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# Designer (Freelance) at Hovercraft

- **Company:** Hovercraft
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-04-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hovercraft/jobs/4076912009

## Job description

## About Us

Join Hovercraft to create high-profile, culturally influential work for leading brands. Projects include visual systems, campaigns, story-driven environments, immersive digital installations, and browser-based experiences.

## The Role

The role requires originating bold concepts while working within brand systems. Collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team and work independently with confidence. Skills in illustration, animation, or spatial design are a plus.

## What You’ll Do

- Take ideas from concept through final handoff alongside creatives, technologists, producers, and leadership.
- Develop original design directions and refine work within established brand guidelines and visual centers.
- Combine conceptual thinking with strong craft and attention to detail while being responsible for the completeness of your work.
- Adapt to different brand styles and visual directions, spotting opportunities for unexpected interactive, environmental, or animation outputs.
- Find outside inspiration, and bring new thinking and ideas into the studio.

## What We’re Looking For

- 5+ years of experience in a similar role
- Proficiency in Figma and/or Adobe Creative Cloud
- Strong portfolio showing solid fundamentals, attention to detail, inventive design thinking and high-level execution in brand experience work
- A collaborative team player that is highly motivated, pro-active and positive.
- Excellent organization and time management skills to meet deadlines across multiple projects in a remote work setting.
- Illustration, animation or spatial design side hustles

The salary range for this position is starts at $60 hourly. Hourly rate is determined by a combination of factors that include qualifications, applicable skills, relevant experience and other budgetary considerations such as location/geography.

Hovercraft is a remote-first company, working primarily on Pacific and Mountain time. You must be eligible to work in the US as a 1099 contractor.

Recruitment Notice

We use AI-assisted tools solely to help identify and highlight keywords related to critical design skills and relevant experience within applications. These tools support our recruiting team by improving consistency and efficiency; they do not make hiring decisions. All applications are reviewed by humans, and AI is not used in a discriminatory manner or to evaluate personal characteristics unrelated to job requirements.

## About Hovercraft

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hovercraft is an experience and innovation company that crafts and produces immersive retail environments, brand activations, and creative technology solutions for influential global brands.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by SkyView Innovations in December 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Zack Teachout (Founder & Creative Director)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Design Services / Immersive Experiences / Retail Design & Activation
- Target customers: B2B – enterprise brands seeking experiential marketing, retail design, and creative production (e.g., Nike, H&M, Coinbase)
- Mission/purpose: "United in Craft. Driven by Innovation."

## Products & Services
- **Spatial Design & Retail Environments**: Flagship stores, pop-ups, showrooms, and branded directives that connect consumers to product and story.
- **Creative Technology**: Interactive installations, XR/AR experiences, and immersive trialing solutions.
- **Brand Activation**: Large-scale campaigns and live events for product launches and brand moments (e.g., Nike “The Next Ones”, H&M “The Signature Times Square”).
- **Animation & 3D**: Motion design, product modeling, and texturing for digital and physical assets.
- **Production**: Full-service execution from design through fabrication and installation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (acquired by SkyView Innovations in December 2024)
- **Key Metric**: Estimated employee count of 19–33 (conflicting reports – [Built In] lists 19 total employees; [LinkedIn via Apollo] lists 33 with -16.3% YoY growth)
- **Notable Clients/Partners**: Nike, H&M, Coinbase, Circle (IPO launch)
- **Growth Signals**: Acquisition by SkyView Innovations signals investment in immersive experiences and spatial computing; however, headcount decreased ~16% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- Interdisciplinary collaboration that merges creative, technology, and production under one roof.
- Proven track record of award-winning work for the world’s most influential brands.
- Remote-first culture enables access to top talent across the U.S. while maintaining a tight-knit, “crew” ethos (annual all-company destination trip called “The Hideout”).
- Deep expertise in progressive retail and spatial computing post-acquisition.

## Strategic Focus
- Leveraging the acquisition by SkyView Innovations to pioneer new frontiers in immersive experiences, spatial computing, and progressive retail.
- Continuing to deliver high-impact activations for innovation-driven brands while expanding creative technology capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first company** with physical offices in Denver and Portland, offering flexibility for most roles.
- Strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration – designers, technologists, and producers work side by side.
- Company culture includes an annual all-remote destination trip (“The Hideout”) and custom Hovercraft merch, reflecting a close-knit creative community.
- Opportunities to work on high-profile projects for major global brands (Nike, H&M, Coinbase).
- Growth potential within a team that values talent, attitude, and vision; open to hiring across multiple disciplines.

## Sources
1. [hovercraftstudio.com](https://www.hovercraftstudio.com/)
2. [hovercraftstudio.com/about](https://www.hovercraftstudio.com/about)
3. [hovercraftstudio.com/careers](https://hovercraftstudio.com/careers?job=frontend-developer)
4. [builtin.com/company/hovercraft](https://builtin.com/company/hovercraft)
5. [linkedin.com/company/hovercraft](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hovercraft)

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