Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tailscale is building a new Internet focused on secure interconnections for users and their devices. They are seeking a Brand Designer to join their team, responsible for creating clean and thoughtful design assets that align with the Tailscale brand across various channels.
Responsibilities
- Support brand expression across channels
- Design and iterate in Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign (After Effects a plus) maintaining clean files, components, and layers
- Create high-quality assets for web, social, presentations, campaigns, and events while staying true to brand guidelines
- Handle production tasks: prepping print files, exporting web assets, and managing organized libraries
- Adapt and extend designs across multiple formats to ensure clarity, consistency, and accessibility
- Contribute to a scalable design system by keeping components, templates, and layouts organized
- Help create diagrams and technical visualizations that simplify complex ideas into intuitive graphics
- Share progress openly with a distributed team across multiple time zones
- Ask questions early, seek context, and incorporate feedback effectively
- Communicate proactively around priorities, blockers, and deadlines
Skills
- Proficiency in Figma and comfort working within a design system or structured visual language
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign); motion skills in After Effects are a plus but not required
- Strong grasp of design fundamentals: typography, layout, color, balance, and hierarchy
- Experience designing landing pages, marketing pages, or UI components for modern responsive or adaptive layouts
- Excellent communication skills, especially when working remotely and asynchronously
- Strong attention to detail and organized file management (clean layers and labeled components make us very happy)
- Ability to take direction, ask clarifying questions, and thoughtfully incorporate feedback
- Curiosity about technology, networking, or security (no background needed, just interest and willingness to learn)
- Experience with technical subjects and information architecture
- Experience creating visual material for complex SaaS technology solutions at a B2B or enterprise technology company
- Experience crafting, maintaining, and standardizing the use of brand guidelines
- Front-end development skills
Benefits
- A competitive total compensation package. This includes a base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles).
- Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. Take advantage of coverage for health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family!
- Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely. Enjoy a change of scenery wherever you can get wifi, participate in virtual and in-person social events, and leverage our corporate co-working program to visit WeWork (or other similar spaces near you). Some roles require in-office collaboration depending on team needs, which will be clearly noted in the job description.
- Support for your personal and professional development. Grow your career thoughtfully with $1500 USD annually for professional development, or take advantage of mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
- Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration. Our flexible, paid time off program supports you for any situation life throws your way, whether moving homes or travelling the world!
- A build-your-own home office setup. You choose your own company-owned laptop (Mac or PC), receive a monthly home internet reimbursement, and $1000 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
- Generous parental leave program from your first day. We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave top-ups for up to 26 weeks.
Company Overview
Tailscale is a software company that provides zero-configuration virtual private networks (VPNs) for secure connectivity. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.tailscale.com.
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