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Hovercraft

Designer

Reposted 5 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
70K-80K Annually
Junior
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
70K-80K Annually
Junior
Collaborate with creatives, technologists, producers, and leadership to take concepts through execution. Develop and refine brand-aligned design directions, apply conceptual thinking and meticulous craft, adapt to varied visual styles, and contribute new ideas and multidisciplinary outputs (illustration, animation, spatial work).
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About Us

Join Hovercraft to create high-profile, culturally influential work for leading brands. Projects include visual systems, campaigns, story-driven environments, immersive digital installations, and browser-based experiences.

The Role

We’re looking for designers who think strategically and creatively across a variety of project types. Portfolios should demonstrate conceptual thinking, strategic insight, and exceptional craft. Multidisciplinary skills such as illustration, animation, or spatial design are a plus.

What You’ll Do
  • Take ideas from initial concept through execution alongside creatives, technologists, producers and leadership.
  • Develop original design directions and refine work within established brand guidelines and visual centers.
  • Combine conceptual thinking with craft and attention to detail
  • Adapt to different brand styles and visual directions, spotting opportunities for unexpected interactive, environmental, or animation outputs.
  • Find outside inspiration, and bring new thinking and ideas into the studio.
What We’re Looking For
  • 2+ years of experience in a similar role
  • Proficiency in Figma or Adobe Creative Cloud
  • A passion and hunger for learning and up-leveling your craft
  • Portfolio showing solid fundamentals, attention to detail, inventive design thinking and high-level execution in brand experience work (spec work is welcome)
  • A collaborative team player that is motivated, pro-active and positive.
  • Multi-disciplinary interests in other media (illustration, animation, 3D, etc.)

The average salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 annually, plus comprehensive benefits. Salary is determined by a combination of factors that include qualifications, applicable skills, relevant experience and other budgetary considerations such as location/geography.

Hovercraft is a remote-first company, working primarily on Pacific and Mountain time. Anyone/anywhere in the United States is encouraged to apply. You must be eligible to work in the US. 

At this time, we are unable to support employment arrangements that require E-Verify participation, including STEM OPT extensions. Additionally, we are not currently offering employment visa sponsorship for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without current or future employer sponsorship requirements.

We appreciate your interest in our team and encourage candidates whose work authorization aligns with these requirements to apply.

Recruitment Notice

We use AI-assisted tools solely to help identify and highlight keywords related to critical design skills and relevant experience within applications. These tools support our recruiting team by improving consistency and efficiency; they do not make hiring decisions. All applications are reviewed by humans, and AI is not used in a discriminatory manner or to evaluate personal characteristics unrelated to job requirements.

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