Design Project Manager, Packaging

What you will do:

As a Design Project Manager - Packaging, you are the engine that helps keep creative development moving forward and are responsible for planning, organizing, managing and executing projects from beginning to end. You must flex between critical/strategic thinking, the tactical delivery of tasks, and the connections between the project with company initiatives and Marketing strategies. You are a facilitator, problem-solver, and protector of the quality of the work.

You will work in tight partnership with our internal designers, Marketing Comms team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Here's a day in the life:

• Work directly with internal "clients" to understand project request, gather requirements, define objectives, deliverables and delivery dates, plan resources and develop a clear and actionable project plan
• Develop project scopes, budgets, and timelines involving all relevant stakeholders and ensure that work is produced on-time and within budget
• Write or gather clear and detailed briefs for the Packaging Design team, and answer any internal and external questions
• Manage external agency partners, schedule all meetings with cross-functional stakeholders, facilitate design reviews and compile feedback
• Attend cross functional team meetings and report project updates back to Packaging Design team.
• Work with product development and QA on ensuring brand packaging is updated with current back and front panel information
• Work with product development and QA on ensuring brand packaging is updated with current back and front panel information
• Manage and coordinate development, production and printing processes, details, vendors, estimates, and delivery with external vendor partners
• Maintain a database of reliable creative, print and production vendors.
• Manage internal design requests ensuring Tillamook has consistent messaging, look and feel, no matter the size
• Ensure best practices are being met, actively managing all projects through Workfront.
• Manage prototype production and delivery.
• Manage color standards library
• Manage packaging sample library
• Attend press approvals
• Maintain artwork in specification system
• Manage a budget, estimate future year, process invoices and track.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• 4-year degree in business, marketing, relevant field or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience successfully managing packaging projects in a Creative Design Agency or an in-house CPG company.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Project Management Tools (Workfront a plus), Familiarity with Adobe Suite
• Experience in product packaging production or prepress a plus

Industry leading benefit and reward programs:

We offer outstanding benefits to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page: www.tillamook.com/careers.

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion where all employees are heard, valued and feel a sense of belonging. We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success. We are seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives, and backgrounds to join our exceptional organization and help us build our future.

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