David · 1 day ago
Art Director
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years expDavid is a breakout food brand focused on high-protein foods, led by CEO Peter Rahal. The Art Director will be responsible for owning the visual direction and execution across various platforms, ensuring brand consistency and quality in all design outputs.
Food and BeverageManufacturingNutrition
Responsibilities
Own the visual direction and execution of all design across packaging, advertising, website, retail, OOH, and miscellaneous creative projects
Ideate campaigns and translate concepts and creative direction into clear visual systems and references across advertising, website, retail, OOH, and miscellaneous creative projects
Help define creative outputs using mockups, layouts, and visual exploration to align teams early
Ensure all creative output adheres to brand standards and maintains a cohesive identity across all touch points
Serve as the final quality control for design execution, ensuring consistency, accuracy, taste, and polish
Oversee design execution for paid and owned channels including paid social, website, OOH, print, and email, ensuring a cohesive, high-quality brand experience across the board
Ensure creative direction and campaign concepts are translated into effective digital and print layouts that can be used on paid and owned channels
Own visual design direction and execution for David’s website, including homepage updates, landing pages, product pages, and campaign-specific web experiences, in collaboration with the CX team
Oversee visual execution for marketing and lifecycle emails, including promotional, product, launch, and retention-driven sends
Oversee execution of out-of-home (OOH) creatives and other large-format placements, ensuring designs are visually impactful, legible at scale, and production-ready
Own packaging design from concept handoff through final production, including partnering with the supply chain team and external vendors to ensure designs are production-ready and accurately printed
Lead visual exploration and design systems for packaging, including layout, typography, color, and hierarchy
Lead design work for retail assets, in-store displays, field marketing materials, sampling kits, and experiential elements
Ensure physical assets are consistent with brand standards and adaptable across retail environments and physical contexts
Lead and develop our team of designers, providing clear feedback, direction, and support to elevate craft, speed, and consistency across all creative output
Build and maintain scalable design systems and templates (e.g., paid social layouts, retail signage) to improve consistency, speed, and quality across design execution
Own creative asset management, including file organization, version control, and ensuring teams use the latest approved brand assets across channels
Qualification
Required
5+ years of creative experience (graphic design, art direction etc.)
Experience building brands at a high-growth CPG, DTC, or lifestyle brand (bonus if it's in fashion, beauty, food, beverage, wellness, or performance)
Strong, proven conceptual thinking and executional craft across visual and content, including both brand and growth-oriented marketing
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, lean environment with high creative and execution standards
Proficient in and familiar with tools like Figma, Adobe, and video editing basics
A sharp eye for design and an intuitive sense of what makes a brand resonate
Must have a portfolio of work demonstrating campaign thinking, brand development, and execution across formats
Rolodex of photographers, directors, stylists, editors, and production vendors in NYC and LA
A self-starting attitude with a love for bringing ideas to life
Humility, self-awareness, and curiosity
A desire to help build an early-stage CPG company with a mission to create tools to increase muscle and decrease fat
Benefits
Company equity opportunity
100% covered Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
401(k) with 4% match
Additional perks, such as covered gym expenses
Substantial and required PTO
Company
David
David is a food-tech firm focused on creating high-protein, low-calorie, blood-sugar-friendly foods.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$85MKey Investors
GreenoaksPeter Rahal
2025-05-29Series A· $75M
2024-08-20Seed· $10M
Leadership Team
Zach Ranen
President and Cofounder
Recent News
2025-10-09
Food Business News
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