Full-Time

Creative Lead

Posted on 9/17/2025

Future

Future

501-1,000 employees

Personalized coaching with tech-enabled fitness

Compensation Overview

$110k - $130k/yr

+ Equity

Remote in USA

Remote

Employment eligible to employees located anywhere in the continental US. No travel required.

Category
Creative Production
Required Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Figma
Animation
Requirements
  • 8+ years of experience in visual design, creative direction, or brand design, ideally in consumer/DTC businesses.
  • A portfolio spanning brand identity, still imagery, video, and motion creative that demonstrates both craft and business impact.
  • Experience leading and mentoring designers, agencies, or contractors, with a track record of raising creative standards.
  • An ability as a systems thinker, able to scale design quality through repeatable tools, guidelines, and templates.
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere), and comfortable working across both static and motion formats.
  • Skills to translate performance data into creative iterations, balancing storytelling with direct-response needs.
  • The ability to collaborate well across functions — marketing, product, content, and leadership — to bring ideas to life.
  • A strong point of view on design and storytelling, but are open to iteration and experimentation.
  • Passion about fitness, health, and technology, and motivated to help Future inspire people to move.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the vision and execution of Future’s creative output across paid media, influencer content, organic social, website, email, and product touchpoints.
  • Oversee and mentor the creative team, fostering a culture of creative excellence and experimentation.
  • Partner with Performance, Lifecycle, Content, and Product teams to ensure creative drives measurable results while reinforcing brand identity.
  • Develop and maintain scalable design systems, templates, and guidelines that ensure quality, cohesion, and efficiency across all visual channels.
  • Push the boundaries of storytelling through motion, video, animation, and interactive formats that resonate with diverse audiences.
  • Ensure quality and consistency across all visual assets, balancing speed and craft in a fast-paced environment.
  • Champion the brand identity, evolving its look and feel as the company scales, and ensuring it remains distinctive and memorable.
  • Stay ahead of trends in design, culture, and platforms to keep Future’s creative fresh, relevant, and high-impact.

Future.co provides personalized online fitness coaching by pairing each member with a world-class coach who designs a customized workout plan and coordinates nutrition and recovery guidance. Members use a platform that connects with wearables to track activity, while coaches adjust plans and provide daily check-ins and support through an app. The approach blends human coaching with data-driven feedback and a holistic focus on nutrition and wellness, using real-time insights from wearables. The goal is to make expert personal training accessible anywhere and help people reach fitness milestones through ongoing guidance and accountability.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$113.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Telehealth fitness sector grows 38% yearly through 2025 with corporate adoption.
  • AI personalization boosts 12-month retention 23% in fitness platforms.
  • Autograph merger captures 18-22% of $12.3B digital fitness market by 2027.

What critics are saying

  • Peloton's $12.99/month app undercuts Future's $199/month pricing immediately.
  • Apple Fitness+ AI workouts replace human coaches for iOS users in 3-6 months.
  • California biometric law triggers lawsuits and delistings starting July 2026.

What makes Future unique

  • Future pairs users with elite coaches training Olympians for personalized workouts.
  • Autograph merger expands access to premium fitness coaching nationwide.
  • Platform integrates wearables for real-time coach adjustments and accountability.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Flexible Paid Time Off

Mental Health Support

Remote Work Options

Future Membership

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
PR Newswire
Jan 23rd, 2025
AUTOGRAPH AND FUTURE MERGE TO MAKE ELITE FITNESS COACHING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE

/PRNewswire/ -- Autograph and Future today announced their merger to revolutionize fitness and wellness through personalized coaching. The combined entity will...

FinSMEs
Feb 3rd, 2022
Future Raises $75m In Series C Funding - FinSMEs

Future, a San Francisco, CA-based digital fitness coaching service, raised $75m in Series C funding

TechCrunch
Oct 16th, 2020
Future raises $24M Series B for its $150/mo workout coaching app amid at-home fitness boom

With thousands of gyms across the country forced to close during the pandemic, there’s been an unprecedented opportunity for fitness companies pitching an at-home solution. This moment has propelled public companies like Peloton to stratospheric highs — its market cap is about to eclipse $40 billion — but it has also pushed venture capitalists toward plenty of deals in the fitness space.

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