Job Description
What You Need To Know
Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the premier wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.
The reputation of Southern Glazer’s is well-established, and it's no surprise that we are regularly recognized for our culture. Southern Glazer’s has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion and Diversity, as well as for Women and Parents and Families. These accolades speak volumes about our commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive culture of belonging for all employees.
As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.
By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.
Overview
Principal Designers at Southern Glazer’s work lead one or more product portfolios and report to the Director, Digital Product Design. This role works across product and services for integrated business functions, supply chain, retail customers, Principal Designers set the quality standard for product design at Southern Glazer’s.
Primary Responsibilities
Understand the market opportunity for innovative new digital products and services
Explore new technologies for applicability to Southern Glazer’s business
Lead problem-framing & ideation sessions
Lead design thinking workshops and train others how to use design thinking techniques to innovate
Create design hypotheses and explore divergent ideas and potential solutions
Partner with enterprise technology to create proofs of concepts for new technologies
Explore low-code opportunities to bring design to the forefront
Collaborate with design researchers to continuously learn and iterate design work
Collaborate with company leadership to ideate, concept, and prototype solutions to challenging business problems
Lead design reviews with executive-level colleagues
Additional Primary Responsibilities
Provide solid rationale for design decisions
Make compelling and persuasive presentation of ideas, concepts, and in-progress design work
Ensure the work done by designers meets our quality standards
Adapt the product’s design language as it evolves
Contribute to the evolution of our multi-theme design system
Model collaboration and thought leadership, help colleagues develop and articulate design POVs
Appropriately inclusive of software development in the design process
Collaborate with software engineering, analytics, and QA teammates to bring ideas to life and products to market
Partner with software engineering counterparts to improve design-to-code workflows
Support the OKRs of product portfolios as a principal design partner
Contribute and develop ideas to help the portfolio achieve its business outcomes
Define the product’s design strategy, help the portfolio director understand the design strategy and contribute to the product roadmap
Minimum Qualifications
8+ years of digital product design experience, inclusive of mobile app design, web design, and design systems
5+ years of experience designing enterprise-level e-commerce applications (web and/or native app)
2+ years leading others, as a team lead or manager
Portfolio inclusive of digital project work showing end-to-end experience: from ideation to launch
Familiarity with the full digital product lifecycle, using product roadmaps, story mapping, writing design stories, designing features, direct collaboration with development teams
Expert knowledge of: Design & prototyping tools (Figma, Protopie, Framer, Canvaa), Collaboration tools (Miro, Confluence, Jira), Global design systems, Responsive design best practices
Ability to generate, visualize and prototype new concepts to demonstrate and test with users and stakeholders
Experience with design thinking methodology in practice, with portfolio examples
Experience leading design in an agile business environment, with portfolio examples
Experience developing global design systems, with portfolio examples
Physical Demands
Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs
EEO Statement
Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.
If you have any questions or concerns about whether this posting complies/adheres with local pay transparency requirements, please contact the SGWS talent acquisition team at [email protected]
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Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the premier wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.
The reputation of Southern Glazer’s is well-established, and it's no surprise that we are regularly recognized for our culture. Southern Glazer’s has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion and Diversity, as well as for Women and Parents and Families. These accolades speak volumes about our commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive culture of belonging for all employees.
As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.
By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.
Overview
Principal Designers at Southern Glazer’s work lead one or more product portfolios and report to the Director, Digital Product Design. This role works across product and services for integrated business functions, supply chain, retail customers, Principal Designers set the quality standard for product design at Southern Glazer’s.
Primary Responsibilities
Understand the market opportunity for innovative new digital products and services
Explore new technologies for applicability to Southern Glazer’s business
Lead problem-framing & ideation sessions
Lead design thinking workshops and train others how to use design thinking techniques to innovate
Create design hypotheses and explore divergent ideas and potential solutions
Partner with enterprise technology to create proofs of concepts for new technologies
Explore low-code opportunities to bring design to the forefront
Collaborate with design researchers to continuously learn and iterate design work
Collaborate with company leadership to ideate, concept, and prototype solutions to challenging business problems
Lead design reviews with executive-level colleagues
Additional Primary Responsibilities
Provide solid rationale for design decisions
Make compelling and persuasive presentation of ideas, concepts, and in-progress design work
Ensure the work done by designers meets our quality standards
Adapt the product’s design language as it evolves
Contribute to the evolution of our multi-theme design system
Model collaboration and thought leadership, help colleagues develop and articulate design POVs
Appropriately inclusive of software development in the design process
Collaborate with software engineering, analytics, and QA teammates to bring ideas to life and products to market
Partner with software engineering counterparts to improve design-to-code workflows
Support the OKRs of product portfolios as a principal design partner
Contribute and develop ideas to help the portfolio achieve its business outcomes
Define the product’s design strategy, help the portfolio director understand the design strategy and contribute to the product roadmap
Minimum Qualifications
8+ years of digital product design experience, inclusive of mobile app design, web design, and design systems
5+ years of experience designing enterprise-level e-commerce applications (web and/or native app)
2+ years leading others, as a team lead or manager
Portfolio inclusive of digital project work showing end-to-end experience: from ideation to launch
Familiarity with the full digital product lifecycle, using product roadmaps, story mapping, writing design stories, designing features, direct collaboration with development teams
Expert knowledge of: Design & prototyping tools (Figma, Protopie, Framer, Canvaa), Collaboration tools (Miro, Confluence, Jira), Global design systems, Responsive design best practices
Ability to generate, visualize and prototype new concepts to demonstrate and test with users and stakeholders
Experience with design thinking methodology in practice, with portfolio examples
Experience leading design in an agile business environment, with portfolio examples
Experience developing global design systems, with portfolio examples
Physical Demands
Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs
EEO Statement
Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.
If you have any questions or concerns about whether this posting complies/adheres with local pay transparency requirements, please contact the SGWS talent acquisition team at [email protected]
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💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Principal Digital Product Designer- post position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Miami offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
