Associate Creative Project Manager

We’re a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, consistently recognized as a Glassdoor “Best Places to Work.” We have 130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We’re home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.

About the role

Join Gallo Creative and help bring some of the world's most recognized wine and spirits brands to life across a portfolio of 50+ labels. As an Associate Project Manager, you'll support the execution of creative projects spanning packaging renovations, brand development, activations, POS, and digital. You'll work closely with Brand Marketing, Commerce Marketing, and Corporate clients to scope projects, build timelines, coordinate resources, and manage budgets, keeping work moving from kickoff through final delivery.

Day to day that looks like partnering with clients to understand what they need, helping define project plans, flagging risks before they become problems, and keeping cross-functional creative teams aligned and on schedule. You'll sit at the intersection of creative, production, and strategy, which means you'll get a front-row seat to how brands actually get built: from the brief to the shelf.

The right person for this role is genuinely curious about how brands come to life. They care about the work beyond just the timeline. They want to understand why a package looks the way it does, what makes an activation land, and how a brand world shows up consistently across every touchpoint. They're organized and detail-oriented, but also comfortable thinking on their feet when priorities shift.

Responsibilities

• Interface with clients to scope business needs and formulate project plans that meet those needs.
• Apply the tenets of project management—establishing timelines and budgets, scheduling resources, trafficking deliverables, and facilitating workflows.
• Work independently to manage straightforward to mid-complexity projects start to finish, ensuring work is delivered on time and on budget.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with excellent time-management skills.
• Work autonomously and as part of a fast-paced, multi-functional team.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events up to 5% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of marketing communications, advertising, marketing/creative agency, digital, account management, or lean six sigma experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR
• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of Gallo brand marketing, corporate communications, sales account management, creative design, hospitality, or media/digital marketing reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR
• High school diploma or state-issued equivalency certificate plus 8 years of marketing communications, advertising, marketing/creative agency, digital, account management, or lean six sigma experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Must be willing and able to be based in Modesto, CA (requires 3 days/week onsite).
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 productivity apps including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Qualifications

How you’ll stand out:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years of marketing communications, advertising, marketing/creative agency, digital, account management, or lean six sigma experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR
• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of Gallo brand marketing, corporate communications, sales account management, creative design, hospitality, or media/digital marketing reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• 2 years of experience in project management across print and digital.
• PMP certification from a recognized professional project management training organization.
• External agency experience—specifically, managing and/or trafficking projects on behalf of assorted clients.
• Experience using an automated workflow system to monitor and manage projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of POS, Marketing, and Sales functions.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem-resolution skills and relationship building.
• Customer-oriented mindset.

Benefits

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include:

• Medical and dental coverage.
• 401k plans and profit sharing.
• Pet insurance.
• Company holidays.
• Access to an employee wine shop.

Pay

$85,200 - $127,800. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. This position may also be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.

Schedule

Hybrid (3 days/week onsite in Modesto, CA).