Brand Design & Creative Production Manager (Wine & Spirits)

Latitude Beverage Company; Newton (MA); Ibrido; USD 70.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical & Dental coverage

Paid holidays & sick days

Vacation time (2 weeks first year, 3+)

401K with company match

Descrizione del lavoro

Latitude Beverage Company is seeking a talented in-house graphic designer to lead brand design and production across print and digital materials in a hybrid Newton, MA role. You will own design projects from concept through production, manage freelancers, coordinate with the product team and the CMO, and ensure brand consistency across the portfolio.

3–5+ years’ experience and a strong print portfolio are required.

Competenze

• 3–5+ years of professional design experience in an in-house brand or agency.
• Design portfolio showing strong brand and print work (include link).
• Experience designing retail or trade marketing materials.
• Digital design experience, including email and social media graphics.
• Hands-on print production experience: preparing files, working with printers, reviewing proofs.
• A strong eye for typography, layout and brand systems.
• Experience managing freelancers or vendors, including briefing and giving clear feedback.
• Organized, deadline-driven project management experience across several jobs at once.
• Expert in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in your design or production work, and/or a real openness to adopting new ones as they evolve.
• Nice to have: wine, spirits or beverage experience, or at least a genuine passion for the category.

Mansioni

• Ongoing graphic design for catalogs, sell sheets, campaigns, emails, web graphics, and POS materials.
• Partner with the CMO on creative direction for new labels and brand refreshes.
• Maintain brand guidelines, templates and asset libraries so the wider team stays on brand.
• Brief, direct and review work from freelance designers and agencies.
• Oversee the part-time design and production coordinator: assign work, review output, and help them grow.
• Plan and run photo shoots for products and sales materials.
• Manage production partners for print and POS materials. Own quotes, specs, schedules and quality.
• Prepare creative files for production.
• Keep the creative pipeline organized: intake, priorities, timelines and approvals.
• Partner with our product team, printers and suppliers on label and box printing projects, project managing each one from final art to delivered labels.
• Adapt final label designs from our freelancers as needed, and prepare print-ready files.
• Manage timelines against bottling and release dates, and flag risks early.

Conoscenze

3–5+ years design experience

Brand & print design

Retail/trade materials

Digital design (email, social)

Typography & layout

Freelancer management

Project management

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

AI tools in design

Strumenti

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

AI tools (general)

Descrizione del lavoro

Latitude Beverage is an innovative Boston-based business behind an award-winning portfolio of national wine and spirits brands, including 90+ Cellars, Tequila Zarpado, Buddy's Vodka and Copper & Cask Whiskey. The company offers a highly curated global selection of products that deliver strong value, making it easier for consumers to enjoy quality wine and spirits at accessible prices. Founded in 2007, Latitude Beverage was built on the idea of turning market inefficiencies into better value for customers. Team members join a creative, growth-oriented environment focused on building distinctive, consumer-loved beverage brands.

Latitude Beverage Company offers a Comprehensive Benefits plan that includes the following:

• Medical and Dental coverage
• Paid holiday and sick days
• Vacation time (2 weeks for first year, 3 weeks after 1st year)
• 401K program with company match

Hybrid Role: Latitude Beverage HQ office is a hybrid work environment. This person will be expected to work out of our Newton office approximately 3-4 days per week with the ability to work from home 1-2 days per week.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000

Role Description

This integral creative marketing role is a multi-faceted position, split between graphic design and creative production/project management.

On the design side, we're looking for a talented designer with a sharp brand eye to lead our in-house design projects, which include sales materials, promotional campaigns, in-store signage, digital assets (e.g. email, social and web graphics), and some packaging work.

On the production side, you will merge your design and creative background with your production and project management skills to manage a network of creatives (design freelancers, photographers, etc.) and work with production partners and suppliers to make sure that creative deadlines are met and production efforts are kept to high standards. You'll also partner with our product team on packaging projects like label and box printing, overseeing timelines and preparing design deliverables.

As the primary in-house creative on the marketing team, you'll partner directly with the CMO on creative decision-making and brand aesthetic across the portfolio. We also have a part-time design and production coordinator who will support you in your role.

What You'll Do

Graphic design and brand stewardship

• Ongoing graphic design: sales catalogs, sell sheets, promotional campaigns, email graphics, web assets, advertisements, POS and display pieces
• Partner with the CMO on creative direction for new labels, line extensions and brand refreshes
• Maintain brand guidelines, templates and asset libraries so the wider team stays on brand

Creative production management

• Brief, direct and review work from freelance designers and agencies
• Oversee the part-time design and production coordinator: assign work, review output, and help them grow
• Plan and run photo shoots for products and sales materials
• Manage production partners for print and POS materials. Own quotes, specs, schedules and quality
• Prepare creative files for production
• Keep the creative pipeline organized: intake, priorities, timelines and approvals

Label and packaging production

• Partner with our product team, printers and suppliers on label and box printing projects, project managing each one from final art to delivered labels
• Adapt final label designs from our freelancers as needed, and prepare print-ready files
• Manage timelines against bottling and release dates, and flag risks early

What You Bring

• 3–5+ years of professional design experience in an in-house brand or agency setting
• A design portfolio that shows strong brand and print work (include link)
• Experience designing retail or trade marketing materials
• Digital design experience, including email and social media graphics
• Hands-on print production experience: preparing files, working with printers, reviewing proofs
• A strong eye for typography, layout and brand systems
• Experience managing freelancers or vendors, including briefing and giving clear feedback
• Organized, deadline-driven project management experience across several jobs at once
• Expert in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in your design or production work, and/or a real openness to adopting new ones as they evolve. You don't need to be an AI expert, but you should be curious, willing to experiment, and quick to adapt how you work.
• Nice to have: wine, spirits or beverage experience, or at least a genuine passion for the category.