Designer
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<h3>About Us</h3>
<p>Join Hovercraft to create high-profile, culturally influential work for leading brands. Projects include visual systems, campaigns, story-driven environments, immersive digital installations, and browser-based experiences.</p>
<h3>The Role</h3>
<p>We’re looking for designers who think strategically and creatively across a variety of project types. Portfolios should demonstrate conceptual thinking, strategic insight, and exceptional craft. Multidisciplinary skills such as illustration, animation, or spatial design are a plus.</p>
<h3>What You’ll Do</h3>
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<li>Take ideas from initial concept through execution alongside creatives, technologists, producers and leadership.</li>
<li>Develop original design directions and refine work within established brand guidelines and visual centers.</li>
<li>Combine conceptual thinking with craft and attention to detail</li>
<li>Adapt to different brand styles and visual directions, spotting opportunities for unexpected interactive, environmental, or animation outputs.</li>
<li>Find outside inspiration, and bring new thinking and ideas into the studio.</li>
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<h3>What We’re Looking For</h3>
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<li>2+ years of experience in a similar role</li>
<li>Proficiency in Figma or Adobe Creative Cloud</li>
<li>A passion and hunger for learning and up-leveling your craft</li>
<li>Portfolio showing solid fundamentals, attention to detail, inventive design thinking and high-level execution in brand experience work (spec work is welcome)</li>
<li>A collaborative team player that is motivated, pro-active and positive.</li>
<li>Multi-disciplinary interests in other media (illustration, animation, 3D, etc.)</li>
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<p>The average salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 annually, plus comprehensive benefits. Salary is determined by a combination of factors that include qualifications, applicable skills, relevant experience and other budgetary considerations such as location/geography.</p>
<p>Hovercraft is a remote-first company, working primarily on Pacific and Mountain time. Anyone/anywhere in the United States is encouraged to apply. You must be eligible to work in the US. </p>
<p>At this time, we are unable to support employment arrangements that require E-Verify participation, including STEM OPT extensions. Additionally, we are not currently offering employment visa sponsorship for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without current or future employer sponsorship requirements.</p>
<p>We appreciate your interest in our team and encourage candidates whose work authorization aligns with these requirements to apply.</p>
</div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Recruitment Notice</strong></p>
<p>We use AI-assisted tools solely to help identify and highlight keywords related to critical design skills and relevant experience within applications. These tools support our recruiting team by improving consistency and efficiency; they do not make hiring decisions. All applications are reviewed by humans, and AI is not used in a discriminatory manner or to evaluate personal characteristics unrelated to job requirements.</p></div>