Lead Brand Designer San Jose

Hark, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hark, Inc. seeks an experienced individual to lead brand design, focusing on crafting brand identity, web presence, and packaging. With a deep commitment to quality, you will define Hark's narrative and ensure detailed execution.

The role requires over 10 years of experience in brand building, strong communication skills, and proficiency in visualizing concepts. The position offers a competitive salary between $150,000 - $300,000 annually, based on experience and skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in brand building and design.
• Ability to craft thoughtful brand visuals and guidelines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the brand design team at Hark.

Skills

Brand building

Brand design

Visual communication

Team management

Creative direction

Job description

Hark is an artificial intelligence laboratory, building the most advanced, personal intelligence in the world.

We believe that artificial intelligence can be used to help offload our mental workload through thinking like us and sometimes ahead of us. Intelligence that is proactive and personalised through new models capable of interacting with the world through speech, text, vision and persistent memory.

We're pairing that intelligence with next‑generation hardware to create a universal interface between humans and machines. While today's AI largely operates through chat boxes and decade‑old devices, Hark is focused on what comes next: agentic systems that interact naturally with people and the real world.

About the Role

We are looking for talented people to help lead our brand design at Hark. Working with or multi‑disciplinary group of designers to craft the brand, web, creative direction, packaging, retail and more. You care deeply about craft and branding and are capable of working at both a high level and with incredible detail.

You will help define the narrative of Hark, while also ensuring that the execution of every detail meets our standards, from ideation to the way people see it in the world.

You are deeply ingrained into the culture of the world, care about the mission, creatively curious and love the craft of design.

Responsibilities

• Leading brand at Hark

Requirements

• You have 10+ years of experience on brand building and brand design across a variety of categories.
• Experience in crafting thoughtful, beautiful brand visuals, films and guidelines.
• Are able to clearly communicate these concepts through a variety of ways to the team. You’re highly skilled in being able to visualise the work to keep the direction moving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, internally and externally.
• You love the design process.
• Experience hiring and growing talent.

Compensation

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 - $300,000 annually. The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.