Leading brand identity and packaging projects from strategy through to production.

Full-time | Potts Point, Sydney | 4 days studio / 1 day WFH

Squad is a branding and design studio creating distinctive product, venue and corporate brands. We specialise in premium food, beverage and wellness, partnering with ambitious founders and established businesses to build brands with enduring commercial value.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Brand Project Manager to join our team.

Working closely with founders Terry and Matthew Squadrito, you'll lead brand identity and packaging projects from strategy through to production. You'll be the day-to-day contact for clients, coordinating our team of strategists, designers and production partners while ensuring every project is delivered to the highest standard.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building brands from the ground up, understands the realities of packaging production, and thrives on bringing clarity and structure to complex creative projects.

If immersing yourself in authentic premium lifestyle brands gets you out of bed in the morning, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

- Lead brand identity and packaging projects from strategy through to production.
- Guide studio and client teams through the branding process with confidence and clarity.
- Build trusted relationships with clients, suppliers and key stakeholders.
- Prepare project scopes, estimates, budgets and timelines.
- Coordinate designers, strategists, writers and production partners.
- Work alongside our in-house packaging specialist to coordinate artwork,



print and production through to manufacture.
- Keep projects on schedule, on budget and running smoothly.
- Monitor project profitability and commercial performance.
- Identify opportunities to add value throughout each client relationship.
- Work closely with Terry and Matthew to ensure every project meets Squad's creative standards.

Skills & Experience

- 4+ years' experience managing branding projects within a creative agency.
- Experience delivering brand identity and packaging projects.
- Excellent client management and communication skills.
- Good understanding of print and packaging production.
- Commercially minded with experience managing budgets and timelines.
- Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience using Scoro or similar project management software is advantageous.

We're looking for someone who

- Loves building brands.
- Is calm under pressure.
- Is naturally organised.
- Communicates with confidence.
- Takes ownership.
- Thinks commercially.
- Enjoys collaborating with specialists.
- Is naturally curious and always looking to improve.

Why Squad?

- Learn directly from founders Terry and Matthew Squadrito.
- Work on some of Australia's most respected food, beverage, wellness and hospitality brands.
- Be part of a senior team spanning strategy, creative, communications and production.
- A small, collaborative studio where your contribution has genuine impact.
- Potts Point studio location next to Kings Cross station
- Full time role.
- Four days in the studio, one day working from home.

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📌 Senior Project Manager - Brand & Packaging (New South Wales)
🏢 Squad Studio
📍 New South Wales