Senior Brand Designer
at Kate McLeod·Hybrid·New York
- Salary
- $120,000 – $150,000
- Location
- New York, Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- Senior
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Kate McLeod is hiring a Senior Brand Designer: a hands-on lead designer who executes and evolves the brand's visuals across packaging, campaigns and key digital touchpoints. The role is full time and hybrid, with one to two days a week in the office.
What you'll be doing
- Brand and campaign design execution: create campaign and evergreen assets across channels, turn briefs into finished designs, keep brand systems consistent and contribute ideas that strengthen the brand's storytelling.
- Packaging design and production (core ownership): lead packaging from concept to production-ready files.
- Align packaging with brand, functional and sustainability goals.
- Handle regulatory and manufacturing specifications.
- Work with vendors on proofing and quality control.
- Build reusable packaging templates.
- UX and digital experience support: work with the Senior Manager of E-Commerce & Retention on wireframes and user flows.
- Apply brand thinking to site features, landing pages and e-commerce modules.
- Photo selects and retouching feedback: review shoot images and pick the strongest hero and supporting photos for each channel.
- Give retouching direction and ensure final files are clean.
- Creative systems and operations: maintain file systems and creative libraries.
- Create templates and guidelines, audit workflows to reduce rework, and build shared style and component libraries.
What we're looking for
- 8–10+ years in brand design, visual identity and/or packaging design.
- A strong packaging background, ideally in beauty, wellness or CPG, including vendor and production experience.
- Solid design fundamentals and attention to detail.
- Comfort evaluating photography and giving retouching direction.
- Working knowledge of UX and e-commerce best practice.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; Figma preferred.
- Organised, proactive and collaborative.
What's on offer
- Salary: $120,000 – $150,000.
- 10+ days of PTO, increasing at your second and fourth anniversaries, plus paid holidays and sick time.
- Health insurance with an 80%+ employer contribution for medical, dental and vision.
- 401(k) (employee contributions only).
- Performance and anniversary bonuses.
- 75% product discount and 24+ free products a year.
- A regular weekly schedule.
- A supportive culture with snacks, team events and celebrations.
Equal opportunities
Kate McLeod is committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming differences including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy and medical conditions.
How to apply
Apply through the Kate McLeod jobs page with your CV (a cover letter is optional).
About Kate McLeod
Kate McLeod makes waterless body care from plant butters, with no dilution and no fillers. It began when Kate, a pastry chef with dry skin, tried using one of her favourite ingredients, cocoa butter, on her body; after years of refining the recipe she created the Body Stone, "a solid moisturiser that glides on like silk". The products are waterless concentrates designed to intensely nourish the skin, and removing water allows for plastic-free packaging.
Kate formulates everything from scratch and the products are handmade at the brand's Hudson Valley workshop. The mission is to "make safe, effective products that bring intentioned moments of care and everyday magic to people's lives".