# Brand Designer

**Company**: PlanetScale
**Location**: Remote, US
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $170,000 - $210,000 USD
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetscale/jobs/4129420009
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_2cfb8fc3-e89

## Description

We're looking for a Brand Designer to help shape and evolve the visual identity of PlanetScale across all touchpoints. In this role, you'll be a key member of our Marketing team, translating complex technical concepts into compelling visual stories that resonate with developers and technical decision-makers.

You'll craft everything from in-person event experiences to web graphics, merch designs, and creative website assets that make databases feel exciting.

### Responsibilities

#### Visual Brand Development

- Design web graphics including technical diagrams, illustrations, and interactive visual assets that simplify complex database concepts

- Create compelling visual systems for campaigns, product launches, and marketing initiatives

- Develop brand assets that maintain consistency while pushing creative boundaries

- Design for multiple formats and contexts: digital, print, experiential, and merchandise

#### In-Person Experiences

- Design booth graphics, signage, and environmental branding for conferences, meetups, and community events

- Collaborate with the events team to create memorable, on-brand experiences that stand out

- Design merch that developers actually want to wear and use

- Create branded collateral including banners, posters, stickers, and promotional materials

#### Website & Digital Assets

- Partner with web and product marketing teams to design creative website components and landing pages

- Design data visualizations, technical diagrams, and infographics that make complex information accessible

- Create social media graphics, blog post imagery, and other digital marketing assets

- Develop templates and design systems that enable the team to move quickly

#### Brand Evolution

- Collaborate with marketing leadership to evolve and expand the PlanetScale brand identity

- Explore new visual directions while maintaining brand coherence

- Document design decisions and maintain brand guidelines

- Mentor and provide feedback to other team members on brand application

### Requirements

- A strong portfolio demonstrating versatile design skills across digital, print, and experiential design

- Deep understanding of design fundamentals: typography, color, composition, and visual hierarchy

- Comfortable working in both brand and production modes,you can think big picture and execute in the details

- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and defend creative work

- Self-directed and able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines

- Collaborative spirit with the ability to incorporate feedback while maintaining creative vision

### Nice to Have

- Experience designing for technical or developer-focused brands

- Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and other design tools

- Experience working with web developers to implement designs

- Understanding of design systems and component-based thinking

- Enthusiasm for learning about databases, infrastructure, and developer tools

### Why PlanetScale

We're redefining how high-growth companies manage data at scale,and we work with some of the most exciting brands in gaming, consumer tech, and B2B SaaS. As a Brand Designer, you'll help shape how developers and engineering leaders perceive and interact with PlanetScale, translating the power of our platform into visual experiences that inspire and inform.

## Skills

### Required
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Design fundamentals
- Typography
- Color
- Composition
- Visual hierarchy

### Nice to have
- Database knowledge
- Infrastructure knowledge
- Developer tools knowledge