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Xona Space Systems

Brand Designer/Art Director (Canada)

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Montréal, QC, CAN
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The Brand Designer/Art Director will define the visual identity for Xona, collaborating with marketing to create impactful graphics for various media while ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
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Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.

With Pulsar – the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit – Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection.

Designer de marque / Directeur·trice artistique

Nous recrutons le ou la premier·ère designer de marque / directeur·trice artistique chez Xona afin de définir la manière dont cette technologie est perçue, comprise et vécue. Ce rôle clé en design travaillera en étroite collaboration avec la direction du marketing afin de faire évoluer et déployer l’identité visuelle de Xona à travers l’ensemble des points de contact — des éléments graphiques intégrés à nos satellites jusqu’aux outils d’aide à la vente, aux expériences web et aux campagnes de marque.

La personne retenue sera responsable de concevoir des récits visuels clairs, tout en mettant en place les systèmes sous-jacents permettant d’assurer cohérence et évolutivité, contribuant ainsi à définir une nouvelle catégorie émergente de services de localisation haut de gamme.

Qualifications requises

  • 3 à 5 ans d’expérience en design de marque et en direction artistique, avec un accent sur les systèmes d’identité visuelle et leur évolution

  • Sens visuel développé et souci du détail, avec une forte capacité éditoriale et une compréhension du rythme, de la narration et de la progression des idées au sein d’un système

  • Capacité à naviguer entre une vision détaillée (micro) et globale (macro), et à communiquer efficacement ces deux niveaux aux parties prenantes internes et externes

  • Portfolio démontrant des compétences en développement de concepts, en réflexion stratégique de campagnes et en exécution soignée sur plusieurs points de contact

  • Expérience dans la vulgarisation de concepts complexes ou techniques à travers une narration visuelle accessible, adaptée à différents niveaux de profondeur

  • Capacité démontrée à travailler sur divers supports et canaux de marque, incluant le web, les médias sociaux, l’imprimé et les expériences immersives

  • Aisance à évoluer dans un environnement ambigu et rapide, avec un fort sens des responsabilités

  • Maîtrise de Figma, de la suite Adobe Creative et des outils de design essentiels, avec capacité à prototyper et itérer rapidement

  • Autonomie et proactivité : capacité à identifier des problèmes, proposer des solutions et les mettre en œuvre

  • Excellentes compétences en communication et capacité à collaborer avec des partenaires créatifs et des intervenants techniques

  • Expérience pratique de l’utilisation d’outils d’intelligence artificielle dans un processus créatif, avec un bon jugement quant à leur utilisation

Qualifications souhaitées

  • Expérience en tant que designer au sein d’une jeune entreprise (startup), idéalement à un stade précoce

  • Expérience en motion design, en vidéo ou en illustration appliquée à des systèmes de marque ou à des campagnes

  • Expérience en direction artistique de projets de marque complexes avec des partenaires créatifs externes

  • Expérience dans la conception d’expériences de marque ou web interactives (p. ex. Framer)

  • Compétences en illustration, en schématisation ou en design de l’information

  • Expérience dans des campagnes de marque intégrées, avec contribution à la direction artistique et à la production (vidéo ou photo)

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We’re hiring Xona’s first Brand Designer / Art Director to define how this technology is seen, understood, and experienced. This foundational design role will work closely with the Head of Marketing to evolve and extend Xona’s visual identity across every touchpoint, from graphics that live on our satellites to sales enablement assets, web experiences, and brand campaigns.

The right person will architect clear visual stories while building the systems underneath it that unlock consistency and scale, collectively defining the emerging category of premium location services.

 

Required Qualifications

  • 3–5 years of experience in brand design and art direction, with a focus on identity systems and brand evolution

  • Strong visual eye and attention to detail, with editorial instincts and an understanding of pacing, narrative, and how ideas build across a system

  • Ability to switch from micro to macro and communicate both levels of vision to internal stakeholders and external partners

  • Portfolio demonstrating concept development, strategic campaign thinking, and refined execution across multiple touchpoints

  • Experience translating complex or technical concepts into accessible visual storytelling across different levels of depth

  • Proven ability to work across brand surfaces and mediums, including web, social, print, and experiential

  • Comfort operating with ambiguity and high ownership in a fast-moving environment

  • Mastery of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and core design tools with the ability to prototype and iterate quickly

  • Self-directed with a bias toward action. You identify problems, propose solutions, and execute

  • Clear communicator who can collaborate effectively with both creative partners and technical stakeholders

  • Practical experience using AI tools in the creative process, with strong judgment on when and how to apply them

 

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience as an early or founding designer at an early-stage startup

  • Motion, video, or illustration experience applied to brand systems or campaigns

  • Experience art directing complex brand work with external creative partners

  • Experience building interactive brand or web experiences (e.g. Framer)

  • Strength in illustration, diagramming, or information design

  • Background working on integrated brand campaigns, contributing to art direction and production across video or photo

For U.S. Roles: To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

For U.K. Roles: To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).

For Canada Roles: Successful candidates must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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