Sr. Manager, Brand Design

SR. MANAGER, BRAND DESIGN

The Merchandising & Events team is looking for a passionate and innovative senior creative designer to guide our brands’ visual identity and storytelling across all merchandising and events. You will drive the distinct brand identities for SpaceX, Starlink, and affiliates—fostering distinct brand guidelines for each while ensuring they feel cohesive and unified.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, maintain, and enforce comprehensive brand guidelines for merchandising and events across SpaceX, Starlink, and its affiliates skillfully balancing each brand's unique voice with overarching cohesion.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with company-wide design teams to establish and align on unified visual identity standards.
• Direct the visual identity, storytelling, and design strategy for all merchandise and gifting (i.e. apparel, accessories, retail products) and events (i.e. customer launches, conferences, activations), ensuring outputs are innovative, on-brand, and mission-aligned.
• Partner closely with product development and operations teams to align creative concepts with business strategy and product launch timelines.
• Oversee the full design lifecycle—from initial mood boards to final production assets—while exploring emerging trends, cutting-edge techniques, and immersive experiences to drive visionary innovation.
• Build, mentor, and manage a talented design team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, accountability, and high performance to deliver exceptional results under tight deadlines.
• Craft cohesive, high-impact, and distinct brand narratives that span physical, digital, and marketing channels, ensuring all assets—from e-comm creative and photography to videos and packaging—seamlessly reflect and advance the respective brand visions.
• Partner with communications and executive teams to translate brand strategies into compelling visuals that drive engagement, sales, and customer excitement.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, industrial design, or design principle.
• 10+ years of experience in design.
• 5+ years of experience in merchandising, events, or brand visual identity.
• 5+ years of experience with design software and tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma Sketch).

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated ability to be hands on with designing products, executing edits and tech packs.
• Proven track record owning brand guidelines and visual systems for tech, consumer, or mission-driven companies.
• Technical proficiency in design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma Sketch) and production processes for apparel, print, digital, and experiential design.
• Experience leading and managing cross-functional creative teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
• Strong design portfolio including apparel, print, digital, and experiential design.
• Experience with multi-brand portfolios.
• Experience in aerospace, tech, or consumer products industries.
• Strong familiarity with SpaceX, Starlink, and affiliates.
• Passion for space exploration, innovation, and storytelling that connects people to big missions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguity, iterate rapidly, and deliver under launch-like pressure.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed.
• Ability to lift boxes up to 25lbs unassisted.
• Must be willing to travel to vendors or other SpaceX locations (up to 15%).

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:
Sr. Manager, Brand Design: $170,000.00 – $215,000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.