Project Development Director Jobs in Modesto, CA

Job Req ID: 107386 

Job Type: Full-time 

Work Category: Hybrid Telecommute,

Application Close Date: 07/30/2026 

Sponsorship: Not Available 

Compensation: $103,100 - $154,700 

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Location:  Must be willing and able to be based in Modesto, CA (Requires 3 days/week onsite)

A Taste of What You’ll Do​

Join Gallo Creative as a Sr. Associate Project Manager and take ownership of creative work across one of the largest wine and Bev-Alc portfolios in the world. You’ll manage projects spanning the full arc of brand building: developing brand worlds, packaging renovations and redesigns, brand activations, point-of-sale, digital experiences, and print. Your clients are Brand Marketing, Commerce Marketing, and Corporate teams working across dozens of wine, spirits, and RTD brands, and you’ll be their direct partner from brief through delivery.

This role owns projects end to end. You’ll scope work with clients, ask the questions that sharpen a brief before creative starts, build the schedule and budget, and drive complex projects through production and launch. You sit at the center of designers, copywriters, producers, and operations, and your job is making sure the conditions exist for strategically sound, creatively excellent work.

The people who thrive here run tight meetings, catch problems before they become impediments, and aren’t shy about a candid conversation with a client or a creative director. If you want your fingerprints on brand work that ships to shelves and screens nationwide, then apply today!

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What You’ll Need​

• 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; 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.
• Two (2) years’ experience working independently to manage projects and/or campaigns.
• Ability to partner one-on-one with clients to scope business needs and formulate project plans that effectively meet those needs.
• Mastery of all aspects of project management including detailing the scope, steps, sequencing, timing, and resources required to fulfill each project.
• Ability to work independently to manage complex projects and campaigns start to finish, ensuring projects are developed and delivered on time, on budget, and on strategy.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, while working in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, streamlining project processes to ensure non-value-added steps are eliminated and team workflow practices are efficient and effective.
• Experience working as part of a multi-functional marketing and/or communications team including creative design, copywriting, video, photo, and/or production services.
• Customer oriented with exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, QC abilities, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while shifting priorities in response to changing business needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as meeting planning and leadership, conflict-resolution, and relationship building skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft 365 productivity apps including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as other cloud-based systems.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

How You’ll Stand Out​

• 4 years of project management experience across print and digital.
• Bachelor’s degree plus 8 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 7 years of Gallo brand marketing, corporate communications, sales account management, creative design, hospitality, or media/digital marketing reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Strong sense of marketing, messaging, design, and production principles across print and digital.
• Experience with online and in-person retail, POS, brand marketing, and B2C sales.

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Our Benefits & Perks

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, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

The Fine Print

• The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
• Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
• This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting with an option for occasional telecommuting. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance. 
• It is the Company’s policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.

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