Senior Designer

GALLO; Modesto (CA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

GALLO is seeking a Senior Designer to shape identity and packaging for wine, spirits, and beverages. You’ll work across national and global brands, driving design from brief to final output with brand teams.

You’ll turn consumer insights into strategically sound visuals and lead multi-channel brand expressions, maintaining typography, materials, and finish standards while collaborating with leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field with strong portfolio.
• Experience shaping identity and packaging for national/global brands.
• Ability to translate insights into strategic design across channels.

Responsibilities

• Own projects from brief through final design with leadership input.
• Turn consumer insights into design that meets business objectives.
• Present work with clear strategic rationale to leaders.

Skills

Brand design

Packaging design

Typography

Client liaison

Multi-channel design

Presentation skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Keynote

Workfront

Basecamp

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job Type:Full-time

Work Category:Hybrid Telecommute,

Application Close Date: 11/20/2026

Sponsorship:Not Available

Compensation: $93,800- $140,600

Location: Must be willing and able to be based in Modesto, CA (Requires 3 days per week onsite)

We are GALLO

We're a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that's consistently recognized as a Glassdoor "Best Places to Work." We have130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We're home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.

View our Corporate Values and Mission Statement here.

A Taste of What You'll Do

As a Senior Designer in GALLO Creative, you'll shape how wine, spirits and beverage brands look and feel through identity and packaging design, and help activate those brands across marketing channels, with design shaped by how each channel works.

Your work will span innovation, renovation, line extensions and packaging systems across a wide range of brands, from everyday favorites to luxury icons, sold nationally and globally.

In this role, you'll:

• Own your projects from brief through final design, partnering with Creative leadership and brand teams along the way
• Turn consumer insights and business objectives into design that's strategically sound and beautifully made
• Help carry that work into multi-channel brand expressions
• Present your work to creative and business leaders, with clear strategic rationale behind your recommendations
• Bring a refined eye for typography, structure, materials and finishes, along with a considered point of view on what each brand needs
• Grow alongside the team, taking on bigger brand challenges as you go

Success in this role means identity and packaging work that builds a brand's equity and earns its place on shelf.

The ideal candidate is a senior brand designer with exceptional packaging and identity experience on national or global consumer brands, and a sophisticated design sensibility that lifts brands at every price point. You've likely come from a branding agency or a comparable in-house team.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, fine arts, advertising, communications, and/or journalism plus 4 years of experience in graphic design, copywriting, art direction and/or campaign development; OR Bachelor's degree plus graphic design, fine arts, communication, advertising, journalism plus 3 years of Gallo creative experience; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 8 years of experience in graphic design, copywriting, art direction and/or campaign development.
• Original portfolio that contains a collection of commercial work across a variety of industries/client organizations and demonstrates a range of output, skills, and creative experience.
• Ability to interface effectively with clients and Client Partnership colleagues to arrive at sound creative solutions that meet business objectives.
• Expertise developing and refining designs from conception through execution; skilled in design composition, typography and executing sketches or designs.
• Understanding of messaging, design, and production principles across all forms of media; knowledge of printing and digital production technologies and methodologies.
• Experience working as part of a multi-functional marketing communications team to develop design output.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Ability to succeed under pressure, managing multiple concurrent projects while shifting priorities and responding to changing business conditions and corresponding needs.
• Strong interpersonal skills, conflict-resolution, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 productivity apps including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, etc.), Keynote, and cloud-based project management systems/platforms, e.g. Workfront, Basecamp, etc.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

How You'll Stand Out

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, fine arts, advertising, communications, and/or journalism plus 6 years of experience in graphic design, copywriting, art direction and/or campaign development reflecting increasing levels or responsibility.
• External agency developing design solutions on behalf of assorted clients and/or global brands.
• Skilled in designing retail structures, point of sale, web and digital engagements, social media content for consumer target audiences.
• Shopper, omni-commerce creative design and/or brand identity, package design, brand visual language.
• Design experience in spirits, beer, beverage or lifestyle industries.

Our Benefits & Perks

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

The Fine Print

• The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
• We offer a broad salary range to allow for long-term growth. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
• This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting with an option for occasional telecommuting. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
• It is the Company's policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.

Gallo's policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.

Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.