Jobs At Creature Theory
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For our clients, we craft dynamic, story-driven brand strategies, visual identities and package designs. Our agency is tailored for ambitious marketers who need creative solutions with a minimum of fanfare, complexity or ego. For them, we serve as a special ops team, delivering world-class brand materials that move products off shelves as fast as they’re stocked.
Our portfolio reflects decades of experience with start-ups, growth companies and global brands. Our clients see us as a fundamental part of their business—with the clarity, commitment and muscle to incite success.
We’re a team made of heart and hustle, brains and talent. Think you’re up for it? Let’s talk.
CURRENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
Account + Project Manager.
Temporary, Part-Time
In-person in Wilmington, NC or Remote (Eastern Time Zone Preferred)
Creature Theory is looking for an organized, unflappable, “yes-I-already-sent-that-follow-up” kind of person to help keep our client work moving.
We’re a branding & design agency that believes brands should feel like full-blown universes, not just logos slapped on things. That takes big ideas—and someone who can keep those ideas on timeline, on budget, and out of email purgatory.
We’re looking for a temporary, part-time Account + Project Manager to jump in early 2027 and collaborate with our Account Executive on day to day communications and be a steward on a range of projects.
Long story short, we're looking for someone who can hit the ground running, bring some order to the chaos, and make the team better simply by being a part of it.
WHAT YOU’LL ACTUALLY DO (In collaboration with our Account Exec.)
Be a calm, competent bridge between clients, vendors and our creative team.
Manage projects from kickoff to launch without losing your mind—or the files.
Build timelines, track budgets and keep people accountable.
Spot scope creep before it becomes a scope monster.
Help proof visually stunning, occasionally complex design layouts and copy.
Co-lead status meetings that don’t feel like hostage situations.
Keep client communication clear, timely and appropriately human.
Help support our own marketing efforts, particularly social media.
YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF:
Organization is basically a personality trait.
Budget and timeline spreadsheets don't scare you.
You're comfortable jumping between the big picture and the tiny details.
You can navigate project management tools with confidence. Bonus points for Asana and Toggl experience.
Communication is life.
BONUS POINTS IF::
You've worked with a creative agency before.
You understand brand strategy lingo without rolling your eyes.
You enjoy winning as a team more than being right.
You know the difference between a problem and a crisis.
You’re able to work in person in sunny Wilmington, NC.
LOCATION:
If you’re able to be in-person, our office is in the Cargo District of Wilmington, NC: Five minutes to downtown, twenty minutes to the beach. Not bad, right?
THE DETAILS:
This is an approximately 14 week contract position with an estimated start date of January 7th. There may be the opportunity to continue past the 14 weeks. Commitment expectations are 20 to 30 hours a week. Exact start and stop dates, as well as hours, are negotiable.
HOW TO APPLY:
Send your resume, a little about yourself, and anything else that helps us understand how your brain works to hello@creaturetheory.com. If you're not in Wilmington, NC, let us know what your situation looks like—we'd love to have someone in person but are open to remote work for the right candidate.
WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY HIRING FOR A DESIGNER.
If you’d like to stay in touch for future job postings, feel free to review this example Brand Designer job post, and send us as email.
IN PERSON: Wilmington, North Carolina.
We’re on the hunt for a Brand Designer that’s anything but average. We’re looking for that person who values the creative process—not for the sake of process, but because it's how you push beyond the obvious to create work that's distinctive, strategically sound, and beautifully executed.
At Creature Theory you'll help build brands from the ground up, developing identity systems that are far more than a logo and create expressive packaging that doesn't just stand out on the shelf—it earns its place there.
For what it’s worth, we care less about trendy aesthetics and more about creating distinctive brands with personality, purpose, and staying power. From you, we need earned confidence, but without the ego. You need to be self-motivated, yet have a love for working as part of a team.
If your portfolio demonstrates smart, conceptual thinking, exceptional design craft, and a knack for creating work that's unique and distinctive, we'd love to see it. In particular, we’d love to see identity systems and package design for CPG food and/or beverage. And huge bonus points if you’re willing to walk us through your process (that eventually yielded results), via a PDF or a webpage. Think written ideation, sketches, early design directions, iterations & exploration. To us, how you got there is just as important as the final mark or front face.
If you have experience with design & development on the Shopify platform, video & motion work, hand-lettering or illustration, please make reference and point to example(s).
YOU’LL THRIVE HERE IF YOU:
• Believe a logo is only the beginning of a great identity—and can show that in your work.
• You nerd-out on typography: Finding fresh typefaces, creating custom wordmarks, type-based design layouts, etc.
• Get excited by expressive, character-filled packaging design that will surprise and delight.
• Enjoy collaboration, critique, getting feedback and giving feedback, without letting it drag you down.
• Sweat the details without losing sight of the big idea. Seriously, you need to be good with details.
• Ready to work—hard. This is a small agency that prioritizes doing great work and having a good work-life balance over chasing big, boring clients. To make that work, we have to show up for each other and be ready to lock-in and rock it.
MORE DETAILS:
• In-Person: Wilmington, NC. First 60 days could be remote.
• Compensation: relevant to your experience and our agency’s location, size (under 10 people), and industry (craft food & bev).
• Benefits: We offer health, a 401(k), unlimited PTO and more.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
LOCATION:
The Cargo District of Wilmington, NC: Five minutes to downtown, twenty minutes to the beach. Not bad, right? After operating remotely during Covid-19, we are now back to working in the office together to maximize collaboration, access to our photography studio, physical package samples, the kegerator and kombucha. First 60 days may be remote, and then the expectation is in-office.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please email hello@creaturetheory.com your resume, a PDF or link to your portfolio, a PDF or link to example(s) of your creative process, and write a short bit about yourself—who are you, what moves you, why Wilmington, why Creature Theory?
Our office is located in the Cargo District near downtown Wilmington, NC.
The Cargo District features The Rift venue, Bean There Coffee, Alcove Beer Garden, Mess Hall, Queen St. Barber, The Plant Outpost, Coworx, Fermental Bottle Shop, Queen Street Tattoo, EOD Distillery and many more thriving indie businesses.
