--- title: 'Design Director at ButcherBox' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/design-director-butcherbox-watertown-q1ny6ahy2dme' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Design Director at ButcherBox - **Company:** ButcherBox - **Location:** Watertown, MA - **Posted:** 2026-10-02 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/butcherbox/jobs/4418353009 ## Job description ## Who We Are ButcherBox is a certified B Corp headquartered in Boston, and honored to be celebrating our fourth year in a row on Inc.'s list of Best Workplaces. At ButcherBox, we believe in better. That’s why we deliver 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef, free-range organic chicken, pork raised crate-free, and wild-caught seafood directly to our members’ doors. All of our products are humanely raised or wild-caught and never given antibiotics or added hormones ever. We’re working to build a world that’s better for all, and we’re inviting everyone to come along. For us, better means treating our planet with respect. It means improving the lives of animals and the livelihoods of farmers. It means never cutting corners when it comes to doing business. Ultimately, it means better meals, enjoyed together. Our team is made up of people who collaborate and support one another. We’re always looking for outstanding people to join our mission! Department: Creative Studio Reports to: Senior Director, Creative & Content Salary Range: 160,000-182,500 Summary ButcherBox is entering an exciting new chapter. As we introduce a new brand identity and expand how the brand shows up across campaigns, packaging, retail, digital experiences, photography, video, and culture, we are looking for a Design Director to help bring that vision to life. Reporting to the Senior Director, Creative & Content, the Design Director will lead the day-to-day design discipline within the Creative Studio. This person will guide and develop the design team, establish effective systems and practices, and ensure that our identity is expressed consistently and thoughtfully across every consumer touchpoint. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone with exceptional taste, strong conceptual thinking, and experience creating design-led consumer brands. The right person has helped build brands known for pushing creative boundaries and understands how typography, photography, packaging, composition, and craft work together to create a distinctive and recognizable brand—and how to help a team deliver that standard consistently. The Design Director will remain close to the work: directing, designing, refining, and solving problems alongside the team. They will bring the focus and depth of design leadership needed to turn an ambitious creative vision into a distinctive and enduring brand experience. ## What You’ll Do - Translate the ButcherBox creative vision and new brand identity into clear, flexible, and scalable design systems. - Guide design development across integrated campaigns, digital advertising, email, web, social, video, out-of-home, print, partnerships, and activations. - Extend central brand and campaign ideas across consumer touchpoints while maintaining a cohesive and recognizable visual identity. - Lead the application of the brand across packaging, product labels, and retail, with an understanding of hierarchy, navigation, appetite appeal, claims, and shelf presence. - Help shape photography and visual storytelling across food, product, lifestyle, people, farms, and animals. - Develop creative treatments and visual references, participate in selecting production partners, and provide confident art direction on set. - Provide clear, actionable direction as work moves from early exploration through final execution. - Manage, mentor, and develop designers across experience levels, helping them strengthen their conceptual thinking, craft, and visual judgment. - Build a collaborative critique culture rooted in trust, curiosity, directness, and a shared commitment to exceptional work. - Collaborate closely with copy, video, production, marketing, growth, product, external agencies, and other cross-functional partners. - Present and explain design thinking clearly during creative reviews and cross-functional conversations. - Remain hands-on by concepting, designing, refining, and contributing directly to high-priority work when needed. ## What You Bring - 7+ years of relevant experience in brand design, art direction, or a related creative discipline. - Substantial experience within a leading branding, design, or creative agency; additional in-house consumer-brand experience is strongly preferred. - Experience building or evolving distinctive consumer brands, ideally within food, beverage, wellness, retail, or another consumer-focused category. - A portfolio demonstrating exceptional taste, conceptual thinking, brand-building, and meaningful personal contribution to the work. - The ability to translate a central brand idea across campaigns, packaging, digital experiences, photography, retail, and other consumer touchpoints. - Meaningful packaging experience and an understanding of how design performs in a competitive retail environment. - Experience developing photography concepts and providing art direction during pre-production and on set. - Experience formally leading, managing, or mentoring a team of designers. - Proven ability to draw outstanding conceptual and design work from team members without taking ownership away from them. - Strong knowledge of typography, composition, image-making, identity systems, packaging, and production. - Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and fluency with contemporary design tools and workflows. - Exceptional written, verbal, visual, and presentation skills. - The ability to balance high creative standards with real timelines, budgets, production requirements, and business priorities. ## How You Work - You have exceptional visual instincts and can clearly explain the thinking behind them. - You are exacting about quality but generous and collaborative in how you lead people. - You enjoy being close to the work and are willing to step in when a project needs your craft or experience. - You know how to elevate work while helping the person creating it maintain ownership. - You value direct communication, curiosity, and low-ego problem-solving. - You can work within real constraints without allowing the work to become ordinary. ## Benefits •Health: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, an employer-funded HSA, and short & long-term disability benefits •Financial: 401(k) with generous employer match •Annual bonus based on company performance •Time off: unlimited paid time off