Vireo Health, Inc. ("Vireo"), a physician-led multi-state medical cannabis company, is committed to safely alleviating pain by providing patients with best-in-class cannabis products and compassionate care. Vireo subsidiary companies cultivate cannabis in environmentally friendly greenhouses, manufacture pharmaceutical-grade cannabis extracts in state-of-the-art labs, and offer their products for sale to qualifying patients at retail dispensaries and online. The candidate should share Vireo’s core values; being Compassion, Team mentality, Innovation, Value and Drive. These values are what enable Vireo to be at the leading edge of the medical cannabis market.
We are currently seeking a Packaging Designer to join our growing, talented team!
The Packaging Designer will report into and work closely with the Principal Packaging Engineering, while also working with multiple cross functional team members. The Packaging Designer will leverage their design, critical thinking and communication skills to ensure our brand principles and regulatory requirements are met and incorporated in our packaging. The designer will have to balance multiple projects and quickly adapt to changing requirements or direction in project scope.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Develop and manage packaging regulatory documents under the direction of the Principal Packaging Engineer, to identify the packaging and labeling requirements are meeting regulation.
• Ensure state approved documents match packaging graphics and content for production.
• Work with cross functional colleagues to align on their needs and implement accordingly into our packaging graphics and layouts.
• Assist in packaging spec creation and documentation, to ensure the appropriate materials are being produced to spec. Utilize document control processes for revisions.
• Create label file templates for direct printing of variable production info onto our product labels.
• Work projects on various timelines, in a fast-paced and changing environment while delivering creative packaging layouts that are accurate and consistent.
• Imagine and execute new creative ideas that help push the brand image forward while keeping up to date with industry trends in package design and concepts.
• Develop an understanding of our facilities operations and processes to ensure our packaging is compatible with unit operations and processes.
Job Requirements:
• The individual must be proficient in a creative design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite of Applications.
• Experience with ‘Bartender’ label software a plus.
• Project management experience, including a track record of managing multiple projects with successful executions.
• Possess good communications skills and ability to influence others to provide needed info to deliver on projects in the required timeline.
• Work well in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Thorough and detailed oriented, to validate adherence to applicable state regulation.
• Self-motivated and accountable for your work, maintaining timelines.
• Adaptable and able to manage workload under changing priorities.
• Creative, decisive, collaborative, responsive, able to work independently and take responsibility for decisions and outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willing to take direction, but able to work independently or with a team to solve challenges.
Position Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or packaging engineering preferred; though candidates with an associate degree in graphic design will also be considered.
• 1 to 2 years of experience a plus
