Title: Creative Director
Schedule: Hybrid
Comp: $170-$220k DOE
We are seeking a hands-on Creative Director to lead and unify the creative function across digital and print. This role will partner closely with executive and marketing leadership to shape the brand’s visual and conceptual identity and bring it to life across packaging, retail, social, ecommerce, campaigns, and trade materials..
Key Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the brand’s creative point of view across all consumer touchpoints.
- Lead creative execution across packaging, retail materials, ecommerce assets, performance marketing, social content, campaigns, and trade communications.
- Manage, mentor, and grow internal creative teams while directing external agencies, designers, and production partners.
- Translate business needs, retailer requirements, and consumer insights into compelling creative solutions.
- Integrate AI-assisted tools into ideation, design, copy, content production, and asset management workflows.
Qualifications
| Property |
Value |
| Experience |
10+ years in creative roles, with at least 3–5 years leading and managing teams. |
| Industry Background |
Beauty, CPG, or mass-retail experience strongly preferred. |
| Portfolio |
Demonstrated strength across packaging, print, social, ecommerce, and digital campaign work. |
| AI Fluency |
Practical experience integrating generative AI and AI-assisted tools into creative workflows. |
| Leadership |
Proven success in building teams, mentoring talent, and managing external partners. |
| Collaboration |
Strong ability to work cross-functionally and align creative output to business goals. |
| Communication |
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. |
Luxury Accessories Brand is seeking a senior-level Industrial Designer with advanced Rhino expertise.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly technical hard goods product development professional who can turn 2D sketches and concept drawings into refined, manufacturable 3D models without losing the integrity of the original design vision
In this role, you will help bring distinctive hard goods concepts to life across eyewear and other product categories. You will partner closely with design and development leadership to build sophisticated 3D CAD models, solve complex surfacing challenges, and support products from concept refinement through prototype and production-ready execution.
Responsibilities:
- Work on distinctive, design-forward hard goods products
- Partner directly with leadership on high-visibility development projects
- Apply advanced Rhino, SubD, and NURBS expertise in a highly technical environment
- Own the translation of 2D concepts into production-considerate 3D models
- Translate 2D sketches, drawings, and concept inputs into accurate, high-quality 3D Rhino models
- Build advanced surface geometry while preserving the aesthetic, proportion, and flow of the original design intent
- Develop manufacturable models with appropriate wall thicknesses, radii, part transitions, connectivity, and low-level mechanical feasibility
- Create and refine complex hard goods forms using Rhino, including SubD and NURBS workflows
- Perform surfacing, extraction, curvature analysis, and radius development throughout the design process
- Produce rough prototypes through 3D printing or casting methods for internal review and approval
- Incorporate rapid revisions and feedback to move concepts toward final approval
- Generate detailed 2D drawings and profiles from 3D CAD files for manufacturing and internal communication
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners while remaining open to feedback, direction, and coaching
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of industry experience out of eyewear, jewelry, toys, medical devices, aerospace, or other hard goods environments
- Advanced expertise in Rhino, including SubD and NURBS surfacing
- Experience transforming undeveloped 2D concepts into polished, production-aware 3D models
- Background in industrial design, product development, or CAD development for physical products
- Strong understanding of surface continuity, curvature, radius control, and model refinement
- Ability to generate precise 2D technical drawings from 3D CAD files
- Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator; KeyShot experience preferred
Direct Hire
5 days on-site (non-negotiable)
Beauty Brand is seeking a motivated Video Editor (Social Media) to support a creative team in producing high-quality content across multiple digital platforms.
REMOTE- PST Timezone
Freelance/Contract
Key Responsibilities
- Support senior creative leads in shaping video content for social, digital, and branded channels
- Import, transcode, sync, and organize raw footage and assets within established workflows
- Build rough assemblies and string-outs from briefs or scripts while maintaining organized timelines and file structures
- Assist with light color correction, audio leveling, and basic motion graphics
- Manage project files, storage workflows, revisions, versioning, and final deliverables
- Export and encode videos in multiple aspect ratios and codecs optimized for digital distribution
- Collaborate with creative and production stakeholders to maintain consistency with brand standards
- Troubleshoot common post-production issues and support workflow efficiency
- Stay current on platform requirements, editing tools, and content best practices
Qualifications
- 2+ years of hands-on video editing or post-production experience; internship and freelance experience considered
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro; experience with After Effects and Adobe Creative Suite preferred
- Familiarity with DaVinci Resolve
- Experience with professional footage workflows, including ARRI, RED, Canon, or Phantom formats
- On-set DIT experience is a plus
- Strong understanding of codecs, terminology, and post-production workflows
- Excellent organization, file management, time management, and attention to detail
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment and take direction effectively
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
- Experience editing social-first content and consumer-facing brand content is highly preferred
Send your resume and social video samples today!
