Art Director, Blank Street
Content
$120-140k
Plus Equity
Coffee chain
Job no longer available
Coffee chain
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$120-140k
Plus Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To become the defining food and beverage brands of our generation.
Role
Who you are
- Strong taste and a clear, defensible creative POV
- Proven experience leading and developing creative teams
- Deep understanding of social as a creative medium, not just a marketing channel
- Comfortable owning insights and performance reporting and translating them into creative direction
- High standards for craft, clarity, and how work lands in the world
- 7–10+ years of experience in art direction, content, or brand creative roles, with clear ownership of social or digital content
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing creative teams, not just managing projects
- Strong portfolio showing a consistent visual POV, high craft, and social-first thinking
What the job involves
- As Blank Street scales (new markets, more product launches, higher expectations), we need someone who can help us see our content ambitions to fruition
- As Senior Art Director, Content, you will own the art direction of Blank Street’s social and content channels
- That means defining how the brand looks and feels day to day, in motion, across platforms
- This is not a role for someone who just reacts to trends or executes briefs. You’re here to set the bar, build a point of view, and make sure everything we publish actually feels like Blank Street. If done well, this role quietly but meaningfully changes how the brand is perceived
- Pushing the work forward creatively while protecting the integrity of the brand
- The art direction and visual standards of Blank Street’s social and content channels
- The creative direction, feedback, and development of the content team
- The evolution of our social look and feel into a coherent, scalable system
- Insights, reporting, and creative reviews that inform what we make next
- Creative partnership with producers, creators, and marketers to deliver work that feels intentional and elevated
Our take
More people deserve great coffee and Blank Street strives to make this possible. Blank Street’s formula involves technology enabled, micro-footprint brick-and-mortar spaces which operate at a cheap price meaning they can produce excellent coffee, also, at a reasonable price.
What started as one electric-powered coffee cart in 2020 has expanded to over 90 locations across the US and the UK. Blank Street wants to serve coffee cheaper than Starbucks but tastier than Dunkin’ Donuts – its main competitors – and has done so with automation, specifically Eversys espresso makers that can produce 700 drinks an hour.
The chain has received mighty financing too, including from real estate tycoon Tishman Speyer as well as from General Catalyst Partners and Tiger Global Management. This brand is certainly making its mark as its growth has remained at an impressive rate, especially following its entrance into the thriving coffee shop market in the UK.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2023
$20m
EARLY VC
Oct 2021
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $52m
Company HQ
South Williamsburg, NY
Leadership
Issam Freiha
(Co-Founder & CEO)Issam co-founded Blank Street in 2020 alongside Vinay. Previously, he was a Partner at Reshape Ventures and Graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics & Statistics.
Vinay Menda
(Co-Founder & President)Vinay graduated from NYU Stern School of Business with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance in 2015. And he is currently a Managing Partner at Reshape Ventures.
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