Responsibilities

• Evolve Cursor’s brand identity and create scalable visual systems across product, marketing, and community
• Drive hands-on design from concept through execution across digital, print, video, and events
• Craft compelling narratives through design that communicate our vision for the future of software creation
• Design for multiple audiences — from experienced developers to designers exploring code for the first time
• Collaborate with product designers to ensure brand consistency across the user experience
• Collaborate with external partners and provide clear creative feedback
• Ship fast, iterate constantly. Let the brand evolve as the product and company grow

Requirements

• You have a portfolio demonstrating strong visual, typographic, and strategic thinking across formats — from digital campaigns to brand systems and events
• You’ve built or evolved brands for technical products, developer-focused companies, or culturally defining brands
• You have a proven track record working in fast-paced, high-growth companies with speed, ambiguity, and complexity
• You think in systems and can translate complex concepts into scalable, accessible design
• You have strong art direction skills, with the ability to set a clear creative bar and guide external creative partners
• You can articulate design decisions and rally teams around a creative vision
• You can contribute to brand voice and messaging when needed
• You’re ambitious, opinionated, and comfortable taking ownership to push work forward

Preferred

• [Nice to have] Experience working at both fast-paced startups and agencies
• [Nice to have] Background in web design, motion design, 3D or illustration