Senior Marketing Designer

Kela is a secure, open platform enabling rapid and seamless integration of commercial and military systems in service of Western defense.

Our Design Team shapes how our products, technology, and mission are experienced and understood. We work across product design, brand, and visual communication to make complex capabilities clear, tangible, and compelling.

As a Senior Marketing Designer, you will take a leading, hands-on role in developing Kela’s visual identity and bringing it to life across marketing and communications. Working closely with Marketing, Product, and Business Development, you will create work grounded in real products and real-world capabilities - from product launches and campaigns to customer presentations and physical experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own marketing design projects from concept through final delivery across digital, web, and print
• Design product launch materials, campaigns, presentations, sales collateral, social content, and event branding
• Evolve Kela’s visual identity, building a consistent and distinctive design language across products and channels
• Translate complex hardware, software, and operational capabilities into clear visual narratives, working with product and engineering teams to ensure technical accuracy
• Partner with Marketing, Communications, and Business Development to turn business objectives into strong creative concepts; present and develop your work through design reviews
• Build and maintain brand guidelines, reusable templates, and asset libraries that help teams deliver consistent, high-quality materials
• Use AI-assisted creative workflows to explore concepts, accelerate iteration, and support production while maintaining a high standard of craft

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in marketing design, brand design, or visual communication within an in-house team, agency, or design studio
• A strong portfolio demonstrating visual identity systems and campaign work across digital and print, with excellent typography, composition, and attention to detail
• Advanced proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Ability to turn complex or technical information into accessible, compelling visual communication
• Strong ownership of the full creative process—from interpreting a brief and developing concepts to preparing production-ready deliverables
• Ability to communicate creative decisions clearly, collaborate across disciplines, and manage multiple projects in a fast-moving environment
• Hands-on experience integrating AI tools into creative workflows; experience in defense-tech, hardware, or other technically complex industries is a plus