Brand Designer at Co–Star. . Location: Remote. About Co-Star. . Someone downloads Co–Star every 5 seconds. . . In the five years since we launched, 25% of young people 18-25 in the US have downloaded the app. . Big Sean. has rapped about us, Ariana Grande & . Kevin Durant. post screenshots to their IGs, and we’ve been . App of the Day. twice. We’ve been featured in the New York Times three times, this year on the cover of . NYT Style. . We have a global following, in 193 countries – missing just North Korea and Eritrea. . . We don't pay for marketing – we designed the app to go viral, and it did. . . Astrology has been popular for 4,000 years.. . Astrology is a tool for speaking about yourself, about who you are, what you’re experiencing, and how you relate to other people – in other words, a language for the things that really matter. It’s a structured system, based on the physical locations of the planets in the sky, developed over millennia 4,000 years of practice. . . Everyone has memories of reading a horoscope in the newspaper. You know your sign the same way you know the name of the street you grew up on. . An average of 43% of Americans have believed in astrology since the 1970s.. . . We’re merging the resonance of the humanities with the precision of technology. . . Co-Star uses real-time NASA data and AI to bring this practice to the modern age. Every day, Co–Star generates millions of hyper-personalized horoscopes – a scale never previously possible. Every word of it is based on each person’s unique astrology: where the stars physically were when they were born and where those same stars are now. Co–Star combines the art of ancient practice with cutting-edge artificial intelligence, creating the first synthetic text to be called “wildly beautiful.”. . We’re a small, experienced team. . . Co-Star is a team of 30, with experience in big tech (Amazon, Google, Snapchat), entertainment (Frank Ocean, Adult Swim), and academia (Harvard, Stanford, NYU, Columbia). . . About the brand designer role. . We're looking for a talented visual designer to shape how Co-Star shows up outside of the app, in the broader world. We are looking for someone with a fresh, opinionated, and high-quality design foundation who can create work that feels distinct, not what’s now but what’s next. . . You'll partner closely with the leadership on campaigns and visual storytelling across earned and owned channels. This is a freelance engagement with potential for a long-term partnership as the work (and team) grows.. . What you'll do. . . Design campaign visuals: ads, social, launches — from concept through finished assets. . Bring editorial design sensibility to our owned channels: email/welcome series, blog, campaign imagery. . Develop visual systems that are expressive rather than corporate. . Partner with marketing on what earned and owned should look and feel like. . Collaborate async with a small, fast-moving team. . . You might be a fit if. . . You're a senior IC — roughly 5–8 years in — with a portfolio of expressive, culturally fluent graphic design: editorial, campaigns, identities across print and digital. . Typography and composition are your first language. . You can direct as well as execute: you've shaped campaigns, not just produced assets for them. . You're plugged into visual culture across art, fashion, publishing, music, and the internet. . You work well remotely and independently. . . Nice to have. . . Editorial/publication experience (print or digital magazines). . Motion or illustration. . You already make things with generative tools. . . Logistics. . . Freelance/contract, part-time to start, with room to grow. . Fully remote, anywhere. No travel required (though you're always welcome in NYC) . . . To apply. . Send your portfolio. We care about taste, range, and point of view.
Brand Designer at Co–Star