Associate Creative Director, Brand & Design

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vast in Long Beach is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Brand & Design to build and protect the creative standard for how Vast shows up in the world. You will design, art direct, and solve creative problems directly, while giving clear direction to a small team and mentoring the people on it. You help shape the creative direction for key brand moments, then roll up your sleeves to make the work great.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Qualifications

• Experience in brand design and creative direction leadership.
• Ability to mentor a small design team and drive quality.
• Proven track record delivering standout brand work.

Responsibilities

• Design, art direct, and solve creative problems daily for brand initiatives.
• Provide clear direction to a small team and mentor team members.
• Shape the creative direction for key brand moments and elevate the work.

Skills

Designing

Art directing

Mentoring

Team leadership

Creative problem solving

Job description

At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo's 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world's first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.

Vast is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Brand & Design, reporting to the Senior Director, Brand Design, to help build and protect the creative standard for how Vast shows up in the world . You'll be in the work every day: designing, art directing, and solving creative problems directly, while giving clear direction to a small team and mentoring the people on it. You help shape the creative direction for key brand moments, then roll up your sleeves to make the work great.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities