Senior Brand Designer, Runway
$150-180k
AI-powered creativity tools
Be an early applicant
AI-powered creativity tools
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-180k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To ensure that anyone anywhere can tell their stories.
Role
Who you are
- Be comfortable working both collaboratively and autonomously
- Be comfortable working in an extremely fast-paced creative environment with evolving objectives, quick turn arounds and iterations
- Ability to quickly adapt to working with multiple platforms and tools (digital, print, motion)
- Strong conceptual and aesthetic design skills as well as a depth of experience in branding, visual identity design, web design, graphic design and art direction
- An encyclopedic knowledge of the world’s best brands, advertising and design work
- Great communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong design and organizational skills
- High proficiency in Runway, Figma, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator. Familiarity with After Effects and Premiere Pro are a plus
- Ability to design polished high-end results as well as fast prototyping
- Your portfolio demonstrates creative executions and strong conceptual design skills, competence using typefaces and layouts for both digital and physical
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Sr. Brand Designer that can help evolve and execute on Runway’s brand identity and design systems for both internal and external communications
- Reporting to the Head of Creative, you will be responsible for everything from marketing websites, print materials, video art direction, promotional materials and miscellaneous creative projects
- As part of this role, you’ll get the opportunity to work across diverse brand touch points, both briefed and proactive
- This role requires an entrepreneurial spirit, high sense of ownership and the desire to flex across multiple projects at once without missing a beat
- What you’ll do:
- Execute on and extend existing brand design systems
- We move quickly and so does our brand. You’ll need to be ready to solve for changing needs while still retaining the essence of our brand
- Maintain and update all marketing materials (websites, print matter, video graphic overlays, etc.)
- Create bespoke design systems for events, projects and campaign executions
- Work closely with our developers to bring concepts and designs to life, constantly pushing Runway’s online presence to the forefront of design and development
- Ensure our brand standards are met across all touch points with a strong sense of art direction and taste
- Leverage Runway within your designs
Our take
Runway is revolutionizing content creation and video editing with machine learning, harnessing the expansive capabilities of web-based tools. At the forefront of this transformation, the startup offers a suite of AI-powered editing tools tailored for designers, artists, and creators, setting itself apart in an industry dominated by enterprise-focused software solutions.
The company has rapidly gained recognition among some of the world's largest brands, including R/GA, New Balance, Google, and IBM, by appealing directly to creative professionals. This approach has not only solidified Runway's position in the market but also facilitated its integration into the design curricula of esteemed institutions such as NYU, RISD< and MIT.
In a testament to its growing influence and success, Runway achieved unicorn status in 2023 following a landmark $100M funding round, which valued the company at $1.5BThis milestone not only reflects investor confidence but also positions Runway to expand its innovative tools and further democratize access to advanced video editing capabilities globally.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2025
$308m
SERIES D
Jun 2023
$141m
SERIES C
Total funding: $546.5m
Company benefits
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage: We cover 100% of medical, dental and vision for our US employees AND their dependents. Based on the plans selected, we have complimentary mental health benefits and a free One Medical membership
- Unlimited days of PTO: We have unlimited PTO with a minimum of 15 days a year. We also have a paid sabbatical program after employees have been with Runway for 3 years and again after 5 years. And of course, we can't forget about Summer Fridays
- 401k Matching, 3% matching: Plan for the future! We provide a 3% 401K match for our US based employees
- Remote $250 stipend: All of our employees outside of commuting distance to the office, can expense up to $250 per month on co-working spaces, lunch or groceries, and internet connection
- Donations supporting our community: Beyond our employees, we have a commitment to our communities. Every quarter, Runway employees choose an organization for the company to support through a donation
- Custom setup, tech setup stipend: In addition to the choice of laptop, all employees get a stipend to customize their tech set up as they want
- Parental leave for all parents: We offer 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave plus a gradual return to work plan. This coverage is for all parents, regardless of how a child is brought into the family
- L&D $600 stipend: We’re investing in our employees’ long term growth by giving every employee $600 per year to spend on their personal or professional development. That means conferences, courses, and books, oh my!
- Wellness $600 stipend: We set ambitious goals and work hard to achieve them, so we believe it’s important to invest in employees’ mental and physical health. The $600 annual wellness stipend can be used for anything from therapy sessions to gym memberships
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Anastasis Germanidis
(CTO)Trained as a Backend Engineer, they have held roles at Zocdoc, Chartbeat, and Quantcast as well as working as a Machine Learning Researcher in Computer Vision for IBM.
Previously co-founded Deenty, an online booking platform for dentist appointments.
Cristóbal Valenzuela
(CEO)Worked as a Researcher at New York University from 2018 to 2019. Also spent time as a Professor at the UAI School of Design.
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