Lead Graphic Designer - #1399026
Kognitos
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: San Jose, CA
Salary:
$120,000
-
$175,000
per year
Contract type: Full time
Kognitos is at the forefront of revolutionizing the trillion-dollar hyper-automation market. Our mission is to redefine how software is built and maintained by leveraging cutting-edge multi-agent automation platforms. We are pioneering advancements in agentic workflows, enabling machines to reason, plan, and execute tasks in a deterministic fashion.
Our approach elevates debugging to English, bypassing traditional programming languages that struggle to adapt to runtime surprises. Kognitos is building "HAL"—but the friendly, helpful kind—to create systems that align AI safety with business value, solving challenges in efficient fine-tuning, multimodal reasoning, and real-world adaptability.
Our team includes top engineers from Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Pure Storage, and leading tech startups. Many of our engineers have studied at IIT, Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, UIUC, Caltech, and the University of Michigan.
With offices in San Jose, CA, and Bangalore, India, we’re building a global center of excellence in AI automation. This role is hybrid, with an expectation to collaborate in person at our San Jose office three days a week.
At Kognitos, you won’t just build software—you’ll help shape the future of AI-driven automation.
Lead Graphic Designer
Your Team & Role
As a Lead Graphic Designer, you will play a key role in shaping our brand identity, ensuring consistency across all visual touchpoints. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, marketers, developers, and support teams to create impactful and engaging content—including landing pages, email campaigns, articles, social media assets, and more.
If you’re passionate about blending creative storytelling with strategic design thinking and thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, this role is the perfect opportunity to elevate our brand and drive engagement.
On a Day-to-Day Basis, You Will:
Evolve and maintain our visual brand identity, ensuring consistency across all platforms
Design impactful marketing assets in collaboration with cross-functional teams
Optimize design solutions using data-driven insights and user feedback
Create and manage Brand Design Libraries to ensure efficiency and consistency
Develop high-quality digital and print materials for campaigns, events, and product launches
Stay ahead of design trends and technologies to keep our brand fresh and innovative
About You
We’re looking for a visionary Lead Graphic Designer who embodies the following qualities:
A Strategic Thinker – You blend creative vision with data-driven decision-making, ensuring that every design serves a purpose and drives measurable results.
A Systems Thinker – You’re passionate about creating scalable design systems that streamline workflows and maintain brand consistency.
A Self-Starter – You thrive in a remote, fast-paced environment, proactively managing projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.
Resourceful & Results-Oriented – You love the challenge of producing high-impact designs while working within budget and resource constraints.
A Collaborative Team Player – You build strong relationships across departments and work seamlessly to achieve shared goals.
A Lifelong Learner – You stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies, continuously improving your skills.
Mission-Driven – You genuinely connect with our mission, vision, and values, using design as a tool to inspire and engage our audience.
What You’ll Bring
Proven experience in brand design, marketing design, creative direction, or visual design
A compelling portfolio showcasing expertise in various marketing channels and brand identity development
Hands-on experience creating and maintaining Design Libraries
A track record of measuring and improving design performance based on analytics and user feedback
Excellent communication skills, both visual and written
A strong understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and UX/UI best practices
Bonus Points If You Have:
Illustration, animation, or video production skills
Experience with user research and A/B testing to refine design decisions
Content creation experience (copywriting, social media, blog graphics)
This Lead Graphic Designer role is an opportunity to shape a growing brand, bring creative ideas to life, and make a lasting impact on how we communicate with the world. If this sounds like the perfect fit, we’d love to hear from you!
Final note
You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
Equal opportunities provider
Kognitos is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Compensation Range: $120K - $175K
Our approach elevates debugging to English, bypassing traditional programming languages that struggle to adapt to runtime surprises. Kognitos is building "HAL"—but the friendly, helpful kind—to create systems that align AI safety with business value, solving challenges in efficient fine-tuning, multimodal reasoning, and real-world adaptability.
Our team includes top engineers from Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Pure Storage, and leading tech startups. Many of our engineers have studied at IIT, Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, UIUC, Caltech, and the University of Michigan.
With offices in San Jose, CA, and Bangalore, India, we’re building a global center of excellence in AI automation. This role is hybrid, with an expectation to collaborate in person at our San Jose office three days a week.
At Kognitos, you won’t just build software—you’ll help shape the future of AI-driven automation.
Lead Graphic Designer
Your Team & Role
As a Lead Graphic Designer, you will play a key role in shaping our brand identity, ensuring consistency across all visual touchpoints. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, marketers, developers, and support teams to create impactful and engaging content—including landing pages, email campaigns, articles, social media assets, and more.
If you’re passionate about blending creative storytelling with strategic design thinking and thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, this role is the perfect opportunity to elevate our brand and drive engagement.
On a Day-to-Day Basis, You Will:
Evolve and maintain our visual brand identity, ensuring consistency across all platforms
Design impactful marketing assets in collaboration with cross-functional teams
Optimize design solutions using data-driven insights and user feedback
Create and manage Brand Design Libraries to ensure efficiency and consistency
Develop high-quality digital and print materials for campaigns, events, and product launches
Stay ahead of design trends and technologies to keep our brand fresh and innovative
About You
We’re looking for a visionary Lead Graphic Designer who embodies the following qualities:
A Strategic Thinker – You blend creative vision with data-driven decision-making, ensuring that every design serves a purpose and drives measurable results.
A Systems Thinker – You’re passionate about creating scalable design systems that streamline workflows and maintain brand consistency.
A Self-Starter – You thrive in a remote, fast-paced environment, proactively managing projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.
Resourceful & Results-Oriented – You love the challenge of producing high-impact designs while working within budget and resource constraints.
A Collaborative Team Player – You build strong relationships across departments and work seamlessly to achieve shared goals.
A Lifelong Learner – You stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies, continuously improving your skills.
Mission-Driven – You genuinely connect with our mission, vision, and values, using design as a tool to inspire and engage our audience.
What You’ll Bring
Proven experience in brand design, marketing design, creative direction, or visual design
A compelling portfolio showcasing expertise in various marketing channels and brand identity development
Hands-on experience creating and maintaining Design Libraries
A track record of measuring and improving design performance based on analytics and user feedback
Excellent communication skills, both visual and written
A strong understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and UX/UI best practices
Bonus Points If You Have:
Illustration, animation, or video production skills
Experience with user research and A/B testing to refine design decisions
Content creation experience (copywriting, social media, blog graphics)
This Lead Graphic Designer role is an opportunity to shape a growing brand, bring creative ideas to life, and make a lasting impact on how we communicate with the world. If this sounds like the perfect fit, we’d love to hear from you!
Final note
You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
Equal opportunities provider
Kognitos is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Compensation Range: $120K - $175K
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