santa-monica, California | 3 weeks ago
As a Brand Designer, you are thoughtful, creative, and a masterful storyteller who crafts comprehensive visual brands and identities. You will be responsible for creating branding assets such as brand identity and style guides, type systems, iconography, patterns, and packaging. A core part of this role involves bringing products to life through exceptional graphic design — from print collateral and retail packaging to digital assets and branded materials. Consult with leadership and other team members to achieve client and studio objectives.Work as a team member to comprehensively execute brand deliverables such as identity, logomarks/logotypes, iconography, color palettes, patterns, packaging, and web.Create beautiful design systems that make a positive impact.Envision and execute a brand visual system in a holistic way.Understand timelines and meet established schedules, timeframes, and deliverables set to be delivered to clients.Work on branding projects, from brainstorming and initial concepts through final production.Create comprehensive brand identity style guides and presentations.Design and produce print-ready packaging files, including dielines, label layouts, folding carton structures, and retail-ready formats across a variety of substrates and finishes.Apply strong graphic design fundamentals — typography, layout, hierarchy, and color theory — across all branded touchpoints including packaging, marketing collateral, digital assets, and environmental applications.Collaborate with production partners, printers, and manufacturers to ensure packaging designs translate accurately from concept to physical product, managing pre-press requirements and print specifications.Maintain the highest standards for all deliverables.Meet deadlines and take initiative with project management.Hold meetings with relevant stakeholders (finance, management, marketing, design, etc.) Prefer a bachelor's degree or higher in Graphic Design or a similar field.5–10 years of work experience in design, agency, or a related field.Must be able to show a portfolio of work that reflects creative thinking with a broad range of examples — including branding, graphic design, and packaging work.Demonstrated experience with packaging design, including knowledge of dielines, structural formats, print production, and pre-press file preparation.Strong graphic design foundation with expertise in typography, layout composition, color theory, and visual hierarchy applied across both print and digital formats.Experience with creating comprehensive brand deliverables such as identity, style guides, iconography, etc.Proficient/Expert in Adobe Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign for packaging and print workflows.Familiarity with packaging production processes including offset, flexographic, and digital printing, as well as finishing techniques such as embossing, foil stamping, and spot UV.Collaborative and ego-free personality, with enthusiasm for working with and receiving feedback from our team of designers, marketers, and brand managers.Ability to receive direction as well as take initiative.Succinct ability to articulate and explain design decisions to teammates and clients.Experience with visual design mockups, including product and packaging mockups.In-depth technical knowledge of product development as it relates to graphic design (printing, web, mobile app development, etc.
Full-Time