policy, 20 weeks parental leave, an executive team that encourages a good work/life balance •Personal growth: Annual Learning & Development stipend, and access to a range of personal and professional coaching solutions through BetterUp •Food: a free Custom Classic ButcherBox each month and weekly lunch reimbursement •Others: reimbursement for wellness activities, an exceptional EAP, fertility benefits, life insurance and more ButcherBox is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive environment at all steps in the hiring process. Every qualified applicant will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We are happy provide reasonable accommodations during our hiring process. [Please click here if you need to request an accommodation for your interview.](https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=zXoMNYXuvUSKq2OKFaD2AA7kHkxPHTJAgVs8REdbgaZUOVk0MTcwQUtRRjBERUhQMTRGWUhHU1dHUC4u) ButcherBox does not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in any part of our hiring process. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. ## About ButcherBox ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: A direct-to-consumer meat and seafood subscription service delivering humanely raised, responsibly sourced proteins to customers’ doors. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped — no outside investors) - **Headquarters**: Watertown, Massachusetts, USA - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Mike Salguero ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) food & beverage, specifically meat and seafood subscription - **Target customers**: B2C — health-conscious consumers, families, and individuals seeking high-quality, ethically sourced meat and seafood - **Mission statement**: “Making the world's best meat — humanely raised, responsibly sourced, no shortcuts — the easiest choice you make all week.” They also state: “We’re here for the farmers who raise our animals, the planet we source from, the people who work for us, throughout our supply chain, and the families we feed.” ## Products & Services - **ButcherBox Subscription (Box)**: A monthly subscription box of curated, frozen, humanely raised meat and sustainably harvested seafood. Subscribers choose their preferred cuts and box size. The product is B Corp Certified and features a “never-ever” ingredient policy (no antibiotics, no added hormones, no artificial anything). Delivery is direct to consumer doors nationwide. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (bootstrapped, no investors). The company states, “No investors. No fiduciary board. Just the people we feed.” - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue is not publicly disclosed. As a private, bootstrapped company, revenue figures are not shared. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: None — the company is fully self-funded with no outside investment. Partners include independent farmers, fishermen, and food system workers. - **Growth Signals**: Having served over “1 billion meals” since 2015. Recognized as an Inc. Best Workplaces honoree for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024). The company has grown to ~356 employees (per Built In) and operates both a headquarters in Watertown, MA and fully remote team members across the U.S. ## Competitive Advantages - **B Corp Certification**: One of the most rigorous third-party business certifications for social and environmental performance. ButcherBox is the only B Corp Certified meat and seafood company that sources exclusively from partners with 3rd party animal welfare certification. - **Bootstrapped & Independent**: No investor pressure allows the company to prioritize mission (animal welfare, sustainable farming, worker equity) over profit maximization. - **Longest “Never-Ever” Ingredient List**: 200+ items banned from their supply chain (antibiotics, added hormones, artificial ingredients). - **Direct Relationship with Supply Chain**: Partners with farmers and fishermen directly, paying them fairly and investing in their futures. - **Mission-Driven Advocacy**: Actively campaigns for policy changes (e.g., antibiotic-free school lunches, protecting Bristol Bay watershed) which builds brand trust and differentiation. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding Access**: Making “the world’s best meat accessible — not just to people who can afford it, but to as many families as possible.” - **Supply Chain Investment**: Investing in soil health research, next-generation sustainable farmer programs, and animal welfare improvements. - **Sustainability**: Minimizing environmental footprint and holding partners to high standards. - **Customer Obsession**: Continuously improving the customer experience (from sourcing to delivery) to remain the easiest choice for ethically sourced protein. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: The company was named an Inc. Best Workplaces honoree three years running (2022-2024). Core values include: Authentic, Relentless Improvement, Customer Obsessed, Accountable, and Humble. Culture is defined by core values and people, not by unlimited vacation or swag. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: ButcherBox is a flexible workplace. They have a headquarters in Watertown, MA, but many team members are fully remote across the U.S. Team members local to Boston are asked to come into the office at least twice a week to build community and collaboration. - **Benefits & Perks**: - Unlimited PTO - 100% paid parental leave - Annual bonus based on company performance - Generous 401(k) match - Full medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and employer-funded HSA - Short & long-term disability benefits - Wellness benefits: fitness reimbursement, mental health counseling sessions - **Free monthly meat/seafood box** (or can be sent to friends/family) - **Engineering Culture**: The company is seeking a Principal Analytics Architect (as of the last job board listing), indicating a data-driven approach to growth and operations. - **DEI & Purpose**: Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the business and supply chain. The mission-driven nature attracts employees who value animal welfare, sustainability, and social impact. ## Sources 1. [butcherbox.com/about](https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/about-us) 2. [butcherbox.com/careers](https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/careers) 3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/butcherbox](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/butcherbox) 4. [inc.com/profile/butcherbox](https://www.inc.com/profile/butcherbox) 5. 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