Creative Project Manager - Beauty Care

About the role

P&G Design is seeking a Design Producer to join our Beauty Care team. The role involves enabling design intent realization, ensuring technical fit-for-use, print feasibility, and quality execution on all print touchpoints for our brands.

Responsibilities

• Utilize deep understanding of supply chain fit-for-use requirements, pre-press & printing, and print feasibility to ensure design intent realization.
• Partner with pre-press separators, printers, and regional Design Delivery resources to assess print feasibility of design concepts, identify alternate solutions, plan & attend print trials, confirm final design intent print feasibility, ensure visual consistency delivered at shelf, and resolve quality issues.
• Manage projects within WebCenter, a graphics lifecycle management tool. Provide low-level support regarding WebCenter to the multi-functional team.
• Independently and collaboratively brings innovative ideas/search & reapply learning that drive continual improvements in quality, productivity and efficiency.
• Proactively explores both cost savings and cost avoidance opportunities.

Requirements

• 4-year degree in related field, ideally with minimum of 2 years of Design Production & Print experience (Design Firm, Printer, Production House preferred) or 4 years proven in-role experience in CPG industry and technical mastery.
• Deep understanding of pre-press and printing industry standards, print production, print processes, and press capabilities, inks, materials/substrates, specialty inks/finishes, proofing, and print trials.
• Experience with color theory and color management. Understanding of spectral color data & digital proofing.
• In depth understanding of the E2E packaging process [from design development through production], supply chain capabilities, fit for use considerations and requirements and how/where production/execution engages throughout process to ensure/enable print feasibility and design intent delivery.
• Solid understanding of design, the design creative process, brand equity, design assets, brand identity systems, production guidelines, and the importance of visual consistency – in design intent & print quality.
• Able to demonstrate leadership and strong collaboration skills with multifunctional teams and outside suppliers and be comfortable engaging with all management levels.
• Strong business communication skills – verbal and written. Ability to effectively communicate and present information.
• Disciplined with superior time and project management skills; possess the ability to set priorities, experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, with attention to detail and is accountable.
• Flexible in an environment of constant change. Able to engage and influence across functional partners.
• Software fluency in the latest graphics and business programs: Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) and Microsoft (Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.).

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in related field, ideally with minimum of 2 years of Design Production & Print experience (Design Firm, Printer, Production House preferred) or 4 years proven in-role experience in CPG industry and technical mastery.
• Deep understanding of pre-press and printing industry standards, print production, print processes, and press capabilities, inks, materials/substrates, specialty inks/finishes, proofing, and print trials.
• Experience with color theory and color management. Understanding of spectral color data & digital proofing.
• In depth understanding of the E2E packaging process [from design development through production], supply chain capabilities, fit for use considerations and requirements and how/where production/execution engages throughout process to ensure/enable print feasibility and design intent delivery.
• Solid understanding of design, the design creative process, brand equity, design assets, brand identity systems, production guidelines, and the importance of visual consistency – in design intent & print quality.
• Able to demonstrate leadership and strong collaboration skills with multifunctional teams and outside suppliers and be comfortable engaging with all management levels.
• Strong business communication skills – verbal and written. Ability to effectively communicate and present information.
• Disciplined with superior time and project management skills; possess the ability to set priorities, experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, with attention to detail and is accountable.
• Flexible in an environment of constant change. Able to engage and influence across functional partners.
• Software fluency in the latest graphics and business programs: Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) and Microsoft (Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.).