The Design Senior Director will have a local and regional leadership role within the global network, collaborating with the regional and global design teams, to establish global standards, build global brands, and drive overall design excellence within a fast-paced consumer goods.
This individual will need to effectively manage and influence a cross-functional team that includes brand design, innovation, product design, consumer insights, brand marketing, R&D, and operations to successfully deliver strategically aligned and commercially viable projects. This person will be responsible for the co-creation, management and execution of a comprehensive brand design and innovation strategy that will impact the growth of the company’s portfolio of brands.
The role will be responsible for all aspects of the front-end design process, ranging from problem definition, performing and analyzing consumer research, to brainstorming and visualizing ideas. S/he is fueled by imagination and creativity and like the challenge of creating what has not yet been created. S/he helps solve unique and complex problems that have broad impact on company’s business growth.
The person in this role will be accountable for supporting the development and delivery of a wide range of innovation projects, structural packaging and graphic design. S/he will need to help deliver projects from initial ideation, through concept development, to commercialization. The person in this role will work closely with internal and external partners to develop design projects that satisfy consumer needs and the growth of company’s portfolio. This means creatively conceptualizing innovative brand design systems and planning, organizing, and implementing consistent design/production principles.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in design, Masters preferred
- 10+years of deep brand design and innovation experience
- Proven ability to communicate with a technical organization (e.g. R&D) and a creative marketing organization
- A creative problem solver. Strong presentation skills
- Ability to work in an ambiguous and dynamic work environment
- Can build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders and project leads
- Prior Global Experience preferred
- Prior Supervisory Experience preferred
- Can effectively influence senior leaders in the organization a cross regions and functions
- Very business and politically savvy
- Extraordinary ability in using the Adobe Creative Suite software
We are looking for a dynamic and curious person who has the ability to analyze, take initiative, and loves to work in an international environment! Please send CV to contact@lemensandpartners.com