Fractional Designers for DTC & CPG Brands

Add a designer to your team without the cost or commitment of hiring full-time.

DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
DarkRoast creative work for consumer brands
Tony's Chocolonely logo
Nature's Path Organic logo
Good Foods logo
Noka logo
Sweet Loren's logo
IQBAR logo
Wild Earth logo
Serenity Kids logo

400+

CPG brands served

Consumer brands across North America trust us with their day-to-day design

25,000+

Projects delivered

Sell sheets, packaging, Amazon content, email, social — shipped and on-brand.

9.8 / 10

Average satisfaction

What clients rate us, on average, across those 25,000 projects

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Our Work

The everyday design that keeps CPG brands moving

A snapshot across email, packaging, retail, social, and trade — for 400+ CPG brands.

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Customer Stories

What it’s like to work with us?

From initial concept to national retail launch in 3 months.

Creative strategy for a landmark Noah Kahan partnership that pushed past 300,000 cans sold.

A PDP refresh and 3D renders drove a 30% sales lift on Amazon and Whole Foods.

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Your full creative team

What we do other than graphic design

Beyond your dedicated designer, tap specialist talent on-demand — motion, 3D, and email — for a full creative team without the extra vendors

Photoreal 3D render of an Ellenos yogurt cup

Motion + Video

Scroll-stopping social animations, product videos, and ad creative that move.

Photoreal 3D render of an Ellenos yogurt cup

3D rendering + CGI

Photorealistic product renders that replace costly photoshoots

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Free Trial

Try your new designer on a real project

Hand us something from your to-do list and we’ll design it — no cost, no strings attached. It’s the easiest way to see how we work before you commit to anything.

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Testimonials

Our clients average 104 projects a year

Here's what they say about working with us.

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The team at DarkRoast has helped us take our creative execution to a new level. We are paired with a spectacular design pro that has quickly become an extension of our team. Working with DarkRoast is like the “easy button” for bringing creative projects to life!

Stephanie Wysocki
@

Jackson's Chips

645 projects
delivered in
3.5 years

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Working with DarkRoast and our designer has been a major unlock for our business, bringing cohesion across channels and elevating our workflow as well as our look & feel. Rosso as it exists today wouldn't be the same without the team at DarkRoast.

Scott Sanger
@

Rosso

137 projects
delivered in
2.5 years

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Our designer has impressed us with her quick grasp of our brand identity, as well as her speed in creating content and making edits. She feels like an extension of the Barleans team, with outstanding communication and delivering quick results.

Mackenzie Cronkite
@

Barleans

256 projects
delivered in
2.5 years

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Collaborating with DarkRoast has been an incredible experience. Their designer and project management resources have empowered us to scale and create top-tier designs for all our sales and marketing channels.

Derek Steiner
@

Noka

260 projects
delivered in
3 years

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Over the years, DarkRoast has become a trusted creative partner to La Tourangelle, helping us bring our brand to life across nearly every consumer touchpoint. Their team can take any creative vision and make it a reality — often elevating it beyond what was initially imagined.

Lucas McMaster
@

La Tourangelle

370 projects
delivered in
3 years

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We’ve really enjoyed working with DarkRoast — the team is quick, easy to work with, and great at jumping into whatever we need, and the creative is always strong. They’ve been able to take on bigger and urgent projects without missing a beat, and it’s been great having a team we can count on.

Kara Caso
@

IQBAR

51 projects
delivered in
7 months