Graphic Designer
US$95,000 – US$135,000 / yr base salary
Posted 29 Apr 2026
Advertised as “Graphic Designer ”
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- Expected experience
- 2–3 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$95,000 – US$135,000 / yr |
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Location
In-Person, NYC (Noho Office)
Compensation
Salary $95,000-$135,000k + equity
What’s Shade?
Shade is scaling fast. In 18 months, we've built the combined technology of FrameIO (acquired by Adobe for $1.275B) and LucidLink ($40M ARR), layered with proprietary AI for visual search and video labeling. We process thousands of hours of video per day, powering end-to-end workflows for major customers across post-production, creative agencies, sports, and internal media teams—including Salesforce, Grüns, HelloFresh, Related, Deloitte, and Motorola. We're growing 150% QoQ with 120% NRR.
Backed by Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Contrary, and Bling.
What's next
We're building the platform creative teams actually need. We're not here to generate AI slop—we're eliminating the tedious parts of creative work: waiting for downloads, manually tagging files, sorting archives, license verification. Because we operate at the file system level, we're positioned as critical infrastructure for how creative teams store, access, and leverage their media. That foundation unlocks endless possibility.
Takeaway
We're laying the tracks as we drive the train. You’re getting in on the ground floor of the next Cursor or Figma.
What we’re looking for
An experienced graphic designer to join full-time as our 3rd design hire, working closely with founding designer Karina and CEO Brandon. What this looks like:
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You’ve scaled brand designs before: 2-3 years of experience, preferably at a scaling startup (Series A and beyond), you know how to work and maintain a consistent brand image and are unafraiad to work across any surface: booth designs, digital, coffee cups (yes this was an ask), merch, motion graphics
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Static and Animated Experience: Has worked with Adobe Suite in After Effects, Jitter, Flutter, Rive, can do static designs but also motion graphics for animations, lower-thirds. Comfortable making product mockups in Photoshop We want to see your work - Animation, data visualization, illustration, editorial, packaging, or anything else that shows your range.
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Framer & Figma expert: fluent in variables, auto-layout, responsive design, prototyping, and component library management. You’ve worked with Framer, CMS management and image and SVG optimizations
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High ownership: you’re happy being the first and last set of eyes on a feature buildout