Specializing in FMCG and retail from packaging and identity to design systems, this is a brand design agency currently built around fast, tactical delivery. The reason this role exists is to change that: to move the agency from a high-speed production shop into a genuinely strategic branding business. 

This is an unmissable opportunity to join the leadership team and help shape how the agency operates, structures itself, and wins more strategic work. The agency is global from day one, with sister studios in London and Amsterdam and recent senior strategic appointments and APAC ambitions behind it.

The Role
You'll own the creative vision across high-profile FMCG and retail accounts, including a confidential redesign of one of the largest master brands in its category - work the founder hopes will open the door to bigger, more strategic clients.

Building and mentoring a creative team across the US, UK and EU time zones, you’ll have the authority to reshape its structure and recruit globally. You'll present strategy to C-suite stakeholders, embed the agency's proprietary strategic tool into US delivery, and work alongside the Director of Account & Strategy and the Managing Partner on new business and growth. This is a space where your judgment will shape decisions.

The Package
$150,000 - $185,000
Fully remote, US Central or Eastern time 
Travel when client work requires it
Healthcare, dental and 401(k)
Performance bonuses
Dedicated professional development and training budget
Partnership with the London studio

The Person
You're a Senior Design Director, ACD, or newly-minted CD from a strategically-led branding agency, with deep FMCG and packaging experience and command of Adobe Creative Suite. 

You think entrepreneurially - you want to build something, not inherit it - you see strategic ambiguity as room to lead rather than a problem to flag, and you're comfortable working across UK/EU time zones.