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About the Role

Kaizen is seeking a phenomenal digital designer to build stunning landing pages, craft motion and illustration work, and establish a visual identity that reflects the company's future direction. This role involves setting the external perception of Kaizen and shipping that work firsthand, not just executing existing visions.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship landing pages, campaign sites, and entry points for agency platforms that convert both agency stakeholders and mission-driven talent.
• Build the constituent-facing visual system (typographic voice, motion language, illustration style) to ensure a consistent Kaizen signature across all agency applications.
• Develop Kaizen's own web presence, including the marketing site, launch moments, flyers, and campaign work.
• Ship your own work in code, collaborating directly with engineers.
• Utilize AI-native creative tools to achieve high volume and quality output.
• Partner directly with Sales and BD on federal pitch materials, demo environments, and proposal assets.
• Work closely with the Design Lead, CEO, and engineering teams to ensure product and brand cohesion, sharing work early and often.

Requirements

• A portfolio showcasing web design, motion, and illustration with demonstrable range, beauty, and functionality.
• A proven record of shipping projects independently from start to finish, utilizing tools like Claude Code.
• Strong command of web-native design principles, including layouts, typography, and interactions in a browser.
• Fluency with motion and animation tools (e.g., After Effects, Rive, Lottie, Jitter) used for clarity.
• Fluency with AI creative tools (e.g., Midjourney, Runway, Firefly) used as genuine creative leverage.
• Experience building or significantly evolving a brand system from first principles.
• Ability to translate a set of values and a roadmap into surprising and effective design outcomes.
• Belief in the mission to scale design across all government agencies.
• Willingness to build brand guidelines and iterate within a system that is still under development.
• Comfort with AI tools as a multiplier of craft, not a threat.
• Focus on design that performs, not just visual polish in isolation.
• Willingness to build and ship work directly, rather than handing off to others.

Skills

• Web design
• Motion design
• Illustration
• Web-native design
• Typography
• Interaction design
• Motion and animation tools (After Effects, Rive, Lottie, Jitter, or equivalent)
• AI creative tools (Midjourney, Runway, Firefly, or equivalent)
• Brand system development
• Front-end development (shipping own work in code)

Location

• New York City
• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid
• Remote

Experience Level

• Mid-level
• Senior

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• $100,000 paid life insurance
• FSA and Dependent Care FSA
• One Medical membership
• Fertility and family-building support through Carrot
• 401(k) with 2% company match
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents
• 10 weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum
• Closed for all federal holidays
• Company-wide winter break
• Company offsites
• Up to $750 home office/desk setup stipend (NYC-based)
• $500 home office/desk setup stipend (remote)
• $50/month commuter benefit
• Expensed lunch in office
• Company-provided laptop
• Fully covered gym membership (NYC)
• $100/month gym/fitness reimbursement (remote)
• $100/month utility stipend
• $500/year professional development
• $250/year recreation
• $300/quarter pet care stipend

About the Company

• Kaizen strengthens trust in American public services by building modern, AI-native software for local, state, and federal agencies.
• The company aims to replace legacy systems and become the software layer for how Americans access government services.
• Kaizen's platform currently reaches 55 million Americans across 50+ agencies, with a goal to reach 100 million residents.
• Founded in 2022 and based in New York City, Kaizen has raised $35 million from prominent investors.
• The team consists of builders, designers, and operators who believe in accessible, beautifully designed government software.