About the Role
The Senior Graphic Designer will be the hands-on design lead for Tilray Beverages' brand portfolio, translating brand strategy into impactful packaging, retail, campaign, and digital assets. This role involves end-to-end design execution, from concept to production files, in collaboration with brand managers, marketing teams, and external partners. We seek a designer with a strong vision and execution skills, capable of creating branded merchandise, refining packaging, and building scalable asset systems.
Responsibilities
- Design primary and secondary packaging, and point-of-sale materials from concept through print-ready mechanicals.
- Prepare and review dielines, color builds, and production files with print vendors, ensuring quality through press approvals.
- Extend and steward brand identity systems across all touchpoints.
- Partner with brand managers on new product launches and seasonal releases, contributing design thinking early in the process.
- Develop integrated campaign assets for social, digital, e-commerce, out-of-home, and experiential activations.
- Support the digital and social team with on-brand content, including motion and animated formats.
- Art-direct photo and video shoots, including shot lists, on-set direction, and final image selection and retouching.
- Build templated toolkits and guidelines for regional and customer marketing teams to localize work.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects against launch calendars, identifying risks and negotiating scope.
- Brief, review, and provide direction to freelancers, agency partners, and junior designers.
- Maintain organized working files and an asset library for seamless collaboration.
- Route work through legal, regulatory, and label-compliance review, integrating requirements into designs from the outset.
Requirements
- Six or more years of graphic design experience in-house or at an agency, with experience on consumer packaged goods brands.
- A portfolio demonstrating conceptual range, typographic skill, and finished craft across packaging and campaign work.
- Expert command of Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Working knowledge of print production, including color separations, substrates, and pre-press requirements for packaging.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Clear communication skills, including the ability to present and defend creative rationale.
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, or equivalent professional experience.
- Familiarity with working with a team of fellow designers.
- Experience in beer, beverage, spirits, or another regulated category, with familiarity around label and alcohol marketing requirements.
- Experience building and documenting brand identity systems and asset toolkits for distributed teams.
- Significant packaging experience and familiarity with dielines, folding structures, printing techniques, and merchandising requirements.
- Experience with Esko for packaging renders.
- Illustration or hand-lettering skills.
- Additional skills in photography, videography, motion graphics, or web design are a plus.
Skills
- Graphic Design
- Packaging Design
- Campaign Design
- Digital Design
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Print Production
- Project Management
- Communication
- Brand Identity Systems
- Asset Management
- Illustration
- Hand-lettering
- Photography
- Videography
- Motion Graphics
- Web Design
Location
- United States
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, or equivalent professional experience
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000-$80,000
Benefits
- PTO & Paid Personal Time Off
- 401K
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Supplemental Insurances
- Performance Based Incentives
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Growth and Internal Mobility Opportunities
About the Company
- Tilray Brands, Inc. is a leading global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.
- The company is a transformative force at the nexus of cannabis, beverage, wellness, and entertainment, aiming to elevate lives through moments of connection.
- Tilray's mission is to be a leading premium lifestyle company with a house of brands and innovative products that inspire joy, wellness, and create memorable experiences.
- Tilray's platform supports over 40 brands in over 20 countries, including comprehensive cannabis offerings, hemp-based foods, and craft beverages.
Equal Opportunity
- Tilray welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace.
- Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.
