Label Design Specialist (Chicago)

Job Summary :

The Labeling Specialist ensures all product labels meet federal, state, and brand requirements across Verano facilities. This role develops and enforces labeling standards, manages system workflows, and serves as the subject matter expert for compliance and accuracy. The Labeling Specialist partners with cross-functional teams to improve labeling processes, maintain documentation, and support initiatives that enhance efficiency and reduce compliance risk.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Develop, implement, and enforce labeling standards, procedures, and governance frameworks across all facilities.
• Interpret and apply state and federal packaging regulations to product labeling, advising leadership on compliance risks and necessary changes.
• Approve or reject label designs based on regulatory requirements and brand standards without the need for managerial oversight.
• Act as the subject matter expert to Marketing, Operations, and Compliance teams, advising on legal requirements, process improvements, and business impacts of labeling decisions.
• Serve as system administrator for labeling software platforms, with authority to set access permissions, workflows, and approval structures.
• Manage relationships with third-party printing vendors, audit internal and external labeling processes, and make recommendations to senior leadership for risk mitigation.
• Lead initiatives to increase labeling efficiency, reduce compliance risks, and enhance workflow automation.
• Maintain records of label approvals, compliance assessments, and system changes, and report findings to senior leadership.

Education and Experience :

Physical and Mental Demands :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move and / or position oneself, communicate, operate and / or prepare, place, position objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally move packages weighing up to 10 lb. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close observation and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Working Environment :

Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.