pick’em turned flavoured toothpicks into a multimillion-euro brand, with nearly 100 million toothpicks sold, 500 million organic views and thousands of stores across Europe.
Now we’re building a confectionery universe beyond toothpicks, including a new category still under wraps, and looking for the designer who will define it.
The role
You will take over creative ownership from our founding designer and build the next version of pick’em alongside our CEO and COO.
You will lead through the work itself. Initially, you will be our central hands-on design owner, working directly inside the concepts, design systems, packaging, renderings, websites and final production files.
As pick’em grows, you will have the opportunity to build and lead our design team and potentially develop into our Chief Design Officer.
You will have exceptional creative freedom. In return, we expect exceptional ownership: strong ideas, fast execution, organized systems and finished work that is ready to manufacture, publish or install.
What you will own
Over your first twelve months, you will:
Build the pick’em design system:
Create a cohesive visual language, guidelines, templates and workflows that can scale across multiple product categories, markets and channels without making everything look identical.
Own packaging and production: Take packaging from the initial concept through dielines, prepress and final manufacturing files. Review physical samples, colors, materials and production details to ensure the finished product matches the design.
Create 3D product worlds: Produce high-quality product renderings for products that may not physically exist yet. Use 3D to support product concepts, physical prototyping, retail presentations and launches.
Design and build digital experiences: Own key websites, landing pages and launch experiences from Figma through Shopify implementation. Use modern AI and vibe-coding tools when they improve exploration, speed or execution.
Shape retail and launches: Create retail displays, point-of-sale materials, campaign concepts and launch systems. Depending on the project, this can also include social assets, pitch decks, merchandise, pop-ups and event environments.
You should bring
We care about what you can do, not how many years you have been doing it or where you studied.
- Exceptional visual taste and a portfolio that makes it immediately visible
- Serious packaging-design experience, including production-ready manufacturing files
- The ability to build complete visual systems rather than isolated attractive assets
- Strong 3D product-visualization skills, ideally using Blender
- Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
- The ability to design and implement websites using Shopify
- Confidence using AI tools to explore, iterate and execute faster
- Speed, structure and the ability to operate with little supervision
- The ability to work across different visual styles instead of forcing every brief into your personal aesthetic
- High standards for typography, alignment, color accuracy, file structure and final execution
- Professional English. German is not required.
Strong additions
- Experience with consumer brands, FMCG, packaging, food or confectionery
- Experience with e-commerce, social-first brands or younger audiences
- Photography, videography, motion design, editing, illustration or color grading
How we work
- Work remotely from anywhere with meaningful overlap with Berlin or London
- Use our Berlin or London offices whenever you prefer
- Meet in person approximately once or twice per month
- Travel occasionally for supplier visits, productions, launches, retail activations and events
- Flexible working hours and unlimited vacation
- A high-end Apple setup and all professional equipment required for your work
- Creative software and AI-tool subscriptions
- Fitness or wellbeing membership
- Personal learning and creative-inspiration budget
- Equity is available depending on the candidate and overall package
How to apply
Send us your portfolio. No traditional cover letter is required.
We are particularly interested in seeing packaging, visual systems, 3D product work, websites and evidence that you can produce exceptional work across more than one design style.
Our process is simple:
- Portfolio review
- Conversation with the founders
- Time-boxed, paid design challenge followed by a final decision
We will align on compensation expectations before asking you to complete the design challenge.