Riboli Family Wines
- Lead Graphic Designer
Lead Graphic Designer
Design · CA, United States of America
Job description
Build your career at Riboli Family Wines! Riboli Family Wines is of the fastest-growing wine manufacturers in the U.S. and has received the designation of American Winery of the Year. We are a family-owned business, four generations deep, with 100+ years of producing well-known wines. Our company’s leading wine brands include Stella Rosa, San Antonio, San Simeon, Maddalena, and Highlands 41.
The lead graphic designer is responsible for building the brand identity, and goals and supports the overall marketing vision for Stella Rosa, Stella Rosa Brandy, San Antonio Specialty, Spritz del Conte, and other innovative brands. They lead the creative vision to inspire and provide guidance to marketing peers acting as a liaison between marketing strategy and visual design. Builds, executes, and maintains brand standards across all channels.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Current duties may be changed if the job requires and/or additional duties may be assigned if necessary.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with all members of the marketing team to provide assets needed to support campaign objectives.
- Meet on a regular cadence with the Brand Team, Media Team, Events Team, and Shopper marketing to identify and execute campaign direction and assets.
- Works in partnership with the Media Team on all commercial, creative concept development, and planning for commercial photoshoots to ensure the integrity of brand identity.
- Support brand events as needed to ensure the integrity of brand identity.
- Comfortable with building presentations and bringing creative and analytical data to drive brand strategy.
- Build, establish, and maintain design standards and guidelines for internal and external partners.
- Work in partnership with cross-functional team members to access and discuss that strategies are aligned and moving forward.
- Ensure the brand concepts align with brand strategies and brand identity.
- Develop and safeguard brand identity for existing and new brands.
- Partner with Senior Brand Manager to collaborate, receive feedback and develop where the campaign direction is going and on track.
- Maintain a timeline of multiple and concurrent projects ensuring deadlines and milestones are on track to be met.
- Delegate tasks as needed to team members to ensure forward progress to achieve deadlines.
- Subject matter expert on tools, training, and workshops to support junior designers.
- Attend/Host trade shows, lunch and learn to share expertise and educate peers on brand identity.
- Ability to influence and guide junior designers and peers as the subject matter expert in Stella Rosa and Innovation brands.
- Providing feedback, mentoring, and design guidance to junior designers.
- Point of contact for the team should the Senior Brand Manager not be available.
- Check-in weekly with the design team on where the campaign is at, the path forward, identifying any barriers, and escalating to Senior Brand Managers.
- Owns major design projects with high visibility from start to finish.
- Maintains good rapport and is the contact point for external vendors and contractors.
- Support brand decks to support multiple facets of the business: sales, retail, hospitality, events, etc.
- Supports various projects on an as-needed basis for the Marketing Department.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in graphic design or a similar field preferred
- Minimum 5 years of experience working as a mid-level Graphic Designer.
- Minimum 3 years of experience working within CPG specializing in Food & Beverage
- Understanding of design in brand marketing, with a focus on brand identity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong time-management skills and an ability to organize and coordinate multiple concurrent projects.
- Strong ability to follow up and give clear feedback if needed.
- Ability to interact and collaborate with all functional levels and business areas.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with others.
- Strong relational skills and ability to anticipate needs.
- Comfortable working in an in-person and mobile, interactive environment.
- Flexible team player, willing to adapt to changes and unafraid of challenges.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information related to the company.
- High level of emotional intelligence and ability to navigate complex situations.
- Self-starter, able to work in a space of ambiguity and the evolving role, and solutions-oriented.
- Problem solver, resourceful, and able to find solutions independently.
- Competent with all reporting systems, Microsoft Office, Asana, and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience in Audio/Editing/3D Imaging/Motion Graphics a plus.
- Bilingual a plus
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- 401(k)
- Dental Insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- 30% Discount on Riboli Family Wines
- Culture and Values – Riboli prides itself on a culture and values that run four generations deep. Being of service to your team and the family.
At Riboli Family Wines, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and we are committed to an environment of mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristic protected by law.
The information provided in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within this job. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and working conditions required of employees assigned to this job. Management has sole discretion to add or modify duties of the job and to designate other functions as essential at any time. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.
