Graphic Designer

About XOXO AI

XOXO AI operates as a pioneering research lab focused on crafting intelligent interfaces for daily life. Operating stealthily, the team consists of accomplished engineers, designers, and researchers tackling innovative challenges that influence life beyond work environments. Following recent advancements across infrastructure, architecture, and model layers, XOXO is actively seeking dedicated creators to develop the interface and application layers to materialize their vision.

Role Overview

The Graphic Designer role centers on establishing a unique visual language that permeates all brand touchpoints. This position emphasizes pure design skills without requiring coding or AI expertise. The ideal candidate brings exceptional taste and craftsmanship to projects spanning digital platforms, print media, merchandise, packaging, iconography, and brand collateral.

This role involves close collaboration with the Founder to evolve and expand an existing brand identity into new media, avenues, and placements. The company prioritizes originality, refined taste, and a passion for meaningful creation over a conventional resume.

Responsibilities

• Design visuals and elements to enhance consumer applications, ensuring engaging digital experiences.
• Convert digital designs into tangible physical products such as merchandise, packaging, print material, and collectibles carrying unified brand intention.
• Produce marketing collateral for various channels including social media, environmental branding, and other platforms.
• Develop iconography, typography treatments, patterns, and graphical components within a structured and rule-based design system.
• Partner directly with the Founder to interpret brand direction and deliver precise, rapid design execution across diverse media.
• Innovate creatively while respecting constraints imposed by the existing design system and its principles.

Qualifications

• A portfolio evidencing mastery in graphic design fundamentals — typography, layout, composition, color theory, and a distinct aesthetic vision.
• Comprehensive knowledge of unifying visual elements across digital, print, packaging, merchandise, and environmental contexts.
• Proficiency in navigating and creating within formally defined design systems, delivering inventive yet compliant work.
• A refined sense of taste influenced by domains beyond technology, such as fashion, editorial, architecture, or fine art, emphasizing craftsmanship and visual identity.
• Comfort in collaborating closely with a founder who exerts strong creative leadership and design opinions.
• Capability to swiftly transition from ideation to high-quality execution without compromise.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in luxury, fashion, or editorial design fields that prize subtlety and restraint over extravagance.
• Background designing physical products, such as merchandise, packaging, or collectible items.
• Expertise in creating foundational design systems or visual languages from inception.
• Familiarity with print production processes, including materials and finishing techniques.

Additional Information

• Applicants must provide a portfolio link as part of their application.
• Work location is on-site in San Francisco, CA.
• Salary range for this position spans $200,000 to $500,000 annually, complemented by equity ranging between 1% and 5%, depending on candidate experience and background.
• Employees receive comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance benefits along with various other perks.