Tin Can is building a safer, simpler way for kids to connect—without smartphones. We're creating delightful devices and services that let families call the people who matter most, free from the noise of today's digital world. It’s about unblocking connection and building confidence and independence.
We're building a bold, authentic, and kinda quirky brand that resonates with folks who want something simpler + better for their kids than the tech-infused lives we're currently living (and who have a sense of humor about it).
The RoleWe’re looking for a Brand Designer who loves making things.
You’ll be a key creative partner cross-departmentally, helping bring Tin Can’s ideas to life across every place our brand shows up. From social posts and email to community resources, external presentations, referral program content, app and everything in between, you’ll turn creative direction into thoughtful, polished, unmistakably Tin Can design.
You’ll take established brand direction and run with it: taking a brief, figuring out what it needs, designing the thing, refining the details, and getting it out the door. You’ll have a strong eye, a good instinct for what feels fresh, and the ability to move quickly without sacrificing the work.
What You’ll DoBring creative concepts and campaigns to life across social, web, email, packaging, retail, events, and other brand touchpoints
Act as a right hand to the Design Director, helping translate creative direction into strong visual executions
Partner closely with our media and social leads to develop scroll-stopping social content, from individual posts to larger social moments and campaigns
Take creative briefs and turn them into thoughtful, polished design solutions
Design everything from big visual moments to the tiny details that make a piece of work feel special
Adapt and extend creative across formats, platforms, and channels while keeping the work cohesive
Help evolve and maintain Tin Can’s visual language through the day-to-day work
Collaborate with copywriters, marketers, social, product, and other teams to make ideas better and bring them over the finish line
Work with photographers, illustrators, animators, production partners, and other creatives as needed
Build templates, toolkits, and systems that help the team create great work efficiently
Manage multiple projects and deadlines while keeping quality high
Be an active participant in critiques, brainstorms, and creative reviews
Making. You genuinely like getting into the work and making things look good.
Visual problem-solving. You know how to make a brief stronger through design and take a creative idea and figure out how to make it work across different formats and channels, not just decorate it.
The details. Typography, composition, hierarchy, spacing, image selection, color, and all the little things that separate “fine” from “heck yes.”
Moving quickly. You can work within a bit of ambiguity in a fast-moving environment, prioritize, and keep projects moving without needing everything perfectly figured out upfront.
Collaboration. You’re comfortable working closely with creative leads and channel owners, taking direction, contributing ideas, and making the work better together.
Brand consistency. You understand how to work within an established visual identity while still finding ways to keep it feeling fresh.
3–5+ years of experience in brand design, graphic design, or a similar creative role
A portfolio that shows excellent visual design and strong execution across multiple channels
Strong typography, layout, composition, and production skills
Experience designing for social and digital platforms
Comfort working within an existing brand system and extending it into new applications
Strong Figma and Adobe Creative Suite skills
Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
A collaborative, low-ego approach to creative work
A genuine interest in brands, culture, design, and making things people want to look at
Motion or animation skills
Photography or art direction experience
Experience with packaging or physical brand experiences
Experience working at a startup, agency, or other fast-moving creative environment
An instinct for the weird, clever, colorful, and unexpected
We're building tech that protects childhood: We're on a quest to give kids a more analog childhood — one with real conversations, real connection, and way less screen time. This is a rare opportunity to build something that truly matters.
Build something from (almost) nothing: most lifecycle roles ask you to optimize an existing program. This one is yours to shape from the ground up, with the freedom to define what good looks like and real ownership over the results.
A seat with real reach: your work touches nearly every part of the customer journey - giving you outsized influence over retention and revenue, not just one narrow slice of it.
Small, high-trust team: Every company says "team," but at Tin Can it means something different. We're a small, mission-driven group that genuinely has each other's backs — professionally and personally. Your ideas and instincts matter from day one.
If you're excited by the idea of shaping how thousands of families experience something simpler and better for their kids, please reach out. We can't wait to meet someone who's ready to jump in, set the bar, and help us grow.
Skills Required
- 3-5+ years of experience in brand design, graphic design, or a similar creative role
- Portfolio demonstrating excellent visual design and strong execution across multiple channels
- Strong typography, layout, composition, and production skills
- Experience designing for social and digital platforms
- Experience working within an existing brand system and extending it into new applications
- Strong Figma and Adobe Creative Suite skills
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Collaborative, low-ego approach to creative work
- Genuine interest in brands, culture, design, and making things people want to look at
- Motion or animation skills
- Photography or art direction experience
- Experience with packaging or physical brand experiences
- Experience at a startup, agency, or other fast-moving creative environment
What We Do
Tin Can is a screen-free phone for kids that gives them the independence to call friends and family—without giving them a smartphone. Built like a modern landline, Tin Can connects over Wi-Fi and uses a simple mobile app for parents to control who can call in and out. There’s no browser, no app store, no camera, no spam—just voice. It’s a safer, saner way for kids to communicate and gain a bit of freedom without the baggage of adult tech. We believe that real connection doesn’t require a screen. And that childhood is better when it’s full of imagination, not notifications. Tin Can started in one neighborhood in Seattle, where we hand-installed 40 early prototypes and watched them spread by word of mouth. Now, Tin Can is being used by kids in over 30 states—with no marketing, no paid ads, just families telling other families. We’re growing fast, and so is the movement of parents looking for a better way to let their kids be independent, without handing over the internet in their pocket. Our newest Tin Can is fully custom hardware, designed from the ground up to be beautifully simple. It works out of the box, connects through our app, and comes with smart features like emergency calling, quiet hours, and a free Can2Can plan that lets any two Tin Cans call each other with no subscription required. Tin Can is built for the 4–13 age range—when kids are old enough to want a phone, but not quite old enough to manage one. We’re on a mission to bring back the freedom of the old-school landline, updated for today’s families.
