About the role
We are seeking experienced consumer-products, retail and brand leaders who can help emerging businesses grow through customer access, distribution and strategic partnerships. This specialty covers personal care, beauty, nutrition, wellness and lifestyle products. Advisors bring insight into brand positioning, retail expansion, merchandising, e-commerce and commercial execution, together with relationships that can help founders reach the right buyers and partners.
How you can contribute
- Advise on consumer positioning, product-market opportunities, retail expansion and route-to-market strategy.
- Introduce relevant retail category buyers, wholesalers, distributors and e-commerce operators.
- Help founders understand merchandising requirements, purchasing decisions and customer-acquisition opportunities.
- Support commercial partnerships across personal care, beauty, nutrition, wellness and lifestyle products.
- Contribute relevant experience in manufacturing, supply chains, product distribution and market expansion.
- Help identify appropriate sports, gym, creator, agency, licensing and brand partnerships that can create commercial value.
- Connect relevant consumer-sector investors and strategic corporate partners through Graphora’s agreed process, collaborating with the capital and creator specialties where useful.
Relevant professional experience
- Significant experience growing consumer brands through retail, e-commerce, merchandising, distribution or commercial partnerships.
- A record of contribution as a brand leader, retailer, founder, distributor, senior operator, advisor or investor.
- Practical knowledge of consumer buying behavior, retail purchasing requirements or customer acquisition.
- Relevant buyer and partner relationships, with examples of measurable commercial outcomes.
- Experience in personal care, beauty, nutrition, wellness, lifestyle products or creator-led brands is particularly relevant.
The relationships you bring
Customers and distribution
Retail category buyers, wholesalers, distributors, nutrition and wellness retailers, and e-commerce operators.
Brand and operating partners
Consumer-product manufacturers, supply-chain partners, gyms, sports organizations, creators, agencies and licensing partners.
Strategic capital
Consumer-focused investors, retail-connected family offices and strategic consumer-products partners.
Engagement and compensation
Advisory engagements start at 2–4 hours per month and may increase to 40 hours per month for advisory and board engagements, depending on the agreed scope. Work is primarily remote, with any local meetings or hybrid participation agreed separately. The city identifies the professional market you can support; it does not imply a Graphora office or a fixed in-person schedule.
Compensation varies by role and engagement. Venture scouting, capital formation support, portfolio-company advisory, board and operational engagements have different arrangements. Depending on the separately agreed engagement, compensation may include cash, carried-interest or equity participation; no universal hourly rate, award or participation amount is promised by this listing. Scope, compensation, any vesting and other terms are agreed in writing before the engagement begins.
Explore your local market
The specialty is offered across 23 cities. Select the market that fits your professional network in the interactive catalogue.
New York City · Atlanta · Austin · Boston · Charlotte · Chicago · Dallas · Denver · Greenwich · Houston · Las Vegas · Los Angeles · Miami · Minneapolis · Nashville · Palm Beach · Philadelphia · Phoenix · San Diego · San Francisco Bay Area · Scottsdale · Seattle · Washington
Applying with Graphora
Create or sign in to your free Graphora membership and use your saved professional profile to apply for the selected specialty and city. Your résumé and LinkedIn information help the team understand your experience; you do not need to repeat your full professional history. The investment-background questions are self-attestations, not independent accreditation verification. Graphora reviews applications and discusses suitable responsibilities and engagement terms with selected applicants.
No investment, paid subscription or purchase is required for advisory consideration. This is an Advisory Board Member opportunity, not a fiduciary Board of Directors appointment or a full-time employee position. Professional contribution and role needs guide selection; applying does not guarantee an appointment. Graphora welcomes qualified applicants from all backgrounds.