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# Head of Design at XION

- **Company:** XION
- **Location:** New York, NY / Europe
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-06-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/burnt/jobs/4784552008

## Job description

We’re a fast-growing tech scale-up with $36M in funding, revolutionizing the modern internet with cutting-edge solutions that drive mass-adoption. We already work with major brands such as Uber, Amazon, North Face, Temu, Lego, BMW, North Face and 100’s more. Our secret? Removing all blockchain and crypto complexities that are barriers to creating user-friendly applications solving real-world use-cases. Our investors include Multicoin, Circle Ventures, Animoca, Valor, Alliance DAO, and more. With a community of over 1M followers across all socials and a CEO who has been featured on the NYSE and NASDAQ, we believe we are only at the beginning of making XION a global brand.

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Salary:

Highly competitive - base + tokens

Overview:

This is an opportunity to own and shape the end-to-end design and brand vision for a high-growth tech company that values creativity and originality above all else. A key challenge is how design thinking can bridge the gap between Web3 and Web2 conventions in a bold and dynamic way - to onboard new audiences yet retain the scale up and disruptive DNA of the blockchain industry. You'll work alongside an experienced and award-winning blockchain CMO and former CD of an international marketing group.

The Challenge:

We’re seeking a visionary Head of Design to lead our creative, brand and design output, to redefine our brand’s global presence across social, video, events and viral channels.

- Define and evolve our brand’s visual identity, ensuring consistency and innovation across digital, marketing, and product platforms.
- Lead the creation and implementation of design systems to streamline workflows and maintain brand coherence.
- Be proficient across a suite of design, web, animation and video tools e.g. CS, AE, Blender, Houidini, Figma, Wordpress / Webflow, Final Cut etc.
- Harness AI tools like MidJourney and Veo3 to push creative boundaries and accelerate design processes.
- Collaborate with product, marketing, and engineering teams to deliver compelling, user-centric experiences.
- Manage internal and freelance designers, and external agencies, fostering a culture of creativity and accountability.
- Drive high-impact campaigns that blend storytelling with executional excellence.

Is this you?

- A Head of Design or Lead Designer with a proven track record in creativity and execution at a senior level.
- 5-7 years min experience - agency or in-house.
- Expertise across branding, events, social media, advertising, viral, video, motion graphics.
- Enjoys creating design systems that are scalable and consistent.
- Proficient with a suite of design, web, animation and video tools including AI design tools (e.g., Midjourney, Veo3).
- Comfortable leading cross-functional teams and managing external partners.
- Skilled at translating complex ideas into visually compelling narratives.
- Thrives in tech, Web3 or high-growth startup environments.

Why Join Us?

- Shape a brand from the ground up in a dynamic, innovative environment.
- Work with a team passionate about pushing creative boundaries.
- Competitive compensation, token packages for all employees, and unlimited PTO.
- Be a core member and key player in a young $36M-funded tech scale-up with massive growth potential.

## About XION

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: XION is a Layer 1 blockchain that rebuilds trust between people, brands, and platforms through zero-knowledge verification infrastructure built atop a complete abstraction layer, purpose-built for mainstream adoption.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage: Series A, with $36M+ total funding)
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Anthony Anzalone (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Blockchain infrastructure, Web3, cryptocurrency, zero-knowledge cryptography
- **Target customers**: Developers building Web3 applications, enterprise brands (B2B), and end-users (B2C) who need trust verification
- **Mission or purpose statement**: XION exists to solve the internet's trust crisis by making verification the core primitive of a new Layer 1 blockchain, while removing all blockchain and crypto complexities for end users.

## Products & Services
- **XION Layer 1 Blockchain**: The core protocol—a Cosmos SDK-based L1 with CometBFT consensus and CosmWasm smart contracts. It integrates two primary layers:
  - **Verification Layer (The Truth Engine)**: Applies zero-knowledge proofs to three data sources: zkTLS (verifies real-world data from any website), DKIM Module/zkEmail (verifies email contents using DKIM signatures), and App Attestations (verifies mobile app data).
  - **Abstraction Layer**: Embeds account, signature, gas, payment, device, and interoperability abstraction directly into the protocol, enabling users to log in with email, pay with credit cards, and never encounter blockchain complexity.
- **Enterprise Verification Services**: Revenue-generating services for brands to verify user data privately.
- **Ecosystem Applications**: A marketplace of applications built on XION, with revenue sharing for developers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding: $36M–$38.5M (conflicting reports: LinkedIn states $38.5M, Greenhouse says $36M)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Multicoin Capital, Circle Ventures, Animoca Brands, Valor Capital, Alliance DAO, Alameda Research (led seed round)
- **Growth Signals**: 150+ global brands including Uber, Amazon, BMW, LEGO, Temu, North Face, Travelex; 68M+ verified interactions; 5M+ users; $35M+ ARR from ecosystem applications; headcount grew 64.3% YoY to 18 employees; community of 1M+ followers across socials

## Competitive Advantages
- **Only L1 with integrated verification infrastructure**: zkTLS, zkEmail, and App Attestations are built directly into the protocol, not as application-layer workarounds.
- **Only L1 with protocol-level abstraction**: Account, gas, signature, payment, and device abstraction are part of the chain itself, making blockchain invisible to end users.
- **Real-world traction**: Already generating $35M+ ARR from enterprise verification services and application revenue, not speculation.
- **Revenue model**: Revenue from enterprise services, application revenue sharing, marketplace fees, and stablecoin activity flows back to the protocol through buybacks.

## Strategic Focus
- **Mass adoption**: Removing all blockchain and crypto complexities to create user-friendly applications solving real-world use-cases.
- **Developer ecosystem**: Building a developer community through tools, documentation (docs.burnt.com), and revenue-sharing incentives.
- **Global expansion**: Hiring for APAC (Developer Relations Engineer), NYC, and Europe (Head of Design, Ecosystem Growth).
- **Brand partnerships**: Expanding relationships with major global brands.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-growing tech scale-up with a mission-driven focus on solving the internet's trust crisis. Described as a "startup" environment that values innovation and impact.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Remote-first with offices in New York (HQ) and Berlin; some roles are fully remote, others are NYC/Europe-based with remote or hybrid options.
- **Notable perks/engineering culture**: Work on cutting-edge blockchain infrastructure (Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, zero-knowledge proofs); opportunities to shape a protocol that is already used by major brands; CEO has been featured on NYSE and NASDAQ; 28 total employees with 64.3% YoY headcount growth signals strong scaling momentum.
- **Team composition**: 26% technical staff, with roles for Senior Protocol Engineer, Front End ("High-Functioning Psychopath"), Developer Relations Engineer, Head of Design, Ecosystem Growth, and Marketing Project Manager.

## Sources
1. [Greenhouse Jobs Page](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/burnt)
2. [Built In NYC Company Profile](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/xion-xionburntcom)
3. [Built In Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/xion-xionburntcom/jobs)
4. [XION Documentation (Overview)](https://docs.burnt.com/xion/xions-core/concepts/overview)
5. [LinkedIn Company Page (Burnt)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/burntio)

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- [General Application](https://feeny.ai/job/general-application-xion-remote-4zamjqpa6s2f)
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