Brand Designer

Tailscale is looking for an experienced Brand Designer to bring the brand to life across customer touchpoints, creating thoughtful creative for technical audiences. This role reports to the Team Lead and partners with Brand, Growth, Web, Content, Product Marketing, and Developer Relations. You'll own projects from concept to execution and contribute to design systems.

• Own brand design projects from brief to delivery
• Design assets for web, campaigns, events, social media, presentations, and internal communications
• Extend Tailscale's visual identity across formats
• Create reusable templates and design systems
• Partner with cross-functional teams
• Present concepts and incorporate feedback
• Balance multiple projects and deliver polished work

• 3+ years of professional experience in brand, marketing, or visual design
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design foundations: color theory, accessibility, typography, layout, storytelling
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Experience with digital marketing, websites, campaigns, and brand systems
• Understanding of production-ready design across digital and print
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects with minimal oversight
• Collaborative and detail-oriented

• B2B SaaS or developer-focused design experience
• Design systems and component libraries
• Motion design or animation
• Illustration or icon design
• Basic HTML/CSS and web design constraints
• Experimentation, conversion optimization, or growth marketing
• Startup or scale-up experience
• Art-directing or mentoring

US Pay Range: $117,750—$153,000 USD base salary, plus equity and benefits.

• Equity incentive plan
• Retirement contributions with match
• Health, vision, dental insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Paid parental leave (20 weeks birthing, 16 weeks non-birthing)
• $1500 annual professional development budget
• Home office setup with laptop, internet reimbursement, and $500 workstation stipend
• Annual company retreat and team off-sites

Apply via the Greenhouse link.