Creative Head of Creative

Rupt Group; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Rupt Group seeks a senior brand designer to lead a small design team and shape the brand across apparel, packaging, retail collaborations, and private-label projects. You will drive visual language, create ecclectic yet cohesive graphics, and produce production-ready files for manufacturing.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of design leadership, proficiency in Illustrator and Photoshop, and a deep appreciation for typography, color, and composition. Remote-friendly with direct CEO collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing with real time leading other designers.
• Expert in creating cohesive visual language across products, packaging, and campaigns.
• Experience with apparel, lifestyle brands, retail, or agency environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead two in-house designers; set direction and provide feedback.
• Design across branding, packaging, campaigns and identities.
• Direct production files for printing and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with CEO on brand strategy and new business opportunities.

Skills

Brand design

Team leadership

Illustration

Typography

Art direction

Concept development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

Print production

Job description

We started Rupt in 2024 in promotional products, an industry we know really well, and immediately started doing it differently. Recycled materials. Packaging that gets a second life. Custom jackets and shoes you can order one at a time.

That's where we started. It's not where we're stopping. We're moving into retail, DTC, apparel and footwear, collaborations and private-label collections, and we need someone to build what Rupt looks like across all of it. The goal is a brand people recognize without seeing the logo.

1 piece Minimum on full custom

~5 days Production on all our products

70+ Countries we ship to

The job

You’ll work directly with me on where the brand goes, run a team of two designers, and personally design a big chunk of the work. One week you're drawing a vintage-style graphic for a jacket. The next you're building the identity for a retail collab or figuring out what a Rupt pop-up looks like. If you'd rather review work than make it, this isn't the job.

The brand

Build a visual language that stretches across products, categories and markets, and stays cohesive without everything looking identical.

Graphics, illustration, apparel, packaging, identities, campaigns, photo direction. You know art that looks good on a screen isn't the same as art that looks great embroidered on a jacket, and you prep production files yourself.

The team

Lead two in-house designers. Set direction, give real feedback, make them better, and design right next to them.

What's next

A seat at the table when we build new businesses, so the creative is right from day one and not bolted on at the end.

Probably you

• 7+ years designing, with real time leading other designers.
• Expert in Illustrator and Photoshop. You care a lot about type, color and composition.
• You know print production and product decoration: screen print, embroidery, patches, woven labels.
• Experience with apparel, consumer products, lifestyle brands, retail, or an agency. Fashion, outdoor, streetwear or something weird all count.
• You can art direct a shoot and take a concept from sketchbook to finished product.
• You've got a mental list of brands with real swagger. You don't want to copy them. You want Rupt on that list.

Probably not you

• You haven't personally designed anything in five years.
• You need ten people to execute a simple idea.
• You'd rather maintain a brand than build one.
• Your portfolio is mostly prompts. Use whatever tools you want. We're hiring your brain.

The deal

Remote Work from wherever you do your best stuff.

Direct line You work directly with the CEO.

Two designers Your team from day one.

Real products Global manufacturing, so ideas get made fast.