Designer

There was a time when all of America believed that the future of the physical world could be radically different. The engineers of the mid-1900s put a man on the moon in eight years, designed and built planes and submarines from scratch in under three, and conceived of building things we wouldn’t even be able to dream up today.

Today, the last of the engineers who imagined and built these systems are retiring. As they go, we lose not only the engineering knowledge gained from their decades of imagination and trial-and-error, but also the spirit that made that imagination possible.

Amca is working day-in and day-out to restore America’s ability to engineer anything that our critical systems depend on, and reinvigorate the cycle of creation that allows imagination to shape physical reality. We rapidly develop and manufacture new critical components and subsystems required to build and sustain the planes, military vehicles, and core infrastructure America needs. By restoring the capability of our antiquated supply chains, we increase the country’s capacity to imagine and realize new systems, and make a physical world that looks very different from today.

Overview

Amca’s Designer will be responsible for continually bringing our aesthetic vision to life across every imaginable medium, using and building on a new brand system developed with our friends at Day Job. You will work closely with our Senior Designer and VP of Strategy and Business to 

While the work is ever-changing, you’ll help us with things like:

• Conceptualizing and designing maximalist posters that capture the Amca ethos for display in our multiple offices and factories
• Designing poster-like slide decks for customers with a degree of personalization that almost feels unbelievable
• Creating merch for our brands that captures the essence of their respective cultures, which have been built over many decades
• Creating custom marketing collateral for each of our flagship brands: physical brochures, physical objects, packing materials

You’re probably a good fit for this role if:

• You are an excellent graphic designer (as a baseline)
• You are proficient in Adobe Suite and Figma
• You feel like more designers need to play with the medium in which they express their ideas, rather than constraining themselves to just one
• You believe you cannot separate aesthetics from function
• You feel that 99% of contemporary graphic design is bad, but >50% of graphic design from the 1950s-70s is good
• You see design as the art of shaping experience in totality, rather than simply creating visual assets
• You’re comfortable with campaign conceptualization, not just design itself
• You’re comfortable operationalizing your ideas (sourcing suppliers, external partners) when they require additional help
• You can work with time pressure across multiple projects, and make thoughtful trade-offs to meet external deadlines

You get bonus points if:

• You can spin up webpages yourself without the help of a web developer, whether because you can code yourself or because you’re good at using AI tools
• You know your way around Blender, Cinema4D or Maya
• You have illustration chops

This role is in-person in our new, Charlap Hyman & Herrero designed office and factory in El Segundo, in the heart of Southern California’s aviation industry. 

Come help us breathe new life into an industry that used to represent humanity’s boldest ambitions. We need your help!

Annual Salary Range

$80,000—$120,000 USD

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a US person as: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or. any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or. any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3).

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