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Tailscale is looking for an experienced Brand Designer to help bring our brand to life across every customer touchpoint. You'll create thoughtful, high-quality creative that helps people understand our products, builds trust with technical audiences, and supports some of our most important marketing initiatives.
This role reports to the Team Lead and partners closely with Brand, Growth, Web, Content, Product Marketing, and Developer Relations. You'll own projects from concept through execution, contribute to the evolution of our design systems, and help us scale creative output without sacrificing quality.
We're looking for someone who cares deeply about craft, thrives in collaborative environments but is able to work autonomously while requiring minimal direction, and enjoys solving complex communication problems through thoughtful design.
Tailscale is making safe connection effortless by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe, like it used to be. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.
Tailscale is looking for an experienced Brand Designer to help bring our brand to life across every customer touchpoint. You'll create thoughtful, high-quality creative that helps people understand our products, builds trust with technical audiences, and supports some of our most important marketing initiatives.
This role reports to the Team Lead and partners closely with Brand, Growth, Web, Content, Product Marketing, and Developer Relations. You'll own projects from concept through execution, contribute to the evolution of our design systems, and help us scale creative output without sacrificing quality.
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We're looking for someone who cares deeply about craft, thrives in collaborative environments but is able to work autonomously while requiring minimal direction, and enjoys solving complex communication problems through thoughtful design.
3+ years of professional experience in brand, marketing, or visual design
Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional design foundations: color theory, accessibility, typography, layout, and storytelling
Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
Experience designing for digital marketing, websites, campaigns, and brand systems
Strong understanding of production-ready design across digital and print
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with minimal oversight
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with marketers, writers, developers, and other designers
Strong attention to detail with a high bar for quality and consistency
Comfortable giving and receiving constructive design feedback
Actively seeks opportunities to refine processes, improve project organization, and make collaboration more effective through thoughtful recommendations.
Curious by nature, with a desire to learn about the technical world of networking.
Experience designing for B2B SaaS or developer-focused products
Familiarity with design systems and component libraries
Motion design or animation experience
Illustration or icon design experience
Basic understanding of HTML/CSS and web design constraints
Experience supporting experimentation, conversion optimization, or growth marketing initiatives
Experience working in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments
Experience art-directing or mentoring junior designers
As a company, we strive to maintain fair and equitable compensation practices within our team across all roles and all levels. Tailscale's compensation package includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire's base salary. Individual offers may vary based on experience and skill set.
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Tailscale is a private networking software company serving developers, IT, and security teams with identity-based connectivity.
Visit company websiteJobs and hiring trendsUSD 117750-153000 yearly / year
Full-time
Mid · 3+ years experience
Remote
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