Staff Designer, Generalist (R5944)

Shield; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI’s Marketing team seeks a Senior Designer to lead development and execution of integrated brand campaigns, translating strategy into distinctive visual systems across digital, social, events, presentations, advertising, and other brand touchpoints.

You’ll partner with the Director of Brand and Creative, shaping briefs and guiding campaigns from concept through production and launch, ensuring consistency with the brand across partners and channels.

Qualifications

• Senior designer with strong judgment and exceptional craft.
• Bias toward action and ability to translate strategy into visuals.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of integrated brand campaigns across multiple touchpoints.
• Translate campaign strategy and creative direction into distinctive visual concepts and cohesive systems.
• Collaborate with writers, designers, video teams, marketers, and external partners to ensure consistency.
• Own high-visibility design work and provide direction and hands-on support across campaigns.

Job description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI's technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

The Marketing team at Shield AI is hiring a Senior Designer to lead the development and execution of integrated brand campaigns. Working closely with the Director of Brand and Creative, you'll translate campaign strategy and creative direction into distinctive visual concepts and cohesive systems that work across digital, social, events, presentations, advertising, and other brand touchpoints.

You'll be a close creative partner throughout the campaign process—from early concept development and visual exploration through production and launch. You'll help shape briefs, develop campaign ideas, establish the visual direction, and turn approved concepts into clear systems that other designers, agencies, and production partners can execute consistently.

You'll own high-visibility design work while also providing direction, feedback, and hands-on support across the broader campaign. You'll collaborate with writers, designers, video teams, marketers, and external partners to connect messaging and visuals, solve creative problems, and keep the work aligned as requirements evolve.

This is a senior individual contributor role for a designer with strong judgment, exceptional craft, and a bias toward action. You can move between concept and execution, present and defend your thinking, incorporate feedback without weakening the idea, and deliver polished work under demanding timelines. You'll help raise the creative standard across Shield AI while ensuring every campaign feels clear, cohesive, and unmistakably on brand.