About the Role
Magic Spoon is seeking a versatile and collaborative Designer or Senior Designer to join their Creative team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership, and adapts to evolving priorities. The work will encompass digital marketing, brand design, product launches, retail, shopper marketing, social, email, web, packaging, sales materials, and other creative needs. A key initial project will be translating the new packaging redesign into a broader visual expression across marketing and consumer touchpoints. This position requires close partnership with Brand Marketing, Growth, Sales, Product, and Operations teams, and an openness to feedback, ambiguity, and independent project progression. Curiosity about evolving creative tools, including AI, and their thoughtful application alongside traditional methods is also valued.
Responsibilities
- Create on-brand work across digital, retail, shopper, social, email, web, paid media, sales materials, presentations, packaging, and other channels.
- Help extend Magic Spoon’s redesigned packaging into a broader visual system for the brand.
- Lead assigned projects from kickoff through final delivery, including concepting, execution, feedback, and support production.
- Help shape briefs, clarify direction, and identify practical creative solutions when projects are still taking form.
- Manage timelines, files, feedback, and deliverables with strong organization and attention to detail.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and communicate creative rationale clearly.
- Adapt to changing priorities while maintaining quality and momentum.
- Support photography, illustration, video, rendering, and AI-assisted creative projects.
- Work with freelancers, photographers, illustrators, stylists, food stylists, printers, and other external partners as needed.
- Prepare production-ready files and support internal packaging proofing, retouching, renders, and final assets.
Requirements
- A designer with approximately 4 to 8 years of relevant professional experience.
- Flexible, self-motivated, and comfortable working across a wide range of projects.
- Collaborative, low-ego, and receptive to feedback from different teams and perspectives.
- Able to work independently while knowing when to ask for input.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, and multiple projects at once.
- Excited by typography, layout, color, composition, imagery, and brand systems.
- Curious about new tools, processes, and creative approaches.
- A clear communicator with strong attention to detail and a high standard for execution.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating a strong understanding of typography, layout, visual storytelling, and brand systems.
- Experience creating work across both digital and physical channels.
- Expert proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
- Familiarity with After Effects, Premiere Pro, CapCut, or similar motion/video editing tools a plus.
- Experience designing for social media, email marketing, paid media, websites.
- Designing for packaging and print production a plus.
- Strong design skills and organized file-management habits.
- Experience working within an established brand identity while helping it evolve.
- Highly collaborative, resourceful, and proactive.
- Experience in consumer, food and beverage, retail, lifestyle, wellness, or e-commerce is a plus.
- Experience with shopper marketing, retail displays, or point-of-sale materials is a plus.
- Art direction experience across photography, illustration, rendering, or video is a plus.
- Motion design, animation, video editing, or illustration skills are a plus.
- Packaging design or packaging production experience is a plus.
- Familiarity with AI-supported creative tools, or an interest in learning them is a plus.
- An eye for capturing appetizing, polished short-form product videos at home for paid and organic marketing is a plus.
- Experience developing brand guidelines, templates, or design systems is a plus.
- Experience working in Asana or a similar project-management platform is a plus.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship is not offered.
Skills
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- After Effects (familiarity)
- Premiere Pro (familiarity)
- CapCut (familiarity)
- Typography
- Layout
- Color
- Composition
- Imagery
- Brand Systems
- File Management
- Project Management (Asana or similar)
Location
- Remote
- New York City (Hybrid)
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 4-8 years of relevant professional experience
- Designer
- Senior Designer
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive base pay
- Equity
Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity
- Bonus eligibility
- 100% covered Health, Vision, Dental insurance (50% covered for dependents)
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous parental leave
- Flexible vacation
- Paid company holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Catered lunch in office
- Dog friendly office
- Unlimited cereal
About the Company
- Magic Spoon is committed to building a company that not only represents, but includes, individuals across different backgrounds and perspectives.
- What we value: Hold on to the Dream 💫 Adult life shouldn’t be boring, prioritize your work/life balance, we can build a world-class company and have fun doing it
- Don’t miss the bowl for the loops 🙌 We’re all working towards the same big goals, prioritize collaboration over ego, politics, or possessiveness
- Be a Fruit Loop in a world of Cheerios 🌈 Bring your whole, unique self to work, celebrate and care for everyone
- Pour your own milk…and don’t be afraid to spill a little 🥛 We trust you, use your best judgment to make decisions. Mistakes are inevitable, let’s learn from them!
- No Added Sugar 🥄 We skip the sugarcoating - truth fuels growth, feedback builds muscles, and honest conversation is part of a balanced breakfast.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
