Senior Environmental Graphic Designer

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Long Beach, CA, USA
Hybrid
105K-200K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Machine Learning • Software • Defense • Manufacturing
Delivering decisive capabilities for space superiority.
The Role
Leads environmental graphic design for workplaces, R&D spaces, customer environments, events, exhibits, and installations. Translates brand identity into physical and digital experiences, develops spatial narratives and design systems, and manages concepts through fabrication and installation. Prepares production documentation, evaluates materials and fabrication methods, collaborates with architects, contractors, vendors, and agencies, and supports site surveys and installations. Builds scalable environmental brand standards while balancing creative quality, budgets, schedules, and production constraints.
Summary Generated by Built In

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

OUR MISSION

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

OUR VALUES

  • Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
  • What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
  • It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

YOUR MISSION

As Senior Environmental Graphic Designer, you'll define how True Anomaly shows up in the physical world.

This is a ground-floor opportunity to establish the physical expression of a brand at a company in tremendous growth, creating the environmental design language for an entire industry being defined in real time. Our brand increasingly lives beyond the screen: in workplaces and R&D environments, customer spaces, industry events, and installations that make what we're building real.

You'll bring both a designer's and a curator's eye to the work, considering how graphics, language, imagery, objects, materials, and architecture work together to tell a story. The goal isn't to apply the brand to an environment but to make our technology, people, and mission tangible.

You'll sit within Brand & Creative, reporting to the Head of Graphic Design & Brand Identity, and partner closely with Facilities Design, Experiential, and Copy. Your work will span permanent architectural environments and quick experiential projects.

You'll start hands-on, shaping both the work and the systems behind it. As True Anomaly grows, you'll define how environmental design grows as a capability within Brand & Creative.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Design & Storytelling
• Lead environmental graphic design from concept through installation across workplaces, R&D spaces, customer environments, events, exhibits, and branded installations
• Translate True Anomaly's visual identity into physical space, creating new expressions of typography, imagery, information, materiality, and storytelling rather than applying existing assets to surfaces
• Bring an editorial point of view to physical environments, composing graphics, imagery, artifacts, objects, and digital content into cohesive spatial narratives
• Develop design deliverables that clearly communicate intent: concepts, mood boards, layouts, elevations, material palettes, mockups, presentations
• Design experiences that integrate physical and digital storytelling through displays, projection, motion, interactive content, and product models
• Translate complex technology and ideas into experiences that are compelling and understandable without oversimplifying

Experience & Execution
• Design branded environments for events, launches, customer demos, and installations, from scalable systems to bespoke moments, in partnership with internal teams and external agencies
• Consider the full audience journey: what draws someone in, what they discover, and what they remember
• Create flexible design systems that scale across different footprints, venues, audiences, and budgets without losing brand integrity
• Support on-site installation, styling, troubleshooting, and final creative decisions when needed

Production & Implementation
• Own environmental design through production and installation, ensuring creative intent survives fabrication realities
• Prepare and review production documentation: artwork, dimensions, elevations, specifications, material selections, shop drawings, installation guides
• Partner directly with fabricators, printers, sign vendors, architects, contractors, and experiential agencies
• Evaluate materials, substrates, finishes, fabrication techniques, and physical details for quality, durability, cost, and feasibility
• Participate in site surveys, production reviews, installation oversight, and punch-listing as needed
• Understand schedules and budgets well enough to make smart creative decisions and identify risks early

Build the Environmental Brand System
• Define True Anomaly's environmental design language as an extension of the visual identity, creating continuity across digital, print, motion, and environmental expressions
• Establish principles, standards, templates, material approaches, and repeatable systems that enable consistent execution without one-size-fits-all solutions
• Develop guidelines and tools that enable internal teams and external partners to execute the environmental brand
• Build and maintain relationships with a trusted network of fabricators, printers, vendors, craftspeople, and specialty partners
• Continue exploring new materials, technologies, and fabrication methods that push the physical expression of the brand forward and raise the quality bar as the company grows

