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I'm Stefano Pellegrini,
Marketing & Innovation
Strategic Consultant

About Me

New product development and Marketing 360°

Profile

I'm a Marketing & Innovation Strategic Consultant, with a solid experience in developing new products and in brand positioning, in the FMCG, Wine & Spirits industry. In the past years I collaborated in the creation of ENGINE gin and in the birth of the start-up linked to it, from the beginning to the selling of the brand. I worked in USA, building a competitive in-house hub of marketing, creativity and agency services for a company in Cincinnati, Ohio. I'm a consultant for LIQUID, a Venture Capital builder in spirits and no alcoolic beverages.

Career

Liquid Venture Builder
February 2024 - Present

Support in the creation of all new products and innovations, from concept through completion; from recipe formulation to label and packaging design. Definition of the marketing positioning 360°, launch campaigns, and distribution.

ENGINE gin
June 2019 - February 2023

Complete support in the creation of brand & start-up. From the concept ideation, packaging, formulation, production, national/international distribution (price negotiation, importation, customs clearance...), management/coordination of internal and external resources.

Eurostampa North America
May 2023 - September 2023

Management of projects for new products innovations or product restyling, speaking directly with the Marketing team of the brands clients (Bacardi, Diageo, Sazerac, Pernod Ricard...), translating their need in designs consistent with the brief and feasible in printing.

ILLVA Saronno
January 2014 - June 2020

Definition of global brand strategy 360° for advertising communication, PR, digital, retail and packaging. Ideation and art-direction of photo shoots and video productions of global communications campaigns for all the company brands (Disaronno, Tia Maria, Zucca, Unicum...).

Expertise

Supporting companies in creating new brands and communicate them

+10 years of packaging and communication experience in the Wine & Spirits industry. I'm a Consultant for new product creations, from concept, to production, distribution and marketing strategy.

  • Product creation

    Collaboration in the creation of new brands and product innovation. From the fromulation, to the production and packaging logistics.

  • Road to Market

    Price definitions, distributon pitches and Revenue Growth Management strategies for On-Trade and Off-Trade channels.

  • Marketing 360°

    Support in the definition, development and monitoring of marketing plans. Delineation of global brand positioning for ADV campaigns, PR events, digital and retail.

  • Communication

    Ideation and Art Direction of photo shoots and video productions of global communications campaigns, both TV and digital.

Projects

Some of the brand and project I worked for.

Start-up development

ENGINE gin

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Brand creation from birth to selling. I supported the owner in the creation of the product (recipe, packaging, production...) and of the start-up linked to it, till its acquisition in 2024. The world of reference of ENGINE is the racing one, something coherent in all the touchpoint of the brand: from the packaging to the brand positioning, the collaborations, the communication and the events. The two biggest product innovations of the product that I managed were: the RTD cocktail and the Caroni-cask bottle, for witch I designed both glass and label.

Brand Positioning 360°

Tia Maria

An example of a 360 brand repositioning. A complete marketing work: starting from the competitor ananlisis and the target definition, to develoup a new brand character and a new brand idea. From that, I developed a packaging restiling, with a line exstention, aligned with the new strategy. Also a new TVC delivering the new brand idea with the correct tone of voice to the consumer. As Communication manager I supervised the all process of its creation: from concept, storiboard, casting, location scouting, filming and editing.

Variable data Limited Edition

Rabbit Hole bourbon

Rabbit Hole is a Kentucky Bourbon famous for its special release made with great artists, so I'm pretty happy to have had the chance to sign this design, made experimenting with a new printing technology of Eurostampa USA. Using variable data we were able to change the shades of my picture, creating 700 different color combination for 700 unique, personalized and numbered bottles. Technical innovation solving the Marketing need of celebrating a Limited Edition product.

Product innovation

Disaronno Velvet

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The first great innovation in the Disaronno Brand from 500 years: a cream liquor with the taste of Disaronno. After several agency pitch, the owner of the Company decided to develoup the packaging internally. My idea for the label was very simple, spray the original label with a splash of milk. The final touch was painting the bottle in white. I had also the opportunity to work on the communication campaign, that used the concept of the Velvet to show the creamy liquor.

Range extension

Tia Maria RTD

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Creation of a new product to extend the Tia Maria range. The can had to be coherent with the new brand positioning: more young, colorful and urban. For this reason the world of reference chosen for the project was the "graffiti" one. The final design was made involving a street artist to produce a "tailor-made" art. I managed the all process of product innovation, from concept to the final printing execution, working jointly with Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, Production and Suppliers.

New Brand development

Contrattino Aperitvo Bitter

A new product development created for the Winery Contratto. A low-alcoolic aperitivo, fresh and eyecatcing. I was in charge of the creation of both the new glass and the label. The bottle was made from scratch working jointly with the glassware. For the lable I took inspiration from the old design of the winery. Both of them deliberately recall the '20 era, as from brand positioning. I also supported in the production of the ADV campaing, and the definition of all materials for the brand promotion.