Manager, Packaging Creative Operations

Fresh | Mid-Level | 08/31/2021

Description

MAIN JOB OBJECTIVE

The Manager, Packaging Creative Operations is responsible for overseeing all phases of creative packaging execution process to ensure the production of high quality, strategically grounded creative. As a strong project manager, the Manager, Packaging Creative Ops will be a key cross functional partner to various teams throughout the fresh HQ business including (but not limited to): Global Packaging Design, Global Packaging Development, Creative Operations, Global Marketing, and Global Creative. While driving timelines and ensuring all deadlines are met, the Manager, Packaging Creative Ops will be instrumental in establishing increased efficiency and processes and workflows.

The Manager, Packaging Creative Ops should have an appreciation for creative packaging, particularly within the cosmetics & beauty space. With exceptional communication and project management skills, the Manager should be process driven, solution oriented, and highly collaborative.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage creative development/packaging production, routing approvals to meet timelines.
    • Gather & archive pending information (brief, die line, ingredient listings, shade assortment, product for pantone matching, copy / translations, claims and comp needs)
    • Drive all packaging design project timelines, ensuring key milestones are met, inclusive of scheduling approval meetings
    • Manage test and final releases with timely feedback on all submissions
    • Monitor workload and reprioritize as needed
    • Maintain active communication with all stakeholders on project milestones, deliverables, & overall project status.
  • Organize and Lead weekly status, kick offs, creative review meetings with cross functional teams.
  • Creation of future thinking processes to streamline workflow and increase efficiency

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience required
  • 5+ years working experience (Beauty industry preferred)
  • PMP certification a plus
  • Experience managing/leading graphic designers and production artists teams throughout a packaging project lifecycle.
  • Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
  • Strong computer skills in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, as well as understanding of ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
  • Comfortable with Project Management platforms, such as Workfront, Click Up, Asana, or Smartsheets
  • Strategic thinker, Agile Partner, Developed Organizational Skills, and Problem Solver
  • Curious and collaborative mindset with the ability to foster teamwork at all levels of the organization
  • Ability to multi-task in face-paced environment
  • Action and result oriented
  • Love for Beauty/Skincare, Innovation, and People

How to Apply

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About Us

In 1991, our founders Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg saw the need for beauty that was both effective and indulgent. Following their American dream, they opened a small store in Boston devoted to curating natural products from around the world and engaging a community. The original shopkeepers, they created a brand that touches people’s hearts as well as their skin—and quickly developed a cult following.Today, fresh is a global company headquartered in New York offering a full lifestyle line spanning skincare, lip care, bodycare, and fragrance in 16 countries. But we don’t just aspire to make the best products on the market; we want to be the best beauty brand to work for. Whether developing a breakthrough formula, designing a marketing campaign, or welcoming guests in our shops, you are hand-picked to join us on our journey to make the world more beautiful one heartfelt experience at a time. Because beauty is more than skin deep. And fresh is more than a brand…it’s a feeling.In 2000, fresh partnered with the world’s leading luxury products group, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), gaining invaluable access to expertise, research, technology, professional development opportunities, and world-class benefits. The Group is comprised of a unique portfolio of over 70 prestigious brands including Louis Vuitton, Sephora, Dior, Benefit Cosmetics, Bulgari, and Veuve Clicquot, At fresh, we’ve created a warm, inspiring environment that encourages our teams around the world to dream big, because that’s how we got here. On any given day, you might find us celebrating a fresh family member, testing out new beauty products, or hitting the streets during a trend tour. Curiosity, passion, generosity, and a sky’s the limit spirit are woven into our DNA, stemming from our founders, and those values fuel our search for the extraordinary—in product and people.