Brand Designer

Club Kuma is a creative powerhouse that breaks the mold of traditional studios. We offer a full suite of creative and manufacturing services—all under one roof. Built on a rich history of innovation, we collaborate with clients and creators to build brands and bring thoughtfully designed products to life.

Our experienced team guides clients through a refined studio process, seamlessly integrating brand identity and product development to deliver market-moving results.  With a commitment to elevated design and unparalleled service, Club Kuma doesn't follow trends—we set them. Discover how we can bring your vision to life at ClubKuma.com.

We’re on the hunt for a visionary and meticulous Brand Designer with a passion for lifestyle consumer products, beauty, and apparel. If you’re eager to make your mark in a dynamic studio environment, we want to hear from you!

As a Brand Designer, you’ll be a creative powerhouse and a masterful storyteller, shaping compelling visual identities and brands that captivate and inspire. You’ll be at the heart of our creative studio working alongside our strategy team, as you’ll tackle both internal and external design challenges.

In this role, you’ll work with our multidisciplinary teams on crafting branding assets that include brand identities, style guides, typography systems, iconography, patterns, packaging, and more. You’ll also bring your attention to detail to perfect these assets, ensuring they align with our creative direction.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on-site with a team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Join us and be part of something extraordinary!

Current branding projects include:

• Gen Z Fragrance Brand
• Beauty & Lifestyle Fashion Brand (Musical Artist partner)
• Luxury Intimate Wellness Brand
• Pet Care Brand
• Fashion Accessory Brand

What you’ll do:

● Consult with leadership, as well as other team members, to achieve client and studio objectives.

● Work as a team member to comprehensively execute brand deliverables such as identity, logomarks/logotypes, iconography, color palettes, patterns, packaging, and social templates.

● Create beautiful design systems that make a positive impact.

● Envision and execute a brand visual system in a holistic way.

● Understand timelines and meet established schedules, timeframes, and deliverables set to be delivered to clients.

● Maintain the highest standards for all deliverables.

● Build robust visual libraries within Adobe Creative Suite for internal and external stakeholders.

● Work on branding projects, from brainstorming and initial concepts through final production.

● Create comprehensive brand identity style guides and presentations.

● Meet deadlines and take initiative with project management.

● Hold meetings with relevant stakeholders (finance, management, marketing, design, etc.) for appropriate deliverables.

● Be culturally connected by understanding new waves and trends.

● Actively contribute to the development of the studio culture and standards of quality.

● Always create an environment that is collaborative, dependable, insightful, innovative, memorable, passionate, agile, driven, diverse, analytical, and deliberate.

● Once settled into the position, encouraged to bring new processes and improvement ideas to the table.

● Perform other duties as assigned.

● Prefer a bachelor's degree or higher in Graphic Design or a similar field.

● 5-10 years of work experience in design, agency, or a related field.

● Must be able to show a portfolio of work that reflects creative thinking with a broad range of examples.

● Experience with creating comprehensive brand deliverables such as identity, style guides, iconography, etc.

● Proficient/Expert in Adobe Suite.

● Collaborative and ego-free personality, with enthusiasm for working with and receiving feedback from our team of designers, marketers, and brand managers.

● Ability to receive direction as well as take initiative.

● Succinct ability to articulate and explain de decisions to teammates and clients.

● Experience with visual design mockups.

This is a full-time, on-site position in our beautiful offices in Santa Monica, CA.  We offer a great package including PTO, benefits, 401K, and holidays. Compensation $85,000 - 100,000 plus, based on experience.