The Distillery are passionate about design and creativity which offers tactile, real world impact. As the mainstream focusses on reels, content and AI, we proudly stand for creative tangibility which offers meaningful engagement and a spark of life!

We specialise in designing and producing touch-points and keepsakes that live outside digital screens:

• bespoke print publications
• luxurious event stationery and packaging
• hand illustration and calligraphy.

Our approach is practical and sustainable. We are designers who have learnt how to use our hands, and do business: Creative Professionals.

Developed for recent graduates and fresh professionals, the creative graduate program offers full time employment at entry level.

In a driven and nurturing environment, the program is designed to support self-assured juniors in their formative years to one day become industry-leading creative professionals.

More than just a graphic designer, a creative professional leverages a full array of design and commercial skills – strategic thinking, communicating, producing and leading. Future-proofing themselves with both business and design.

Over time, the program offers rotational learning opportunities across a range of different Distillery teams, commercial industries and creative services.

First Rotation: Publication Design

The first core placement is as a Junior Consultant & Designer with The Distillery’s publication team, Rockstar Memoirs.

You will focus on development of your publication design and project management skills.

Creative – publication design

• Composition
• Hierarchy
• Typesetting
• Attention to technical detail
• Process efficiency and excellence in Adobe InDesign
• Developing creative concepts

Commercial – making it happen

• Project management: sharing drafts and edits
• Learning to communicate effectively with others
• Leading projects
• Sales quotations

Build your career with variety

Choose your own adventure with stability and excitement. The Distillery offers term career growth across creative, commercial, technical and leadership fields.

Future program rotations may include combinations of

• Event stationery design
• Packaging design
• Brand design and strategy
• Illustration, calligraphy and hand-lettering
• Styling, interiors and mural artwork design
• Business and new product development
• Direct marketing campaigns
• Printmaking, bespoke craft manufacturing
• Leadership: creative, project and team

Is this program for you?

Are we a good match? We love to be clear and upfront.

About You

• You are self-confident and self-assured
• You can adopt feedback shared by colleagues
• You offer active vocal energy

Your Experiences

• You are mentally resilient and socially mature
• You have previously been employed in a client facing role

Your Goals

• You are seeking to anchor yourself and grow over the medium term
• You are highly ambitious

Your Attitudes

• Working in small teams feels better than working alone
• It’s great to keep busy – passing time is not so fun
• Print design is where it’s at. Churning IG banners aint fun
• Creativity is your lifestyle, and have hobbies to show for it

Benefits of The Distillery

• Team first – the work we do together outweighs personal tasks. Everyone is driven and supportive.
• Creative studio – work from our buzzing Crown Street, Darlinghurst studio workshop.
• Calligraphy school – develop your fundamentals in hand-lettering
• Personal projects – studio sponsored materials and manufacturing for your creative projects.