Head of Creative

San Francisco, CA

About the role

About Mariana Minerals

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. We’re reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

The Role

The Head of Creative is responsible for the creative execution and visual identity of the company. Working directly with the Brand & Communications Lead, you'll establish the systems, standards, and creative direction that shape the company's public image and internal culture.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building from zero, thrives in fast-moving environments, and wants their work to have a lasting impact on a generational company.

What You'll Do

  • Own Mariana's brand architecture across the company and its assets

  • Own and evolve Mariana's visual identity

  • Design presentations, marketing collateral, and recruiting materials

  • Create website assets and digital campaigns

  • Design premium employee and customer merchandise

  • Develop scalable design systems and templates

  • Creative direction for photography and video

  • Develop visual concepts for marketing campaigns

  • Design podcast branding and graphics

  • Review and maintain quality across all creative output

  • Help shape the visual language of Mariana's culture

  • Maintain brand guidelines

  • Build and organize asset libraries

  • Establish creative workflows

  • Manage relationships with contract photographers, videographers, editors, and designers

Desired Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in graphic design, creative direction, or brand design.

  • Portfolio demonstrating strong visual taste and execution in digital and physical formats.

  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

  • Strong presentation and communication skills.

  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment.

  • Experience building brands from an early stage.

Additional Qualifications

  • Motion graphics or video art direction experience.

  • Industrial, technology, aerospace, automotive, or manufacturing brand experience.

Our culture is built on four principles:

Everyone Gets Home Safe. We never put speed or cost ahead of people.

Extreme Ownership. We take full responsibility for outcomes, relentlessly driving toward solutions.

Engineer Out Requirements, then Automate. We simplify, optimize, and then automate for scale.

Share Your Legos. We collaborate openly, share knowledge, and empower each other to build bigger, better solutions.

Join us as we build the future of responsible mineral sourcing and supply!

About Mariana Minerals

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. It engineers, builds, and operates mines and refineries using its proprietary MarianaOS platform, which integrates capital project execution, refinery operations, and mine management into a single AI and machine learning stack. The company targets domestic U.S. critical mineral supply for sectors facing supply chain vulnerabilities, including copper and lithium.

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Job details

Location

San Francisco, CA

Company

NameMariana Minerals
IndustryArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$400M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

a16z

Founders

TC

Turner Caldwell

CEO & Co-Founder

LinkedIn
JL

Juan Lozano

Co-Founder & CTO

BT

Baker Tilney

Co-Founder & CFO

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.