Staff Web Designer, UI/UX (R5944)

Shield AI is hiring a Staff Web Designer, UI/UX (R5944) for an onsite role in Washington, DC. This Senior Designer position sits on the Marketing team, helping develop and execute integrated brand campaigns by translating strategy and creative direction into cohesive visual systems across many touchpoints. The role offers pay within USD 117,000 to 170,000 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity.

What you’ll do

• Partner closely with the Director of Brand and Creative to turn campaign strategy and creative direction into distinctive visual concepts and systems that work across digital, social, events, presentations, advertising, and other brand touchpoints.
• Act as a creative partner from early concept development through visual exploration, production, and launch, shaping how ideas move from direction to execution.
• Contribute to briefs, develop campaign ideas, establish visual direction, and convert approved concepts into clear systems other designers and external partners can execute consistently.
• Own high-visibility design work, while providing direction, feedback, and hands-on support across the broader campaign.
• Collaborate with writers, designers, video teams, marketers, and external partners to connect messaging and visuals, solve creative problems, and keep creative aligned as requirements change.
• Switch between concept and execution, present and defend your thinking, incorporate feedback without weakening the idea, and deliver polished work under demanding timelines.
• Raise the creative standard across Shield AI by ensuring campaigns feel clear, cohesive, and unmistakably on brand.

What you bring

• 6+ years of professional design experience, with a portfolio showing conceptually strong, integrated brand campaigns.
• Expert command of visual design: typography, composition, color, imagery, and art direction.
• Proven ability to translate campaign strategy and creative briefs into distinctive concepts and scalable visual systems.
• Experience designing campaigns across digital, social, advertising, events, presentations, and other brand touchpoints.
• Ability to move fluidly from early concepts through detailed design and final production.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Experience directing and reviewing work produced by designers, agencies, and production partners.
• Strong presentation skills, including explaining and defending creative decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with writers, marketers, video teams, and other creative disciplines.
• Ability to manage multiple high-visibility projects, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and deliver excellent work under tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of production requirements across digital and print formats.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to brand consistency.
• Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor, taking ownership without requiring day-to-day direction.

Technologies

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Figma

Compensation and benefits

• Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within the listed range + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary employee offer package: Pay within the listed range + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including skill set, level of experience, and location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

Additional details

• Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, let us know.
• Shield AI may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process (such as reviewing applications and analyzing information). These tools assist the recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. For more information about how your data is processed, contact us.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience designing for aerospace, defense, advanced technology, or another complex technical industry.
• Experience translating technical products and capabilities into clear, compelling campaign creative.
• Background working in an in-house brand studio or creative agency on large, integrated campaigns.
• Experience partnering closely with a creative director from initial concept through launch.
• Art direction experience across photography, illustration, motion, video, and 3D.
• Experience directing agencies, freelancers, photographers, and other production partners.
• Familiarity with environmental graphics, event experiences, and large-format production.
• Experience developing campaign systems that can be extended consistently by other designers and teams.
• Working knowledge of motion design, video production, or 3D workflows.
• Familiarity with legal, brand, data-handling, and export-control reviews for public-facing creative work.