Graphic Design Manager Inco North America

About the role

As Graphic Design Manager, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality design solutions across our Continence Care category in North America. Acting as the link between internal stakeholders and external agencies, you will ensure that design execution is timely, aligned with brand guidelines, and adapted to local market needs.

Responsibilities

• Artwork Coordination: Ensure the end-to-end delivery of artwork and print files - from input gathering, managing translations to final artwork approval across stakeholders, and initiating prepress work
• Process Management: Coordinate parallel design workflows, ensuring timelines are met and deliverables remain aligned with plans
• Agency Collaboration: Brief external design agencies, assign tasks, and provide structured feedback on artwork and concepts
• Stakeholder Alignment: Independently lead and collaborate with within cross-functional teams across geographies, including Marketing, Packaging, and Brand to ensure quality in output, efficient processes and timely deliveries
• Design Implementation: Adapt master designs across product variants and markets while ensuring compliance with brand guidelines
• Quality & Compliance: Safeguard high standards of design quality and ensure production feasibility, including print considerations as well as regulatory and quality requirements due to medical device classification in EU
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to efficient workflows and cost optimization by identifying smarter design and production solutions

Requirements

You thrive in a fast-paced environment, and bring a structured, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset. You take ownership of your work and confidently manage multiple parallel activities, ensuring high-quality output and timely delivery. You collaborate effectively across teams and feel comfortable working with both internal stakeholders and external partners. With clear communication and a hands-on approach, you contribute to smooth workflows and continuous improvement. You combine attention to detail with a broader perspective, always ensuring that designs meet brand guidelines, market needs, and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Higher education within relevant field, e.g. Graphic Design
• Experience in graphic design development and artwork coordination, with a deep understanding of artwork creation workflows and knowledge from working in artwork systems
• Experience from printing processes, in particular Flexo printing is important
• Strong project management skills within a cross-functional environment, with a capability to visualize time plans and create alignment on thresholds and milestones
• Organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment
• Fluency in English
• Knowledge in SAP is an advantage

Skills

You have:

• A structured, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset
• Ownership of your work and confidence in managing multiple parallel activities
• Effective collaboration across teams
• Clear communication and hands-on approach
• Attention to detail combined with a broader perspective
• Ability to ensure designs meet brand guidelines, market needs, and business objectives

Benefits

At Essity, you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
• Wellness program provided through RallyHealthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees