Creative Designer

SUMMARY OF POSITION

This position provides essential creative and production support that brings Syndicate’s grocery initiatives to life. This role develops artwork, renderings, brochures, booth schematics, presentations, and digital assets that serve product development, sales, marketing, and customer-facing needs across the grocery market channel.

In addition to contributing to early design exploration, the role’s greatest value comes from its production excellence, attention to detail, and reliable cross-functional partnership. The Creative Designer translates direction from Product Development and Marketing into polished, persuasive visuals that enhance line reviews, customer pitches, digital content, and in-store or event environments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Art & Design Execution

• Produce production-ready artwork for packaging, merchandising materials, product labels, and supporting graphics.
• Prepare accurate dielines, layout files, mechanicals, and artwork revisions in alignment with brand standards.
• Support the Packaging & Merchandising Specialist with file preparation, artwork updates, and display/structural documentation.
• Ensure all artwork is accurate, consistent, and ready for print or digital deployment.

Product Development Design Support

• Create renderings, mockups, and visualizations of new product concepts for internal reviews and customer presentations.
• Support dimensional drawings, shape explorations, colorways, and finish illustrations as directed by product development leadership.
• Assist with visual storytelling for new collections, seasonal introductions, and curated program assortments.

Grocery Program Sales & Marketing Support

• Design brochures, flyers, catalogs, line sheets, and seasonal presentations for the grocery channel.
• Build visually compelling PowerPoint decks and customer-facing assets used in line reviews, category meetings, and pitches.
• Create visual assets for the grocery section of the website, including banners, product imagery, and supporting graphics.
• Develop email, digital ads, and social media graphics to support grocery campaigns and content calendars.

Booths, Displays & Environmental Graphics

• Create booth schematics, layout drawings, signage, and environmental graphics for grocery shows and customer events.
• Work with Marketing, Sales, and Product Development to visualize booth concepts, product placement, and traffic flow.
• Prepare production-ready files and coordinate with exhibit vendors as needed.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Workflow Support

• Collaborate cross functionally to align creative outputs with program needs.
• Maintain an organized asset library of graphics, templates, product renders, and presentation materials.
• Ensure all visual assets are delivered on time and in alignment with retailer calendars, program timelines, and seasonal resets.
• Support continuous improvement in design workflow, file management, and template creation.