What are the responsibilities and job description for the Creative Digital Director / Head of Brands & Growth position at DACUT?
DACUT is not just a dispensary chain. We are building a multi-brand, multi-state, vertically integrated brand house spanning:
- Retail
- Consumer packaged goods
- Culture-driven lifestyle brands
- Licensing across the U.S.
We move fast, build original brands, and operate at the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology.
About the Role
Now we’re looking for a Creative Digital Director / Head of Brands & Growth to architect, lead, and scale our entire creative, brand, digital, and marketing ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- You will own the creative and brand universe across:
- All DACUT retail
- All house brands
- All licensed brand programs
- All digital platforms
- All campaigns, launches, and content engines
- You are not here to “make things look cool.” You are here to build a scalable brand packaging content performance machine that:
- Moves fast
- Ships constantly
- Looks world-class
- And drives revenue
- You are:
- The Creative Director – setting taste, vision, and quality bar
- The Brand Architect – building coherent worlds across multiple brands
- The Packaging & Product Presentation Owner – owning packaging systems, visual identity, and shelf impact
- The Digital & UX Owner – owning websites, flows, conversion, SEO
- The Systems Builder – building workflows, pipelines, and standards
- The Team Leader – managing designers, animators, and marketing ops
- The Velocity Engine – increasing output, speed, and impact
- The AI Integrator – using AI to multiply creative and operational leverage
Qualifications
Must-Have:
- Leading creative / brand / digital teams
- Packaging design for CPG or regulated products
- Managing print production, dielines, and packaging vendors
- Web platforms (Buddy, Shopify, or similar)
- UX, CRO, funnels, and conversion optimization
- SEO, Google My Business, local search dominance
- Adobe Suite Figma
- Brand systems packaging systems
- Managing 3D / motion / video (in-house or vendors)
- Campaign development and launch calendars
- Project management and workflow systems
- AI tools for creative and marketing acceleration
Big Bonus:
- Cannabis, CPG, lifestyle, fashion, or culture brands
- Retail marketing experience
- Licensing or multi-brand systems
- Strong network of creatives, animators, printers, manufacturers
Required Skills
You are not just a creative. You are a builder of brand and execution systems. You:
- Have elite taste AND operational discipline
- Can manage multiple brands, SKUs, and packaging lines
- Know how to run creative like an operation, not chaos
- Think in systems, pipelines, and throughput
- Are obsessed with speed, quality, and leverage
- Can translate vision into execution
- Are comfortable owning deadlines, priorities, and outcomes
- Can lead creatives without drama
Preferred Skills
- You can:
- Direct
- Decide
- Delegate
- Ship
Pay range and compensation package
Competitive salary (DOE)
Performance incentives
Long-term growth opportunity
Equal Opportunity Statement
This is not:
- A “just design” job
- A slow corporate role
- A maintenance position
This is:
- A build
- A scale
- A leadership seat
- A chance to architect a real multi-brand house
Ready to Build a Cultural Brand Machine?
If you’ve built:
- Brands
- Packaging systems
- Creative teams
- And scalable marketing engines…we want to talk.