Lead Graphic Designer

About Us

Based in the Los Angeles Arts District, our client is a digitally native, e-commerce-driven color cosmetics brand with a bold, expressive brand voice and strong momentum on TikTok and Instagram.

The Role

Looking for a Lead Graphic & Digital Designer to run small creative team day to day. You’ll design at a lead level yourself while serving as the team’s quality and traffic control — keeping work moving, on-brand, and ready for final sign-off. You’ll report to the Creative Director, who sets creative direction and holds final approval.

What You’ll Do

• Run the workflow: intake projects through Asana, align with Sales and Marketing on priorities, and assign work to the right designer
• Own quality control: review all static and video work before it reaches the Creative Director, sending back anything off-brand or off-spec
• Lead digital content design across social, email, SMS/MMS, and e-commerce — on-brand and built to convert
• Guide performance video: ensure UGC and short-form edits sell, with the right hook, thumbnail, pacing, and visual direction
• Design packaging and retail: cosmetic packaging, color charts, bullnose/display, header cards, and POP
• Direct photoshoots for product and model imagery

Outside This Role

Brand strategy and creative direction, final creative approval, media buying, paid performance metrics, and budget approvals.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years in consumer packaged goods (CPG) design; beauty/cosmetics strongly preferred
• Hands-on cosmetic packaging experience: color charts, bullnose/display, header cards, POP
• Expert in typography, layout, and brand consistency
• A sharp eye for errors in others’ work — and the confidence to send it back
• Strong multi-channel digital judgment (TikTok, Reels, IG, email/SMS, e-commerce), with a feel for why a hook, layout, or edit drives a sale
• Experience directing photoshoots and running traffic in Asana
• Highly organized, decisive, and calm under pressure
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite; CapCut or similar a plus

What Success Looks Like

Within 90 days, the creative team runs without the Creative Director as the daily bottleneck. Work arrives clean and approval-ready, every designer knows their priorities and what “good” looks like, and the brand stays consistent across every channel and SKU.

Full-time Onsite Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM–4:30 PM PT (Wednesdays may be work-from-home)

Portfolio Required. Applicants who do not include portfolio will not be considered