Senior Communications Designer

True Anomaly•Long Beach, CA

2d•$105,000 - $205,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Communications Designer turns complex, often sensitive technology into clear, memorable stories that help audiences understand and act. Working with Communications, Business Development, engineers, and executives, the designer identifies what matters, structures the narrative, and creates distinctive presentations for capability and company communications, customer briefings, business development, executive communications, and keynotes. This is a hands-on design role requiring a strong creative point of view and meticulous craft. The designer develops visual concepts, imagery, and pacing that make ideas resonate; follows the brand guidelines; and helps expand the brand system when a project calls for something new. The role also involves managing proprietary and export-controlled content in accordance with company policy and carrying projects from intake through delivery. The position follows a hybrid work environment, with successful candidates located near Denver, Colorado, or Long Beach, California. Some work must be performed onsite. The role is open until filled. Applicants must meet applicable U.S. Government space technology export-control eligibility requirements.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in communication, presentation, information, or brand design, including substantial presentation work and a record of leading complex, high-visibility projects.
A portfolio demonstrating excellent visual craft and the ability to turn complex or incomplete information into a clear, persuasive story; a portfolio link is required.
Where possible, show starting material alongside finished work and explain your specific contribution; anonymized or redacted examples are welcome.
Strong editorial judgment and the ability to identify the main point and decide what to emphasize, simplify, sequence, or cut.
Experience working directly with technical experts, senior stakeholders, and business development or sales teams, including developing the narrative before design begins.
Experience handling sensitive, proprietary, or controlled information, or the discipline to learn quickly.
Excellent typography, layout, data visualization, and diagramming skills.
Experience designing within an established brand system, creating new components when needed, and building reusable templates for non-designers.
Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Figma, including editable charts, master layouts, and reliable file handoff.
Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where the function and workflows are still being built.
Genuine interest in aerospace, defense, or national security, and willingness to take the mission seriously.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

Aerospace, defense, or other complex technical experience.
Experience with keynote, launch, or capability storytelling.
Motion and video integration experience.
Experience creating guidance that helps teams adopt new tools.

Responsibilities

Work with subject matter experts to extract essential ideas from conversations, technical documents, data, and rough source material; ask questions, identify gaps, and uncover unexpected connections or perspectives.
Partner with Communications and Business Development to structure, sequence, and visually communicate messages they own; support copy as needed and engage copywriters for larger needs.
Validate technical content with its owners, explain design decisions, and challenge approaches that obscure the point.
Develop visual concepts for presentations, using typography, composition, pacing, and hierarchy to build a story across slides.
Create diagrams, charts, and timelines that clarify technical concepts without sacrificing accuracy.
Create original graphics and integrate photography, renders, illustration, video, and motion from internal teams and outside partners; identify missing assets and help define them.
Adapt the depth and structure of presentations for technical briefings, executive discussions, customer meetings, live presentations, and standalone materials.
Design within the brand system and develop new approaches in partnership with Brand & Creative leadership when needed.
Build editable templates and asset libraries that non-designers can use confidently.
Handle proprietary and export-controlled content according to company policy, including marking, review, storage, and sharing, and raise questions early.
Work closely with Business Development and with Finance and People teams, frequent users of presentations and templates.
Manage projects from intake through delivery, checking content, labels, sources, formatting, and files; manage multiple projects and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
Support live delivery for executive and keynote presentations as needed.

Benefits

100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, with HSA/HRA options.
Flexible Time Off for exempt employees.
Accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees.
12 paid holidays.
Parental leave.
Sick leave.
Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees.
401(k) retirement plan.
Fitness reimbursement.
Dog Fridays.
Equity participation as part of total compensation.