About Klarity:

Klarity (YC S18) partners with Fortune 500 companies like ServiceNow, JLL, and Moody’s and cutting-edge companies like OpenAI, DoorDash, Uber, and Stripe to deliver real AI outcomes.

Traditional Transformation playbooks take years, burn millions, and leave your team exhausted. It’s even worse with AI. 95% of pilots never make it past experimentation. Why? Because time kills transformation. Objectives shift, processes evolve, and momentum dies.

Klarity upgrades the script. Instead of betting everything on a massive "big bang" change, Klarity delivers kAIzen for the digital enterprise: continuous, compounding improvements that everyone participates in. Our Agentic Tiger Team: Analyst, Advisor, and Coach capture how work actually gets done today, uncovers hidden inefficiencies, and guides teams toward better processes in real time.

Transformation isn't dead, it just looks different now. Klarity makes it effortless, always-on, and outcome-driven.

At Klarity, you will thrive if:

• Velocity: You’re seeking a culture of rapid iteration and constant change that turns into lasting impact.
• Agency: You’re seeking a role where you can take initiative and embody ownership.
• Care: You hold yourself to high standards, enjoy close collaboration with others who care deeply and hold themselves to equally high standards.
• Energy: You bring drive and optimism to everything you do. You thrive on finding creative solutions to ambiguous problem statements.
• Curiosity: You have a deep curiosity about technology. You enjoy tinkering with new AI tools and adding them to your workflow.

Head of Brand Design / Staff Brand Designer

Experience: 8+ years

Location: San Francisco (relocation assistance available)

Job Type: Full-time

About Klarity:

Klarity (YC S18) partners with Fortune 500 companies like ServiceNow, JLL, and Moody’s and cutting-edge companies like OpenAI, DoorDash, Uber, and Stripe to deliver real AI outcomes.

Traditional Transformation playbooks take years, burn millions, and leave your team exhausted. It’s even worse with AI. 95% of pilots never make it past experimentation. Why? Because time kills transformation. Objectives shift, processes evolve, and momentum dies.

Klarity upgrades the script. Instead of betting everything on a massive "big bang" change, Klarity delivers kAIzen for the digital enterprise: continuous, compounding improvements that everyone participates in. Our Agentic Tiger Team: Analyst, Advisor, and Coach capture how work actually gets done today, uncovers hidden inefficiencies, and guides teams toward better processes in real time.

Transformation isn't dead, it just looks different now. Klarity makes it effortless, always-on, and outcome-driven.

At Klarity, you will thrive if:

1. Velocity: You’re seeking a culture of rapid iteration and constant change that turns into lasting impact.
2. Agency: You’re seeking a role where you can take initiative and embody ownership.
3. Care: You hold yourself to high standards, enjoy close collaboration with others who care deeply and hold themselves to equally high standards.
4. Energy: You bring drive and optimism to everything you do. You thrive on finding creative solutions to ambiguous problem statements.
5. Curiosity: You have a deep curiosity about technology. You enjoy tinkering with new AI tools and adding them to your workflow.

About the Role:

The Head of Brand Design / Staff Brand Designer is a strategic, multidisciplinary creative role that will shape how Klarity shows up in the world. You will be responsible for the design and evolution of the Klarity website, the creation of original content (illustration, iconography, motion, and visual storytelling), and the development of marketing assets across all touchpoints from campaigns and video to event design and product storytelling. As we grow, we are seeking a brand designer who not only delivers exceptional work, but continues to raise the bar for creative excellence. This is a unique opportunity to help define the future of the Klarity brand that matches the ambition of our mission. This role blends creative direction with hands-on execution.

In this Role, you will:

• Define and own Klarity’s visual identity.
• Maintain and contribute to a brand strategy, system, and guidelines that enables consistency and creative flexibility across internal and external communications.
• Uphold a high craft bar. Leverage visual design principles (shapes, lines, color, whitespace, typography, etc.) to produce effective and aesthetic designs.
• Execute on a wide range of projects from designing engaging visuals, graphics, and motion designs for print, video, and digital materials, including web presence, social media content, and online marketing campaigns, from concept to execution.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and external partners to deliver high-impact work that is visually innovative and strategically sound.
• Measure success by understanding business requirements, identifying design goals, and finding ways to measure success as designs are delivered to end-users.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of brand design and creative direction experience, including experience with culturally-defining and design-led brands.
• Experience translating complex, technical or business concepts into accessible, compelling narratives and visuals that resonate with senior executives.
• A portfolio that reflects strong visual, typographic, and strategic thinking across a variety of formats from digital campaigns to brand systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially when collaborating cross-functionally or with executive stakeholders.
• Fluent in hands-on design skills in Figma, Adobe, and emerging AI tools.
• Demonstrated passion for emerging technologies, and the ability to explore, critique, and push the use of generative AI tools to unlock even greater creativity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working at a fast-paced startup and/or agencies.
• Background in motion design, web design, 3D or illustration.
• Experience managing external creative vendors and freelancers.

Benefits:

• Equity in addition to competitive cash compensation
• 100% Employer-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision options!
• Paid Parental Leave
• $500 Annual Learning Fund
• $100 Monthly Wellness Fund
• 401k via Betterment
• Relocation support to San Francisco Bay Area (where applicable)
• Office-related Perks:

Klarity is an equal opportunity employer. Klarity provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status.