Creative Director

Austin, TX (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead the creative function for a high-growth CPG brand, directing visual identity, packaging systems, and multichannel campaigns.

  • Own creative direction across photo/video campaigns and social content.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in creative or design leadership in high-growth CPG.
  • Standout: Comfortable in a founder-led environment with cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve our visual identity, design systems, and creative guidelines.
  • Ensure consistency across packaging, digital, retail, social, and physical experiences.
  • Maintain quality control across all creative output - acting as the brand guardian.
  • Lead packaging systems, version control, flavor extensions, and sub-line architecture.
  • Manage packaging updates across retail, club, international, multi-packs, and seasonal items.
  • Ensure compliance with USDA, FDA, Kosher, Organic, and multilingual formatting requirements.
  • Create scalable templates for future innovation and rapid expansion.
  • Own creative direction for photo/video campaigns, product shoots, lifestyle shoots, and brand storytelling content.
  • Design or art-direct social graphics, reels, motion concepts, ads, landing page assets, and email creative.
  • Manage with internal designers, agencies, creators, editors, and production partners.
  • Build content library and asset management system.
  • Own creative direction for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
  • Ensure content stays visually consistent, trend-aware, and brand-extending.
  • Evaluate performance data + Digital team to improve creative output.
  • Concept and deliver omnichannel campaigns: social, paid media, retail, OOH, and brand films.
  • Partner with Digital team to align creative with conversion insights and performance learnings.
  • Review influencer content, retail media creative, brand collabs, and co-branded assets to ensure brand alignment.
  • Develop creative for trade shows, sampling activations, Costco/Sam's Club displays, and in-store merchandising.
  • Bring the brand to life in physical spaces with bold, memorable experiential design.
  • Mentor designers, creators, and freelancers as the creative function grows? (Ensure consistent working format) - Partner with Sales, Digital, Product Development, to understand objectives and creative requirements - Maintain strong collaboration with the Brand Marketing Manager on timelines, briefs, and deliverables.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in creative or design leadership roles within high-growth CPG food/beverage.
  • Strong portfolio that demonstrates brand identity, packaging design, digital content, advertising, and retail merchandising.
  • Strong hands-on skills: design, layout, typography, visual direction, production, QC.
  • Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite + motion content familiarity.
  • Ability to move between high-level conceptual thinking and detailed execution.
  • Highly collaborative, fast-moving, and comfortable in a founder-led environment.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary and performance-based bonus.
    • Opportunity to build a category-defining snack brand at a pivotal stage of growth.
    • A fast-paced entrepreneurial work environment where your ideas and contributions make real impact.
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    The Only Bean

    The Only Bean is on a mission to revolutionizing snacking with the power of beans! We take one of nature’s most powerful, underrated ingredients and turn them into bold, crave-worthy snacks that actually make you feel good.

    Founded in 2017
    Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
    15 employees

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    96.4K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    41.2%
    Direct
    45.3%
    Referral
    3.5%
    Social
    9.3%
    Paid
    0.6%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~15