QUALIFICATIONS

6+ years of experience in environmental graphic design, experiential design, exhibition design, branded environments, or a closely related discipline.
A portfolio demonstrating exceptional environmental and graphic design across physical spaces. Experience spanning workplace, exhibitions, cultural spaces, events, retail, hospitality, or other branded environments is relevant.
Strong graphic design fundamentals, particularly typography, composition, hierarchy, imagery, and identity systems.
A strong editorial and curatorial sensibility, with an ability to combine graphics, language, imagery, objects, technology, and space into a coherent narrative.
Experience taking environmental projects from concept through fabrication and installation.
Fluency in large-format print production, signage, materials, finishes, substrates, fabrication techniques, and installation methods.
Comfortable reading and reviewing architectural plans, elevations, shop drawings, details, and specifications.
Experience working directly with fabricators, printers, architects, contractors, experiential agencies, and other external partners.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Working knowledge of CAD, SketchUp, Rhino, or other
spatial design and visualization tools is a plus.
Ability to communicate spatial ideas clearly through sketches, diagrams, elevations, renderings, mockups, and presentations.
Strong creative judgment paired with the resourcefulness to solve design problems within real-world budget, schedule, production, and site constraints.
Comfortable moving between highly visible, long-term environments and fast-turn projects without treating either as a lesser design problem.
Collaborative by nature and comfortable developing ideas alongside graphic designers, experiential designers, writers, content creators, architects, and production partners.
Curious about technology, culture, design, architecture, art, and the world beyond traditional environmental graphic design.
Able to operate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment, balancing multiple projects at different scales and stages of development.
Willingness to travel for site visits, events, production reviews, and installations as needed.

COMPENSATION

  • Base Salary:  $105,000 - $200,000
  • Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Long Beach, CA or Denver, CO. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Hybrid

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.


Skills Required

  • 6+ years of experience in environmental graphic design, experiential design, exhibition design, branded environments, or a closely related discipline
  • Portfolio demonstrating exceptional environmental and graphic design across physical spaces
  • Strong graphic design fundamentals, including typography, composition, hierarchy, imagery, and identity systems
  • Strong editorial and curatorial sensibility for combining graphics, language, imagery, objects, technology, and space
  • Experience taking environmental projects from concept through fabrication and installation
  • Fluency in large-format print production, signage, materials, finishes, substrates, fabrication techniques, and installation methods
  • Experience reading and reviewing architectural plans, elevations, shop drawings, details, and specifications
  • Experience working directly with fabricators, printers, architects, contractors, experiential agencies, and external partners
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
  • Working knowledge of CAD, SketchUp, Rhino, or other spatial design and visualization tools
  • Ability to communicate spatial ideas through sketches, diagrams, elevations, renderings, mockups, and presentations
  • Strong creative judgment and ability to solve problems within budget, schedule, production, and site constraints
  • Ability to collaborate with designers, writers, content creators, architects, and production partners
  • Ability to operate autonomously while balancing multiple projects at different scales and stages
  • Willingness to travel for site visits, events, production reviews, and installations as needed
  • Ability to work onsite as needed near Long Beach, California, or Denver, Colorado
  • U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain required ITAR authorizations

True Anomaly Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength Company and third-party materials describe 100% employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision coverage, with HSA/FSA options noted in postings. This points to robust core healthcare support as part of total rewards.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity or stock options are consistently included in offers alongside cash compensation. Ownership is framed as a standard component of the package across roles.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Public materials cite generous PTO, paid holidays, and parental leave, with some profiles noting around 25 days of PTO for full-time employees. This breadth signals meaningful paid time away in addition to holidays.

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The Company
HQ: Centennial, CO
300 Employees
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

Space was once the quietest place in the universe. Now, it's crowded, contested, and confrontational.  We are True Anomaly: the only defense company focused exclusively on space defense. Founded in 2022 by ex-U.S. Space Force members, True Anomaly designs and builds advanced systems for space superiority: agile and powerful spacecraft platforms, mission software engineered for unmatched command and control, and payloads tailored for precision sensing and effects.    True Anomaly is headquartered in Centennial, CO, with regional offices in Colorado Springs, CO, Long Beach, CA, and Washington, D.C.  We are hiring and seeking exceptional talent to join True Anomaly, from any technical industry or background, to bring unique talents, perspective, and solutions. If you embrace complexity, lead instead of follow, showcase integrity over ego, take ownership for outcomes, and measure success by impact, we want to hear from you.

Why Work With Us

True Anomaly exists to enable a secure, stable, and sustainable space environment for the US, its allies, and partners. We design and build spacecraft and software solutions for space superiority. If you are ready to contribute to the future of space defense, we’d love to hear from you.

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True Anomaly Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We are a hybrid office culture. Our employees work from offices in Denver, Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. We recognize the importance of in-office collaboration, but also the value of a flexible work and location requirements

Typical time on-site: Not Specified
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