Formal
Founding Designer
1y ago
USASeniorfigmauiux designvisual designbrandingvideo production
Founding Designer responsible for UI/UX, visual design, branding, and collaboration with CEO and engineering to shape design strategy.
Responsibilities
- As our Founding Designer you will play a crucial role in shaping and communicating Formal's story by owning UI/UX, visual design, branding, and video production. You’ll have ownership of our design strategy and execution, working directly with the CEO and collaborating closely with engineering.
- Design Interfaces: Develop intuitive UI/UX designs for our app using Figma while engaging directly with customers to shape product design.
- Design and maintain our website. Create visually striking and intuitive web experiences that showcase our product and brand narrative.
- Craft Visuals: Create engaging visuals and dynamic content for marketing, launches, and case studies.
- Drive Branding: Ensure design consistency across Formal's brand identity.
- Collaborate Cross-functionally: Work directly with the team to align design strategies with business goals.
- Innovate: Stay ahead of design trends, ensuring Formal remains visually compelling and competitive.
Nice to have
- Experience working in or with early-stage startups in the security or data management space
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Creativity and innovation in developing marketing strategies and content
- Experience in video editing (Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or Final Cut Pro) is a plus
Conditions
- This role offers cash compensation and a stock options grant.
- The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements, and geographical location.
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you Partially covered for your dependents
- Flexible PTO
Other
- Formal is data security platform designed to help teams understand and control their data.
- We're building a modern protocol-aware reverse-proxy for datastores and APIs that helps organizations understand their data in real-time. This allows teams to see how sensitive data is stored, consumed, and used in order to enforce least privilege through masking, filtering, or anonymization policies.
- We are trusted by leading companies such as Ramp , Gusto , Notion to solve problems across data security and compliance, data quality management, and infrastructure access.
- Formal is backed by top-tiers VCs including Thrive Capital and Y Combinator with angel investors that include executives and founders from Datadog, Clickhouse, Plaid, and Vanta.
- Experience in product or brand design, preferably in B2B SaaS or cybersecurity industries
- Standout portfolio showcasing UI/UX designs, marketing assets, and brand design
- Ability to fully own projects from concept to delivery without oversight
- Comfortable in fast-paced environments with rapid iteration cycles
- Strong proficiency in Figma for UI/UX, prototyping, and graphic design
- Skilled in marketing design (social media posts, banners, promotional materials)
- Solid foundation in design principles, typography, and color theory
- Quick learner, eager to dive into new ideas and tools