Senior Visual Communications Designer, Sofar Ocean
$120-167k
+ Equity
Ocean data monitoring
Be an early applicant
Ocean data monitoring
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$120-167k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's oceans to the people who depend on them (all of us).
Role
Who you are
- This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced startup environment—ideal for someone with a strong design point of view, the ability to execute quickly, and the drive to shape a brand from the ground up
- 7+ years of design experience, including hands-on work in startup environments
- Expert in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects or similar) and Figma
- Advanced PowerPoint and Google Slides design skills; proven ability to make presentations visually striking and clear
- Strong portfolio showcasing conceptual work, corporate communications design, and brand development
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with fast, hands-on execution; brings a clear creative point of view
- Experience in web design (Webflow) and basic coding (HTML/CSS) is a plus
- Nice-to-have: photography and video editing skills to extend the brand across content formats
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities at once
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to interpret abstract concepts and translate them into visuals
- Appreciation for data visualization and storytelling
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a highly creative and versatile Senior Visual Designer to bring complex concepts to life through compelling visuals
- This role will own the look and feel of our corporate design assets—elevating everything from PowerPoint to digital campaigns—while also building a cohesive brand system that translates across print, digital, web, and motion
- You’ll be the go-to creative partner across the company, transforming theoretical ideas into visuals that inspire, persuade, and engage diverse audiences
- This role is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on how our company communicates, positions itself, and inspires audiences. You’ll have the chance to build the creative foundation of our brand while working on diverse, high-visibility projects
- Concept Visualization: Translate abstract ideas, technical concepts, and strategic frameworks into clear, visually compelling graphics and presentations
- Presentation Design: Create sophisticated, on-brand PowerPoint presentations that serve as our most important communication tool
- Brand Development: Help evolve and flesh out our visual identity across all touchpoints from print, digital, web, and experiential
- Digital & Print Assets: Design ads, collateral, infographics, and other creative materials to support campaigns and initiatives
- Web & Interactive Design: Contribute to website design projects, ensuring visuals align with brand guidelines and user experience best practices
- Motion & Animation: Produce light animations, GIFs, and other motion graphics to bring content to life across platforms
- Tech Visualization & Data Storytelling: Create conceptual diagrams, tech stack visuals, and data visualizations that make complex systems and insights easy to understand
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner closely with marketing, product, and executive teams to deliver high-quality creative assets on deadline
Our take
Drastically changing weather and climate is one of the foremost issues of our time. And as we work to limit the impact of the climate crisis, we need trustworthy banks of data on how these changes have manifested, and what trajectory our world is on. This is where Solar Ocean comes in, with its global network of ocean-monitoring buoys.
It is the largest network of its kind, with thousands of solar-powered ‘spotters’ across the world’s oceans delivering over 200,000 updates every day. Its product is used primarily by climate scientists, but also has important applications in shipping, weather forecasting and maritime research as well.
Sofar is the largest network of its kind, and even though its spotters aren’t as sophisticated as similar government-funded ones, the sheer scale of its data collection makes its forecasts far more accurate. The funding it has raised is supporting the further extension of its network and development of its data services.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$39.4m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $85.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental plan
- Volunteering program
- Home office stipend
- Hybrid work schedule (for most roles)
- Flexible time off (including World Oceans Day!)
- A strong internal community of ocean-lovers!
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Evan Shapiro
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-founded Bad Rabbit Consulting, Spoondrift and Knit Health. At Knit Health they were also CTO, and at Spoondrift they worked as a Technical Architect.
Tim Janssen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Assistant Professor of Oceanography at San Francisco State University. They were a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School, and also worked as an Independent Research Scientist and Principal Investigator.
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