Production Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, modify, and create innovative assets for digital platforms, print media, retail, eCommerce, CRM, social networks, packaging, presentations, events, and sales channels.

• Convert approved creative ideas, campaign layouts, and brand standards into refined, production-ready outputs.

• Develop and revise retail marketing materials, which include signage, window displays, point-of-sale materials, menus, merchandising components, promotional content, and in-store communications.

• Generate digital marketing materials, such as website visuals, digital ads, email graphics, social media content, eCommerce imagery, and channel-specific designs.

• Assist wholesale marketing and sales efforts by creating sell sheets, retailer-facing documents, product launch tools, presentations, displays, trade marketing materials, and educational resources for budtenders.

• Adapt master creative assets across various brands, markets, products, retail settings, promotional offers, sizes, channels, and compliance regulations.

• Prepare files that are ready for production, including setting up files, resizing, versioning, preflight checks, prepress processes, managing bleeds, color accuracy, image resolution, print specifications, and final handoff to vendors.

• Assist in packaging development, updates, line extensions, and product launches by providing artwork, mechanical files, labels, dielines, and state-specific variations.

• Ensure consistency in applying brand standards across typography, imagery, layouts, colors, identities, and creative executions.

• Review files for accuracy in copy, pricing, promotional information, product details, dimensions, disclaimers, regulatory language, and production specifications.

• Collaborate with the Creative Services Manager to implement campaign creative, respond to feedback, and uphold quality standards.

• Work in partnership with Brand Marketing, Retail Marketing, CRM, eCommerce, Wholesale, Sales, Operations, Product, Compliance, and other stakeholders.

• Coordinate with printers, fabricators, production vendors, agencies, and freelancers to confirm specifications and address production challenges.

• Oversee multiple projects and deadlines, provide progress updates, identify risks, and escalate inquiries or conflicts.

• Maintain orderly working files, final artwork, templates, logos, photography, packaging files, and creative assets.

• Create and sustain reusable templates and production systems.

• Assist in photography and content production by selecting images, retouching, cropping, color correcting, preparing files, and organizing assets.

• Integrate stakeholder feedback while adhering to brand standards and project requirements.

• Conduct quality-control reviews prior to release.

• Stay updated on design tools, production techniques, platform specifications, retail formats, and cannabis industry regulations.

• Balance creative quality with speed, precision, scalability, and operational necessities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field is preferred.

• At least 3 years of professional experience in production design, graphic design, marketing design, prepress, or a related creative area.

• A strong portfolio showcasing refined design execution across digital and print media, with experience adapting established creative across various formats and applications.

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with a solid understanding of typography, layout, visual hierarchy, image preparation, and brand systems.

• Experience in preparing production-ready files, including resizing, versioning, preflight checks, prepress processes, managing bleeds, color control, image resolution, packaging mechanicals, and vendor specifications.

• Exceptional attention to detail and proven ability to proofread creative for copy, layout, dimensions, product information, promotional details, and technical accuracy.

• Strong organizational, time-management, and communication skills, capable of managing multiple projects, deadlines, versions, and rounds of feedback in a fast-paced setting.

• Experience with consumer-facing brands, preferably in cannabis, CPG, retail, lifestyle, food and beverage, or hospitality, with a preference for packaging, merchandising, multi-brand, or multi-location retail experience.

• Ability to sit at a desk and work on a computer for extended periods.

• Occasional lifting, carrying, or moving materials weighing up to 25 pounds may be necessary.

• Occasional travel to retail locations, photo shoots, events, production vendors, or other Story Cannabis markets may be required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO) including 8 paid holidays per year*

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance*

• 401k retirement savings plan*

• Company paid Short-Term & Long-Term disability*

• Company paid Life Insurance*

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Employee referral program

• Commuter benefits*

• Product discounts

• Additional compensation incentives (tips, bonuses, etc.)

• Inclusive culture and enriching employee experience

• Equal-opportunity employment