Creative Excellence Manager

Job Description:

Scope: Packaging Design, E commerce, Brand key visuals and Innovation

• Takes ownership of the visual identity for brands in the portfolio, working in collaboration with the global design teams, brand teams and country marketing.
• Manage package design projects including design brief; design development, monitoring and maintenance of budgets and timelines; and recommendations to support Asia region business. Lead agency conversations.
• Generate creative pack design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members.
• Participate in research activities and effectively translate customer needs into actionable design requirements and apply those requirements into design solutions.
• Responsible for driving to final design recommendations, decisions and design approval to enable artwork execution / production phases.
• The successful candidate will demonstrate superior ability to drive design quality, from concept development to refinement, and execution.
• Stay up to date on international design trends and best practices.

Qualifications:

• Graphic design degree or equivalent
• 5+ Years Experience in Design and Creative. Preferably in-house design team experience in a consumer product company globally or in a professional design agency is desirable.
• Hands on Graphic/ packaging Design expertise
• Tangible understanding of digital ecosystem
• Strong portfolio demonstrating a strong sense of aesthetics, package design, design layout and brand identity on product, digital, ecommerce graphic design for FMCG or retail consumer products.
• Strong collaboration skills with both internal partners (marketing, R&E, MRA, procurement, and mills) and external partners (creative agency, prepress house, printer) across geographies.
• Experience working in a multinational company with exposure to diverse markets.