Brand Designer

Agri-Mark/Cabot Creamery Cooperative; Waitsfield (VT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401k with company match

Job summary

Agri-Mark/Cabot Creamery Cooperative in Waitsfield, VT is seeking a Brand Designer to join the Creative/Digital team. You’ll design packaging, print, marketing collateral, website graphics, email design, and more, ensuring alignment with the brand book and evolving the visual identity across channels.

The role requires 5+ years of design experience with a consumer brand, strong typography/color skills, and Adobe Creative Suite proficiency.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional design experience with a CPG or consumer brand, including hands-on experience in packaging design and production.
• Degree or equivalent education and experience in graphic design or related field.
• Strong knowledge of design fundamentals, including layout, composition, typography, color, print, digital, web, and packaging production requirements such as dielines, substrates, prepress, color management, and print specifications.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Basic photography skills with the ability to edit and retouch photography.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while making effective decisions in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment.
• Able to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a collaborative creative team.
• Strong ability to collaborate and give and receive constructive creative feedback.
• Extremely organized, responsible, and detail-oriented, with a high standard for quality.
• Strong ability to manage creative projects, timelines, and deliverables.
• Demonstrates clear thinking, sound judgment, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Copywriting skills a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create bold, modern designs that reflect the brand’s values while continuously evolving the visual identity across brand channels and touchpoints.
• Execute and refine packaging designs from concept through final production, working within established brand and packaging strategy, with opportunities to contribute to new packaging design development as needed.
• Create original design and creative work across print, digital, marketing collateral, presentations, social, and other brand communications.
• Review and provide creative feedback on designs from internal and external agencies and freelancers to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with brand standards and visual evolution.
• Collaborate with the Creative Manager and project leads to develop creative concepts, establish visual direction, and bring projects from concept through completion.
• Support production work for assets produced by external design agencies and ensure final deliverables meet brand and production standards.
• Play an active role in improving creative processes and efficiencies to support the timely delivery of high-quality work.
• Design supporting graphics, build comps, develop presentation decks, create mood boards, and provide additional design support as needed.
• Provide image retouching, clipping paths, and additional image manipulation.
• Collaborate with print, packaging, and other external vendors to ensure creative quality, technical accuracy, and successful execution.
• Provide design support for internal communications and organizational needs.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Packaging design

Brand development

Typography

Color management

Project management

Presentation design

Education

Bachelor's degree in graphic design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $65,000 USD to $82,000 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

How would we describe a career with Agri-Mark/McCadam/Cabot Creamery? More than 100 years of: Farmers, Family, Mission, Purpose, Sustainability, Respect, Integrity, Work Ethic, Teamwork, Pride in Award Winning Products, and Agriculture.

Cabot Creamery has held B Corp certification since 2012, and became the world’s first dairy co-op to do so. This certification demonstrates our commitment to transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.

The Brand Designer is a key member of the Creative/Digital team, designing a wide range of assets and materials that are consistent with the brand book guidelines. This includes collaborating with internal and external resources focused on producingpackaging design, print, marketing collateral, website graphics, email design, presentations, social/digital assets, and more. Working closely with the Creative Manager, this designer will support the brand’s visual evolution across all channels.

Reports to: Creative Manager

Salary range: $65-82k

This position requires three in-person days per week in our Waitsfield, VT office – Tuesdays through Thursdays.

What you'll be doing:

• Create bold, modern designs that reflect the brand’s values while continuously evolving the visual identity across brand channels and touchpoints.
• Execute and refine packaging designs from concept through final production, working within established brand and packaging strategy, with opportunities to contribute to new packaging design development as needed.
• Create original design and creative work across print, digital, marketing collateral, presentations, social, and other brand communications.
• Review and provide creative feedback on designs from internal and external agencies and freelancers to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with brand standards and visual evolution.
• Collaborate with the Creative Manager and project leads to develop creative concepts, establish visual direction, and bring projects from concept through completion.
• Support production work for assets produced by external design agencies and ensure final deliverables meet brand and production standards.
• Play an active role in improving creative processes and efficiencies to support the timely delivery of high-quality work.
• Design supporting graphics, build comps, develop presentation decks, create mood boards, and provide additional design support as needed.
• Provide image retouching, clipping paths, and additional image manipulation.
• Collaborate with print, packaging, and other external vendors to ensure creative quality, technical accuracy, and successful execution.
• Provide design support for internal communications and organizational needs.
• Perform other duties as needed.

What we are seeking:

• 5 years of professional design experience with a CPG or consumer brand, including hands-on experience in packaging design and production.
• Degree or equivalent education and experience in graphic design or related field.
• Strong knowledge of design fundamentals, including layout, composition, typography, color, print, digital, web, and packaging production requirements such as dielines, substrates, prepress, color management, and print specifications.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Basic photography skills with the ability to edit and retouch photography.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while making effective decisions in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment.
• Able to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a collaborative creative team.
• Strong ability to collaborate and give and receive constructive creative feedback.
• Extremely organized, responsible, and detail-oriented, with a high standard for quality.
• Strong ability to manage creative projects, timelines, and deliverables.
• Demonstrates clear thinking, sound judgment, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Copywriting skills a plus.

Our support of employee growth includes promoting from within, training and tuition reimbursement. Team members enjoy access to a comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary and a 401k with company match.

Agri-Mark is an equal opportunity employer. The company is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every qualified prospective and current employee. The company does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race (including traits historically associated with race including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, place of birth, crime victim status, age, physical or mental disability, a positive result from an HIV-related blood test, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected under applicable federal and/or state law.

Agri-Mark complies with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

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