About this role
Summary
We are seeking a visionary and dynamic Senior Creative Director to join our team and lead the evolution of Chobani's brand identity and visual communication strategies. This role will focus on overseeing and driving the creative direction for Chobani's packaging, visual assets, and brand guidelines, ensuring that our brand resonates with consumers in impactful and consistent ways. You will lead a talented team of designers and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to produce creative solutions that capture the essence of Chobani’s values while setting trends in the food industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead Brand Identity: Oversee the development and evolution of Chobani's brand identity, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints, from packaging to digital assets and marketing materials.
- Packaging Design: Lead the creative direction and design of product packaging, ensuring it reflects Chobani's brand values, stands out in the marketplace, and appeals to our target consumer base. Ensure all packaging design aligns with the brand’s voice, sustainability initiatives, and innovative trends.
- Creative Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of designers, providing guidance and creative direction to ensure the highest quality output. Inspire and foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and collaboration within the design team.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with marketing, product development, and production teams to ensure creative concepts are aligned with Chobani’s strategic goals and objectives.
- Brand Strategy & Execution: Partner with senior leadership to create and implement visual strategies that support the overall brand vision and drive consumer engagement.
- Innovation & Trends: Stay on top of industry trends, emerging design practices, and packaging innovations to keep Chobani’s brand identity at the forefront of the market.
- Quality Control: Ensure the highest standards of creative excellence in all deliverables, from conceptualization to final execution, while maintaining a cohesive and authentic brand voice.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree/relevant creative design degree and business background required
- 12+ years of design leader experience working on high impact and high-profile projects
- Design thought leader and award-winning portfolio
- Demonstrated strengths in creative thinking and ability to up-level insights into compelling concepts
- Strong understanding of the creative process with leadership and team building skills
- Entrepreneurial, resourceful, confident, and excited to lead
About Us
Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier place. In short: making good food for all. In support of this mission, Chobani is a purpose-driven, people-first, food-and-wellness-focused company, and has been since its founding in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant to the U.S. The Company manufactures yogurt, oat milk, and creamers – Chobani yogurt is America's No.1 yogurt brand, made with natural ingredients without artificial preservatives. Following the 2023 acquisition of La Colombe, a leading coffee roaster with a shared commitment to quality, craftmanship and impact, the Company began selling cold-pressed espresso and lattes on tap at cafés nationwide, as well as Ready to Drink (RTD) coffee beverages at retail. In 2025, Chobani acquired Daily Harvest, a modern brand offering consumers nutritious, delicious and convenient ready-to-make meals.
Chobani uses food as a force for good in the world – putting humanity first in everything it does. The company's philanthropic efforts prioritize giving back to its communities and beyond. Chobani manufactures its products in New York, Idaho, Michigan and Australia, and its products are available throughout North America and distributed in Australia and other select markets.
For more information, please visit www.chobani.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Chobani is an equal opportunity employer. Chobani will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any basis including, but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military and/or veteran status, marital status, predisposing genetic characteristics and genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws.
The salary range for this full-time position is $178,500.00 - $331,500.00, + bonus + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Chobani provides a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, disability insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, and tuition reimbursement. To help save for the future, all employees are eligible for a 401k match of 100% on up to 5% of eligible pay. To support growing families, we provide fertility and childcare assistance, and 12 weeks of parental leave at full pay after six months of continuous employment. In addition, we provide wellness resources which include an employee assistance program, fitness discounts, a wellness reimbursement, on-site gym access (certain locations) and a monthly wellness newsletter to connect you with resources and timely information. We offer various types of paid time of including: 120 hours of paid time off, 11 holidays, and paid volunteer time off.
Other facts
About Chobani
Chobani is a next-generation food and beverage company on a mission to make nutritious food accessible to all. Since 2005, we have made food from natural ingredients, that tastes delicious and nourishes people. We’re proud to be America’s No. 1 yogurt brand – making yogurt without compromise – with all natural ingredients and no preservatives. Over the last 19 years we’ve continued to disrupt the dairy industry, adding oatmilk and creamers to our portfolio alongside yogurt. In 2023, La Colombe – a leading coffee roaster with a shared commitment to quality, craftsmanship and impact – became part of the Chobani family, adding coffee to our lineup and new opportunities to innovate.
From the beginning, we set out to be a different kind of company, believing how we make our product is just as important as what goes into it. As a business, we put our people first, providing competitive wages, benefits that enable health and wellness, opportunities for growth and development, a commitment to keeping our people safe and fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong. People are truly our magic ingredient.
We also believe businesses can do well by doing good and are committed to giving back to the communities we call home. As a food company, we believe everyone should have access to good, nutritious food and are dedicated to fighting hunger and food insecurity. From volunteer initiatives to building infrastructure, and supporting organizations through our Community Impact Fund, we know that what matters most is the difference we make for others.
What you'll do
- Lead the evolution of Chobani's brand identity and visual communication strategies, overseeing packaging design and visual assets. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce creative solutions that resonate with consumers and align with brand values.
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