Creative Lead

About Us

At Antares our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. Were fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military solve the climate crisis elevate global living standards and expand humanitys presence in outer space. To achieve our mission were building mass-producible inherently safe deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially underwater and in space.

Formed in 2023 the Antares team hails from SpaceX The White House MIT Rigetti Computing The Air Force General Atomics Relativity Space Ursa Major and National Laboratories like Los Alamos Idaho and Oak Ridge. Antares has raised over $130M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $13M in government funding.

About the Role

Antares is seeking a Creative Lead as its first in-house creative hire. You will own the companys visual identity and produce its creative output photography video and design while directing external agencies and production partners on larger-scale projects. The ideal candidate is both a skilled individual content creator and a capable creative director comfortable working in secure industrial environments and building processes from scratch. The candidate will report to the Communications Manager of Antares.

Responsibilities:

• Owning and evolving the Antares visual identity serving as the internal authority on brand standards creative guidelines and design systems

• Shooting editing and designing content across social web press events and executive communications

• Briefing directing and managing creative agencies and production vendors on larger-scale projects brand campaigns website development video series tracking priorities setting deadlines and holding partners to a high standard from scoping through delivery

• Driving and executing the creative vision for campaigns announcements and key brand moments in partnership with Communications

• Championing a culture of craft speed and continuous improvement within the creative function

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in visual content creation multimedia production or equivalent

• A portfolio demonstrating both self-produced work (photography video design) and work directed through agencies or production teams

• Expert in industry-standard software including Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; professional video editing proficiency (Premiere or equivalent)

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with communications engineering and leadership

• A reliable self-starter organized with strong attention to detail

• Sound judgment regarding what can and cannot be captured or published in a regulated security-conscious industry

• Ability to travel approximately 25% (Idaho Falls ID; Aiken SC; Washington DC; San Antonio TX; other sites possible)

• Must be a U.S. citizen due to required access to national laboratory and government facilities

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience shooting in industrial technical or field environments (energy aerospace defense or manufacturing).

• Venture-backed startup experience.

• Experience with digital asset management systems and content calendars.

• Familiarity with energy nuclear defense or deep-tech audiences.

• Excellent communication and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects improve processes and thrive in a fast-paced ambiguous environment.

• Demonstrated ability to present creative concepts clearly to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Location

• We are located in Torrance CA in a 322000 square foot brand new facility featuring large open spaces for team collaboration R&D and production as well as easy access to the 405 105 and 110 freeways. Our facility is in the heart of Los Angeles vibrant emerging tech ecosystem alongside many other high growth startups and enterprises.

Culture

At Antares we like to specifically tie each role to our founding documents set of valueshere are the top five cultural values we think you should believe at your core to be successful:

• Think in Systems - Energy and Defense are complex ecosystems with numerous stakeholders with competing priorities conflicting policies perverse incentives and emergent and path-dependent properties. First principles thinking alone is insufficient. Think probabilistically and then take action. If you want to be certain then you are apt to be obsolete. Over-optimizing the components often degrades the system

• Obsess over the End User - The customer and end user are often not the same. We will never build globally competitive commercial products if we lose sight of our end users and their entire interaction with the product life cycle

• Be Unconstrained by Convention - Our only limits are the laws of physics. Many even experts will say what we are working on is impossible. They said the same about SpaceX reusing rockets. Generationally impactful companies by definition must accomplish the seemingly impossible. If it were easy it would have already been done. Never shy away from a solution because it has never been tried before and never choose to do something because thats how its always been done

• Go Where the Work Is - Never miss a chance to meet a customer user or stakeholder face to face even if that means hopping on a plane. If you cant make it find a teammate who can channel your intentions and go in your place. Deep work can be done from anywhere but we believe teams are built in person and aim to maximize our time together

• Operate in the Grey - Embrace nuance in pursuit of truth. Question every fundamental assumption

Equal Opportunity

Antares is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based solely on merit competence and qualifications without regard to race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.