Manager, Brand Design Job at SC Johnson
SC JOHNSON IS A FIFTH-GENERATION FAMILY COMPANY BUILT ON THE SPIRIT OF OUR PEOPLE. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building iconic brands that win the hearts and minds of consumers – such as Raid®, Glade®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country around the world. Together, we are creating a better future – for the planet, for future generations and for every SCJ team member. Join our winning team of Wave Makers and Go Getters and help us write the next chapter in the SCJ story.
This role is in SCJ Global Marketing’s Innovation Incubator Team and reports to the Director of Design – Global Consumer Brands. The Innovation Incubator is a learning lab that turns emerging consumer needs into a portfolio of ideas for future incremental, profitable growth. This position will be responsible for leading holistic design strategy and execution on Innovation Incubator initiatives, including white space innovation and 3D packaging renovation. We will take an iterative approach to idea generation, refining insights and consumer problems to solve, testing, learning, and optimizing with small-scale in market launch learnings. Successful initiatives will then flow to Global category teams to scale behind the learnings validated by the Innovation Incubator. The Design Manager will be an evangelist, charged with catalyzing disruptive product innovation with a test and learn mentality and leading a holistic approach to brand / product expression via 2D and 3D design.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintain a strong external curiosity, scanning the broad marketplace for new ideas and possibilities.
Partner with Consumer Insights and Marketing Innovation Incubator leads to identify unmet consumer needs and wants.
Collaborate cross functionally to create new testable products and experiences; quickly visualize ideas and concepts.
Develop and iterate prototypes that help sell your vision for holistic product expression to drive premiumization, and refine ideas, forms and concepts based on user feedback
Liaise with Package Engineers, Sustainability, Category Brand Equity, Agency Partners and Innovation Incubator Project Leads to ensure design quality and consumer experience.
This role will report to the Director of Design to ensure seamless sharing of ideas and learning between Category and Disruptive Innovation Incubator teams as well as provide opportunity to learn, be trained, get exposure, and leverage the broader SCJ Design community.
Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:
Bachelor’s degree Advanced degree in business or design thinking preferred.
5+ years of experience in brand design (Consumer Product Goods (CPG) industry experience preferred).
Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies
Experience in Adobe Creative Suite plus one of the following: Solid Works, Key Shot, Sketchbook Pro. Analog sketching mastery a plus.
Consumer Product Good Industry experience
Experience in written and oral presentation of product design strategy and ideas to senior level and C-suite stakeholders.
Excellent ability to work with cross functional teams – to influence them, push them, encourage them, listen to them, celebrate them, trust them, and unleash them to do what they do best. Teams typically include RD&E, consumer insights, design, legal, regulatory, product supply, procurement, and finance.
Passionate and opinionated; has a well-formed point of view on everything from the best candy bar to the next big trend in home cleaning.
Insatiable curiosity for brand, advertising, and start-up stories and trends, evidenced by frequent consumption and incorporation of external lessons/practices into work engagements.
Loves to tinker with processes, products, and language because they enjoy it and it helps produce continuous improvement.
Acknowledges tradeoffs, takes calculated risks, and owns outcomes. Celebrates action and results (including failures!) more than meetings and PowerPoints.
Better Together
At SC Johnson, we strive to create a positive, inclusive and unique workplace. We strongly believe SCJ people are able to achieve their best when they can collaborate and work together in person.
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