The Brand Designer & Social Media Strategist will shape AstroForge's visual style, manage social media, and produce creative content that communicates technical concepts clearly.
About the Company
AstroForge is building the world’s first commercial asteroid mining company. We design, build, and operate deep-space spacecraft capable of reaching, characterizing, and operating at near-Earth and deep-space asteroids. Backed by significant private investment and supported by active NASA and Department of Defense engagements, AstroForge is pioneering a new class of dual-use deep-space missions spanning planetary defense, space domain awareness, and in-space resource utilization.
Role Overview
AstroForge is looking for a Brand Designer & Social Media Strategist to help scale our marketing and communications reach. This is a hands-on role for someone who can define creative direction, produce high-quality design work, and keep our social channels sharp, active, and on-brand. You’ll use your marketing, communications, and design skills to translate highly technical work into clear, compelling storytelling.
Key Responsibilities
- Help shape AstroForge’s visual style across social, web, events, and brand materials
- Help shape AstroForge’s social media pipeline from planning through publishing and performance review
- Design high-impact creative content for mission updates, partnerships, press moments, recruiting, and brand storytelling
- Translate complex space, engineering, and mining concepts into clear, visually compelling content
- Build and maintain brand systems, templates, and design standards
- Maintain the editorial calendar across key social channels
- Write and refine social copy that matches AstroForge’s voice
- Partner across leadership, engineering, recruiting, and BD to turn internal work into external stories
- Identify timely opportunities to insert AstroForge into relevant conversations
- Support major announcements and campaigns with fast-turn creative assets
Qualifications
- 3+ years in graphic design, brand design, social media, or a related creative role
- Strong portfolio including brand work, social content, and stellar graphic design
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
- Strong writing instincts and ability to draft concise, platform-native copy
- Ability to balance technical accuracy with clarity and tone
- Working knowledge of Figma, Canva, Notion, social scheduling/reporting tools, Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, and Blender or similar 3D tools
- Work onsite full-time at our HQ in Seal Beach, CA
- Occasional travel to support events and/or conferences
Preferred
- Experience at a startup, creative agency, or in-house brand team
- Experience translating technical or industrial subjects into clear, compelling visual storytelling
- Familiarity with motion graphics, video editing, or 3D visualization workflows
- Strong understanding of platform-native content across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and short-form video
- Ability to manage multiple projects, move quickly, and maintain a high bar for taste and execution
Why Join AstroForge
- Help define the visual language of a category-defining space company
- Work alongside a team building real deep-space missions and hardware
- Competitive salary, equity, full health coverage, and 401(k) match
- Opportunity to have your work fly in space
Salary
$80,250 - $105,500
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.15), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Top Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Blender
Canva
Figma
Illustrator
Notion
AstroForge Seal Beach, California, USA Office
Seal Beach, CA, United States, 90740
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