Midweight Designer

Craft Agency Ltd; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working: three days in the in‑l

Job summary

Craft Agency Ltd in New York is seeking a Designer with 3–6 years in branding or packaging studios. You will develop and execute design and illustration for food and beverage projects, placing packaging at the center from concept to delivery.

With a CP G-heavy portfolio and drinks/food focus, you think in brand context, present work confidently, and bring personality to client discussions. The role reports to creative leadership and works within a small, collaborative team.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years in a branding or packaging-focused studio in or around New York
• CPG-heavy portfolio with packaging at its centre – drinks and food work is essential
• Move beyond pure execution: think in brand context, present work with confidence, and bring personality to client rooms

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute design and illustration across food and beverage projects from concept through completion, with packaging front and centre
• Take a brief and run with it, generating visual explorations and translating brand context into work that ships
• Contribute to client presentations with strong visuals and clear thinking; build strategic awareness as scope expands

Skills

Branding design

Packaging design

Illustration

Concept sketching

Job description

This is a New York independent that turns cultural intelligence into brand worlds - craft-led, street-inspired, and working at genuine scale - a place where design thinking shapes the commercial outcome rather than following it.

The studio was founded in 2002 and works across drinks and a fast-growing food portfolio for some of the most recognised names in beverage and packaged goods.

The Role

You'll develop and execute design and illustration across food and beverage projects, from concept through completion, with packaging front and centre. That means taking a brief and running with it: generating visual explorations, sketching thinking, and translating brand context into work that ships.

As clients push their briefs upstream into brand strategy, so does this role. You'll contribute to client presentations through strong visual work and clear thinking, and build strategic awareness as scope expands. You'll report to a member of the creative leadership team and work closely across a small, collaborative group.

The Package

$70,000 - $100,000

• Hybrid working: three days in the studio
• A protected 9 - 5:30 working culture
• Varied, high-craft project work with real creative ownership

The Person

You're a Designer, likely three to six years in, currently at a branding or packaging-focused studio in or around New York. Your portfolio is CPG-heavy with packaging at its centre - drinks and food work is essential. You've moved past pure execution: you think in brand context, present your work with confidence, and bring genuine personality into the room.