Brand Designer

Company Description

Club Kuma is looking for a detail-oriented, well-versed Brand Designer who is passionate about lifestyle consumer products, beauty, apparel, and more. If you want to be part of an exciting start-up, we want to talk to you! As a Brand Designer, you are thoughtful, creative, and a masterful storyteller who crafts comprehensive visual brands and identities. You will work within the creative studio and closely with the strategy team to solve both internal and external challenges

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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. Your work will span multiple touchpoints, ensuring brand consistency across every format and surface. You will also assist in finalizing assets based on creative direction. This role is full-time on-site at our offices in Santa Monic

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What you’ll

• do:Consult with leadership and other team members to achieve client and studio objectiv
• es.Work as a team member to comprehensively execute brand deliverables such as identity, logomarks/logotypes, iconography, color palettes, patterns, packaging, and w
• eb.Create beautiful design systems that make a positive impa
• ct.Envision and execute a brand visual system in a holistic w
• ay.Understand timelines and meet established schedules, timeframes, and deliverables set to be delivered to clien
• ts.Work on branding projects, from brainstorming and initial concepts through final producti
• on.Create comprehensive brand identity style guides and presentatio
• ns.Design and produce print-ready packaging files, including dielines, label layouts, folding carton structures, and retail-ready formats across a variety of substrates and finish
• es.Apply strong graphic design fundamentals — typography, layout, hierarchy, and color theory — across all branded touchpoints including packaging, marketing collateral, digital assets, and environmental applicatio
• ns.Collaborate with production partners, printers, and manufacturers to ensure packaging designs translate accurately from concept to physical product, managing pre-press requirements and print specificatio
• ns.Maintain the highest standards for all deliverabl
• es.Meet deadlines and take initiative with project manageme
• nt.Hold meetings with relevant stakeholders (finance, management, marketing, design, etc.) for appropriate deliverabl
• es.Be culturally connected by understanding new waves and tren
• ds.Actively contribute to the development of the studio culture and standards of quali
• ty.Always create an environment that is collaborative, dependable, insightful, innovative, memorable, passionate, agile, driven, diverse, analytical, and delibera
• te.Once settled into the position, bring new processes and improvement ideas to the tab
• le.Perform other duties as assign

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What you h

• ave:Prefer a bachelor's degree or higher in Graphic Design or a similar fi
• eld.5–10 years of work experience in design, agency, or a related fi
• eld.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 w
• ork.Demonstrated experience with packaging design, including knowledge of dielines, structural formats, print production, and pre-press file preparat
• ion.Strong graphic design foundation with expertise in typography, layout composition, color theory, and visual hierarchy applied across both print and digital form
• ats.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 workfl
• ows.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 manag
• ers.Ability to receive direction as well as take initiat
• ive.Succinct ability to articulate and explain design decisions to teammates and clie
• nts.Experience with visual design mockups, including product and packaging mock
• ups.In-depth technical knowledge of product development as it relates to graphic design (printing, web, mobile app development, et
• c.).Excellent at creating and maintaining cross-functional working relationsh
• ips.Exceptional visual and oral communication ski
• lls.Must be self-motivated and able to manage multiple parallel-path proje
• cts.Demonstrated ability to deliver successful designs under tight timing constraints and provide examples of such scenarios throughout car
• eer.Bonus tool-kit: Experience in animation, coding, and/or interaction design is a bo

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We offer a great package including PTO, benefits, 401K, and holidays. Compensation $85,000-$100,00

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