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Brand Designer

Thinking Machines · New York · On-site

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About Thinking Machines

Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced brand designer with strong visual judgment and the ability to build what they design. You’ll help shape how Thinking Machines shows up across our website, launches, publications, and physical objects, taking ideas from early exploration through to finished work. We value experimentation and a distinct point of view. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • A portfolio showing original ideas, strong visual design fundamentals, and care in execution across different formats
  • The technical capability to build and ship digital work, with attention to accessibility, interaction details, and quality
  • Initiative and clear communication – comfortable shaping an open brief, sharing work early, seeking feedback, and carrying a project through to completion
  • An established agentic workflow, enthusiasm for new technology, and curiosity about making your own tools. You can direct, evaluate, and refine the work agents produce
More about this role

The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We are training frontier models with Inkling, developing Tinker to let people make models their own, and crafting interfaces that broaden human-AI communication. We believe the future worth building is human, and we're hiring people who want to build it.

We’re looking for an experienced brand designer with strong visual judgment and the ability to build what they design. You’ll help shape how Thinking Machines shows up across our website, launches, publications, and physical objects, taking ideas from early exploration through to finished work. We value experimentation and a distinct point of view.

It’s an exciting time to join: we’re developing the Thinking Machines brand across a wide range of projects. Our design team is small, collaborative, and flat, with fluid boundaries between brand and product design. You’ll have the trust and autonomy to bring your own ideas, help decide what’s worth pursuing, and work closely with designers, engineers, and researchers to make it happen.

Develop visual ideas and evolve our brand through real projects, with care for typography, imagery, composition, and...

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