Senior Designer

Principle Accountabilities

Apply advanced design skills in the creation of designs for packaging and/or point of service displays for new and existing products in accordance with PCA design and safety standards.

Evaluate customer needs and expectations and translates them into drawings, designs, and prototypes within the manufacturing capabilities of the plant.

Coordinate activities related to developing graphics, prototypes and samples, including vendor negotiations, designing dies, material availability, direction, troubleshooting, reviewing samples, testing, and redirection based on feedback and results.

Coordinate multiple design projects to successful completion by effectively managing existing resources and procuring external sources as needed.

Liaise with appropriate plant departments to ensure regular communication regarding project status, resource availability, design feasibility, and scheduling.

Create or secure samples of designs for customer inspection, production orders and/or division operation.

Perform packaging and component testing, evaluates results, and advise sales, manufacturing, and customers of findings.

Evaluate existing customer or prospective customer packaging for possible improvement in style, function, appearance, cost and/or ease of packaging as directed by supervisor.

Conduct design reviews with customers.

Generate product cost data, including estimation of run speeds, packaging costs material usages, and scrap factors.

Provide advance technical assistance to the Sales Representatives and customer service representative regarding layouts, estimating, die making, order specifications, customer packaging procedures, and material handling techniques orders detailed artwork and printing dies, and approves printing press and die cut set-ups for initial order of new designs.

Provide training, guidance and support to designers.

Basic Requirements

• Education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in graphic design, structural engineering, or packaging required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ previous experience with packaging and point of purchase display creation and design.
• Strong working knowledge of production methods, printing methods, materials, styles, and standard design forms and retail usage of packaging and point of purchase displays required.
• Strong working knowledge computer systems including experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Computer Assisted Design (CAD) software.

Preferred Requirements

• Previous experience in project management.
• Experience in corrugated industry with a technical understanding of corrugated packaging design, cutting dies, converting machinery and printing.

Compensation And Benefits

• Starting salary range for position: $78,400 - $117,600.
• Bonus: Annual – Based upon individual contribution and overall, Company performance.
• Paid Vacation: Three (3) weeks per calendar year.
• Pro-rata Vacation during the initial year of hire based upon start date within the calendar year.
• Paid Holidays.
• Within the first 30 days of employment, an employee (and their dependents) is eligible to enroll in certain benefit coverages -- medical, dental, and vision – and are automatically enrolled in life, AD&D, and disability coverages.
• Upon hire, an employee is automatically enrolled in the 401k plan. The plan offers both pre-tax and Roth contribution options along with employer provided matching contributions.

Disclaimer

The Compensation and Benefits information in this posting represents PCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it may pay for this position. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Disclaimer

PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified Applicants must apply at careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.