Careers
We're looking for senior people who want to do the best work of their life. A small bench, doing the brand work that decides how a technical company is understood.
Open roles
Lead brand design for Sutro engagements with technical companies in the US market — identity systems, campaign expression, and the craft bar across deliverables. Ideal for a Creative Director with agency brand experience who already has a design team they trust and prefer to work with.
Compensation
1099. Engage as an independent creative partner with your preferred design team; compensation structured per project. No W-2.
What you’ll do
- Own creative direction for brand identity, visual systems, and market expression
- Set and protect craft quality across identity, guidelines, and campaign work
- Present and shape brand work in client sessions alongside strategy and leadership
- Bring or assemble a preferred design team for execution under your direction
- Collaborate with Client Partners so scoping, proposals, and delivery stay aligned
- Stay current on brand, product, and category signals that change how technical companies show up
- Engage as an independent creative partner with compensation structured per project
What we’re looking for
- Agency brand craft. At least 5+ years of brand design experience at a design agency, with real identity systems — not only campaigns or product UI
- Director-level leadership. Proven Creative Director or equivalent ownership of brand systems for ambitious technology or B2B companies
- Team you prefer working with. Comfort directing and reviewing a small design team you already trust, or assembling one quickly
- Sharp critique and communication. You can explain decisions to founders and operators without losing craft, and write clear feedback that moves work forward
- Composure under pressure. When feedback lands late, scope shifts, or a pitch timeline compresses, you reframe and keep quality high
- Comfortable with 1099 project-based work. You operate as an independent creative partner, not looking for a W-2 seat
- U.S.-based, U.S. working hours. Available for remote collaboration across Sutro engagements
Send a short note, your portfolio or site, and anything that shows how you lead brand design. If you work with a preferred design team, introduce them. contact@sutro.agency
ApplyExpand Sutro’s client base and build long-term relationships with technical companies in the US market. Drive revenue by selling brand strategy, identity, and market expression at commercial inflection points. Ideal if you have consultative sales experience and know how to convert conversations into engagements.
Compensation
1099 · Commission only. No base, no W-2 — uncapped upside for people who can actually close.
What you’ll do
- Identify, develop, and close new business with technical B2B companies
- Build and grow long-term relationships — from founder-led companies to private-equity-backed partners
- Present and promote Sutro’s services, including inflection-point repositioning, brand systems, and market expression
- Develop and execute sales strategies to meet and exceed revenue targets
- Negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms for win–win outcomes for clients and Sutro
- Collaborate with creative direction and strategy so scoping, onboarding, and delivery stay tight
- Track KPIs, keep an accurate pipeline, and provide reliable revenue forecasts
What we’re looking for
- At least 5+ years of experience at a design agency, branding agency, or similar client-services firm
- Proven experience selling to and partnering with CMOs, heads of brand/marketing, and other executive buyers — not only mid-level marketers or procurement
- You’ve closed real agency or consultative deals and can point to engagements you personally moved across the line
- Sharp written communication. Most deals live in email and Slack between calls. Your follow-ups are tight, structured, and move the deal forward
- Composure under pressure. When a competitor shows up, a client gets cold feet, or scope shifts mid-conversation, you acknowledge, reframe, and keep the deal moving
- You read people. You can tell quickly whether a buyer cares about price, speed, quality, or status — and you adjust. You don’t run the same script for every call
- Coordinates well across a team. Deals need strategy and creative to weigh in. You brief them, get what you need fast, and represent their work accurately
- Comfortable with 1099 + commission only. You’re not looking for a base; you’re looking for upside, and you’ve thought carefully about that structure
- U.S.-based, U.S. working hours. Plugged into the U.S. startup and tech ecosystem
Send a short note on deals you’ve closed, the kinds of buyers you work best with, and why commission-only is the right structure for you. contact@sutro.agency
Apply