Graphic Designer

Lifes BETTER with you on our team!

Better Buzz Coffee is growing! Join the team and help create a BUZZ that is felt seen heard & remembered. We inspire our guests to rise early dream big & have fun. We are always pushing forward growing & improving to ensure we are the absolute best we can bee for our guests & teams.

We currently hiring for a newly created position for a Graphic Designer!

The Graphic Designer brings the Better Buzz brand to life across in-store digital and packaging touchpoints. This role creates compelling on-brand visual assetsfrom store signage and promotional materials to social content and new store opening collateralthat support marketing initiatives and drive guest engagement.

This is an exciting opportunity for a designer passionate about visual storytelling to help evolve the Better Buzz brand during a period of significant growth. Youll explore fresh concepts strengthen our visual identity and help ensure a cohesive recognizable brand experience as we continue to scale.

The pay range for this position is $110000.00/year - $125000.00/year

This position is office based with occasional travel to store locations as needed. This position has a home base in the UTC area of San Diego CA.

PERKS OF WORKING AT BETTER BUZZ:

-Work with an amazing team of coffee enthusiasts

-Work with a growing brand

-Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and more & 401K with a match

-10 Days Paid Time Off

• Conceptualize and execute compelling visual storytelling for brand campaigns product launches promotions seasonal initiatives and new store openings.
• Design cohesive marketing materials across in-store signage social media email website digital advertising and print.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop campaign concepts content calendars and creative solutions that support business objectives.
• Create and maintain a library of on-brand visual assets for ongoing campaigns and promotional needs.

• Design packaging across a variety of formats including in-store packaging coffee bags beverage cans and seasonal packaging.
• Partner with the marketing team to develop new merchandise concepts and translate ideas into compelling apparel and drinkware products.

• Partner with new store openings and operations to develop grand-opening materials permanent store signage and local marketing collateral.
• Ensure each new location launches with a cohesive engaging and brand-consistent visual presence.
• Provide creative support for ongoing store-level marketing and signage needs.

• Lead the creative direction of photo and video shoots including developing concepts inspiration mood boards and storyboards.
• Provide hands-on creative direction during shoots to ensure content aligns with the campaign vision and Better Buzz brand.
• Partner with photographers videographers agencies and internal teams throughout planning production and final asset delivery.

• Maintain and evolve brand guidelines while ensuring visual consistency across every guest and marketing touchpoint.
• Manage multiple design projects from initial concept through final production and delivery.
• Establish timelines coordinate feedback and ensure projects are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Balance competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced high-growth environment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 years of professional graphic design experience preferably within a creative or branding agency restaurant retail or consumer brand.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand development campaign creative print packaging and digital design.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop Illustrator and InDesign.
• Strong understanding of typography layout color composition and visual hierarchy.
• Working knowledge of print production across various substrates including dielines prepress color management and preparation of production-ready files.
• Illustration skills applicable to stickers merchandise gift cards packaging and other branded materials.
• Ability to manage multiple projects from concept through final production while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail including proofreading file organization and quality control.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to receive feedback and work effectively across teams.
• Ability to maintain brand consistency while developing fresh creative ideas.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience providing creative direction for photography or video shoots.
• Familiarity with Figma motion graphics video editing or other digital design tools.
• Bachelors degree in graphic design visual communications or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

About Better Buzz

Founded in 2002 by two college students with a dream and a coffee cart Better Buzz has grown into a thriving community with locations across California Nevada Arizona and soon Florida. We roast our own organic fair trade and rainforest-certified coffee weekly!

Were serious about quality connection and having a blast while doing it. At Better Buzz youre not just making coffee youre making peoples day.

Better Buzz encourages you to be bold and authentically you! We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the unique differences of our diverse team. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and consider every qualified applicant without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected class. Better Buzz is also committed to offering reasonable accommodation to qualified job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation please contact us at