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- Bachelor's degree
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Lead Designer

Safeway -
Pleasanton, CA

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Job Details

Full-time
$105,900 - $137,580 a year

Benefits

Paid holidays
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Bereavement leave
Life insurance
Paid sick time

Qualifications

Management
Managing design projects
Bachelor's degree
Mentoring
Print design
Brand identity design
Cross-functional communication
Mobile design

Full Job Description

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

The Design Lead plays a critical role in shaping and elevating the Albertsons brand through exceptional creative execution and hands-on leadership. This role balances design excellence, creative direction, and team mentorship, ensuring delivery of high-impact, customer-centric design across all touchpoints.

You will partner closely with cross-functional teams while actively contributing to concept development and execution—setting the creative bar and guiding others to meet it.

Main responsibilities:

Lead Creative Vision & Execution
- Lead the conceptualization, design, and execution of creative assets across digital, print, retail, and omnichannel touchpoints.
- Set the creative standard through hands-on design work and direction, ensuring high-quality, brand-aligned outputs.
- Translate brand strategy into compelling visual storytelling that resonates with customers.
- Ensure consistency across all creative deliverables while evolving and modernizing the visual identity.

Drive Brand Consistency & Innovation
- Uphold and evolve brand guidelines, systems, and templates for scalability across banners and channels.
- Facilitate ideation sessions to generate innovative concepts and solutions.
- Stay current on design trends, tools, and technologies to continuously elevate creative output.
- Champion experimentation and fresh thinking to keep the brand competitive and relevant.

Enhance Customer Experience Through Design
- Translate marketing strategies and customer insights into impactful design solutions.
- Create visually engaging experiences that improve in-store, digital, and promotional engagement.
- Incorporate shopper behavior and performance insights into design development.
- Partner with stakeholders to evaluate creative effectiveness and optimize outcomes.

Mentor & Elevate the Design Team
- Provide day-to-day creative direction, feedback, and coaching to designers.
- Act as a mentor and role model, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Support skill development by sharing best practices, tools, and techniques.
- Help guide prioritization and workload balancing across projects.

Drive Execution Excellence
- Manage design workflows and ensure timely delivery of high-quality creative assets.
- Partner with project managers and stakeholders to align on timelines, scope, and priorities.
- Maintain visibility into project progress and proactively resolve challenges.
- Balance speed-to-market with creative quality and attention to detail.

Collaborate Cross-Functionally
- Partner with marketing, digital, retail, merchandising, and product teams to deliver integrated campaigns.
- Clearly communicate design concepts and rationale to both creative and non-creative stakeholders.
- Align creative output with business objectives, campaigns, and seasonal initiatives.

We are looking for candidates who possess the following:

Core Experience
- 6–10 plus years of professional design experience, preferably in retail, CPG, eCommerce, or agency environments
- Proven experience delivering integrated, omnichannel creative (digital, print, in-store, social, and campaign work)
- Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality brand storytelling and campaign execution across multiple touchpoints
Leadership & Mentorship
- Experience leading creative workstreams or acting as a design lead on key projects, with increasing ownership of outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, guide, or informally manage designers (even without direct reports)
- Track record of providing clear creative direction, feedback, and design standards
Brand & Systems Thinking
- Experience working within and evolving established brand systems, guidelines, or design frameworks
- Ability to scale creative across multiple brands, formats, or business units (highly relevant for Albertsons banners)
- Familiarity with design systems, templates, and repeatable assets that enable efficiency and consistency
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Experience working within and evolving established brand systems, guidelines, or design frameworks
- Ability to scale creative across multiple brands, formats, or business units (highly relevant for Albertsons banners)
- Familiarity with design systems, templates, and repeatable assets that enable efficiency and consistency
Technical/Tools
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Experience with modern tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, or similar collaborative platforms
- Working knowledge of design for digital platforms (web, mobile, email, social)
Additional (Relevant) Experience
- Experience in multi-brand or enterprise retail environments
- Motion, video, or content creation experience
- Experience contributing to or building design systems at scale
Education: Bachelor's degree required (preferably in graphic design)

We also provide a variety of benefits including:

Competitive wages paid weekly
Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
Associate discounts
Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

Our Values – Click below to view video: ACI Values

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Pay Transparency:

Starting rates will be no less than the local minimum wage and may vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications. Candidates with unique qualifications may be considered for compensation above this range. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/Vacation Pay or Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401k eligibility). [If applicable:] Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus.

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!

Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street.

Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company’s success.

Bring your flavor

Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at 1-888-255-2269(option #4).

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