Our client, a creative agency focused on building intelligent, user-centered brand experiences, is seeking a Senior Experience Designer to support ongoing digital and innovation initiatives. This is a hybrid contract opportunity based in the Denver area, ideal for a strategic thinker who blends UX expertise with experimentation, optimization, and hands-on design leadership.
Location
Hybrid – Denver, CO
(Onsite 2–3 days per week)
Timing & Duration
- Start: May/June 2026
- Duration: 2–3 months
- Hours: 20–40 hours/week (flexible based on project needs)
Overview
The Senior Experience Designer will play a key role in shaping and delivering intelligent digital experiences across complex brand ecosystems. This individual will lead research, testing, experience architecture, and optimization initiatives while partnering closely with strategy, creative, media, and development teams.
This role combines hands-on UX leadership with experimentation and innovation, making it a strong fit for someone who is equally comfortable building prototypes, leading usability sessions, launching A/B tests, and presenting insights to stakeholders and clients.
Responsibilities
- Lead UX and experience design workstreams across digital initiatives
- Conduct and synthesize user research, usability testing, and behavioral analysis
- Create wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and experience architecture deliverables
- Partner cross-functionally with creative, strategy, media, and development teams
- Launch and analyze experimentation initiatives including A/B and multivariate testing
- Translate insights and analytics into actionable experience recommendations
- Present concepts, findings, and strategic recommendations to internal teams and clients
- Contribute to innovation initiatives and exploration of emerging technologies and tools
Required Qualifications
- 4–6 years of experience in UX, digital product design, service design, or related fields
- Proven ability to independently lead experience design initiatives
- Strong portfolio demonstrating research-informed design and measurable business outcomes
- Experience with usability testing platforms such as Userlytics or similar tools
- Hands-on experience with experimentation and optimization platforms such as VWO
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and modern prototyping tools
- Strong understanding of analytics, conversion optimization, and behavioral insights
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Agency experience supporting regional or national brands
- Exposure to AI-enabled personalization or emerging digital platforms
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and help create structure within evolving innovation initiatives
- Balanced mindset combining creative problem solving with analytical rigo
Our client, a well known name in the CPG space is seeking a Senior Experiential Designer. This is a remote freelance role about 32 hours a week that is ongoing for the right person. Must be US based.
This role is responsible for concepting, designing, and executing experiential projects across retail stores, trade shows, pop-ups, events,
and branded activations. You are a multifaceted designer—a true “Swiss Army
Knife”—capable of crafting compelling experiences in both 3D and 2D formats.
This role supports the Creative Director by taking ownership of complex projects,
presenting work to stakeholders, and driving ideas through to execution with
minimal oversight.
What You’ll Do
Creative & Experiential Design:
• Lead concept development and execution of retail stores, trade shows, pop-ups,
events, and branded activations.
• Develop sketches, 3D renderings, floor plans, environmental graphics, and
production-ready artwork.
• Build comprehensive presentations, mood boards, material palettes, and design
rationales.
• Create graphic designs for print media, such as posters and signs, and for
branded materials, such as tote bags and other swag items.
Project Leadership:
• Independently manage multiple complex projects simultaneously from concept
through installation.
• Support the Creative Director by owning workstreams and ensuring project
momentum.
• Collaborate across a matrixed organization (Retail, Events, Product, Marketing
and Construction).
• Partner with external vendors and fabricators to translate concepts into final built
experiences.
• Present work to leadership, gather feedback, and evolve designs based on
strategic guidance.
Quality & Execution:
• Ensure all design work meets Lakeshore’s brand, aesthetic, and quality
standards.
• Prepare accurate production files for print, fabrication, and installation.
• Review materials and fabrication samples for quality control.
Who You Are
Experience:
• 5–10 years of experience in experiential design, environmental design, retail
design, pop-ups, trade shows, or branded spaces.
• Have a strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in compelling 3D experiences
AND graphic design work.
• Agency experience is a plus.
• Solid knowledge of print production and expertise in reviewing and approving
print samples and proofs for quality control.
• Strong conceptual thinking and storytelling abilities.
• You’re as comfortable with kerning letters on an event poster you designed as
you are with designing a retail fixture.
Skills:
• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite and Sketchup.
• Proficient in MS office, Figma/Figjam and AI tools like Firefly.
• Skilled in environmental graphics, spatial storytelling, and production workflows.
• Strong communicator able to present confidently to executives.
• Adept at navigating matrixed organizations and building alignment across
diverse teams.
Send your portfolio today!
Our client, a growing name in fashion is seeking a Graphic Designer and Art Director for immediate freelance. This is a 3 month contract role (40 hours a week) with potential to extend that is hybrid onsite.
You will be responsible for elevating and protecting the brand across all visual touchpoints. This role oversees the development and execution of best-in-class graphic design across digital platforms (email marketing, Shopify, social media, web experiences) and print collateral (campaigns, catalogs, packaging, retail and wholesale materials).
The ideal candidate brings a rare combination of craft and command — a refined design sensibility, strong conceptual thinking, and the art direction instincts to lead a room on shoot day as confidently as they govern a design system. They bring deep digital fluency, deep Shopify expertise, and a strong understanding of how design drives customer experience, conversion, and brand equity.
Key Responsibilities
Creative Leadership & Brand Stewardship
- Work with Head of Creative & Content to evolve the brand’s visual language and lead concept development for campaigns, launches, and seasonal initiatives — ensuring consistency, quality, and innovation across all outputs.
- Translate brand strategy into compelling, cohesive design systems that scale across channels and seasons.
- Set and uphold high standards for typography, layout, color, imagery, and craft.
Art Direction
- Provide confident art direction on photo and video shoots — directing talent, overseeing styling and set, and ensuring each shot delivers on the creative brief and captures the intended fashion story.
- Translate seasonal creative briefs and campaign concepts into clear visual direction for photographers, videographers, stylists, and talent — ensuring every production element serves the brand narrative.
- Contribute to image selects and post-production review, ensuring final assets reflect the intended visual story and meet the standard for use across all channels.
Digital Design Excellence
- Lead design for all email & social media marketing, ensuring visual clarity, performance optimization, and alignment with brand standards.
- Oversee Shopify and web design, including homepage storytelling, PDPs, landing pages, and seasonal refreshes.
- Partner closely with eCommerce, Marketing, and UX teams to balance aesthetics with usability, accessibility, and conversion.
- Stay current on digital trends, platform capabilities, and best practices, applying them thoughtfully to the brand.
Video & Social-First Content Design
- Partner with the Head of Creative & Content and Integrated Marketing to develop design concepts and visual frameworks for video and social-first content — including reels, stories, campaign video, and platform-native formats.
- Bring a motion-aware design sensibility to creative development — understand how still design translates to video and contribute upstream thinking on visual storytelling across moving formats.
- Ensure brand consistency and design quality across social content, balancing platform-native aesthetics with cabi’s elevated visual standards.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of graphic designers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and growth.
- Provide clear creative direction, constructive feedback, and career development support.
- Oversee workload planning and resource allocation to ensure efficient execution without compromising quality.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Marketing, Merchandising, eCommerce, and Production teams to deliver integrated campaigns and assets.
- Support field teams with tools and materials that enhance execution and customer experience.
- Work in close partnership with the Snr. Producer to align design timelines with production schedules, ensuring creative and operational workflows move in lockstep.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of art & graphic design experience
- Proven expertise in digital design, including email marketing and social media first assets
- Deep SHOPIFY experience mandatory
- Strong background in print design and production is a plus
- Exceptional portfolio demonstrating brand-led collateral across digital and print.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with Figma and digital collaboration tools.
- Experience in fashion, apparel, or lifestyle brands required; in-house experience strongly preferred over agency-only background.
- Familiarity with AI tools relevant to design and content creation; curious about emerging applications and able to evaluate where AI drives efficiency without compromising creative quality.
Send your portfolio today!
Designer, Collectibles + Brand Partnerships
Our client in the global footwear & lifestyle space is seeking a highly conceptual Designer to support an emerging collectibles and brand partnerships category focused on elevated charms, accessories, and collaboration-driven product storytelling.
Logistics:
- 12-month contract
- 40 hours/week
- 100% Remote
This is a unique opportunity for a designer who lives at the intersection of:
- collectibles
- toys/accessories/jewelry
- licensing & fandom culture
- footwear and product storytelling
The team is looking for creatives who understand how to turn licensed IP and cultural partnerships into products people become obsessed with.
What You’ll Work On
- Elevated charms, bag charms, blind box concepts, and collectible accessories
- Collaboration and licensing projects tied to major entertainment and cultural brands
- Concept ideation, graphic applications, color/material direction, and tech packs
- Product storytelling rooted in fandom, scarcity, and cultural relevance
- High-volume SKU development in a fast-moving, highly visible category
- Cross-functional collaboration with Design, Licensing, Product, and Partnerships teams
We’re especially interested in designers with experience in:
- Collectibles, toys, jewelry, accessories, or novelty product design
- Licensing partnerships (Disney, Universal, entertainment brands, etc.)
- Footwear, apparel, or consumer product design
- Industrial design and/or 3D product thinking
- Graphic-driven product storytelling
What You Bring
- Ability to concept quickly and work independently
- Strong visual storytelling and graphic design instincts
- Experience navigating brand guidelines and licensed IP approvals
- Understanding of product aesthetics, color balance, and materiality
- Ability to create product concepts and/or tech packs
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to rapidly build their portfolio while helping shape an emerging category at the intersection of collectibles, fashion, fandom, and product design.
