks, video artifacts and assets, social and campaign graphics, marketing-site and product-page designs, operator app UI, trade-show booths and banners, one-pagers, and merchandise.
• Work with the executive and marketing teams on the brand system, campaigns, and events.
• Explain design choices to founders and engineers without relying on design jargon.
• Deliver trade-show, print, and merchandise materials on time and on brand.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed