On-Site Creative Director: Spirits Brand Design Lead

Designer Jobs; Beverly Hills (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary USD 175,000 per year

Job summary

IJW Whiskey Company, a rapidly growing spirits brand, seeks a hands-on design leader in Beverly Hills for on-site work. You will own how brands look and feel, translating strategy into campaigns, packaging, and sales materials while leading external partners to ensure quality and consistency.

You will oversee photography, video, and other creative production, design digital and print assets, and collaborate with sales and regulatory teams to meet branding and labeling requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in the spirits industry is required, in-house or agency experience is valued.
• Strong portfolio showing brand identity, campaigns, packaging, and digital/physical assets across accessible and premium positioning.
• Ability to develop concepts and execute finished work, with proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Hands-on packaging and label design including print production, file prep, and proofs.
• Understanding of the spirits route to market and the needs of distributors, retailers, and on-premise accounts.
• Experience managing external partners, budgets, and multiple projects across brands.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve each brand’s visual identity, guidelines, and creative standards.
• Translate brand positioning into campaign concepts and visual storytelling across channels.
• Direct photography, video, and other production and ensure assets reflect brand positioning.
• Design and produce digital and physical assets including email, social ads, website content, print collateral, and event materials.
• Partner with sales to create distributor presentations, sell sheets, and retail materials.
• Develop co-branded creative for key accounts and adapt campaigns by channel and market.
• Build an accessible library of approved assets and templates for efficient execution.
• Lead packaging and label design from concepts to production-ready files.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Brand identity

Portfolio development

Packaging design

Project management

Tools

Print production tools

Job description

IJW Whiskey Company, a rapidly growing spirits brand, seeks a hands-on design leader in Beverly Hills for on-site work. You will own how brands look and feel, translating strategy into campaigns, packaging, and sales materials while leading external partners to ensure quality and consistency.

You will oversee photography, video, and other creative production, design digital and print assets, and collaborate with sales and regulatory teams to meet branding and labeling requirements.