Packaging and Visual Merchandising Designer
Mane Addicts, United States
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Art Director to bring to life all experiential experiences including but not limited to: packaging, visual merchandising, out of home marketing, and events.
- Partner with external visual merchandising agencies to produce innovative and dynamic point of sale displays.
- Partner with Creative Project Manager to manage internal and external end-to-end visual merchandising timelines, ensuring necessary project planning, timeline management and key stakeholders communication.
- Work closely with Product Development and Retail teams to understanding packaging needs for product catalog.
- Partner with Sales and Marketing teams to prepare and update planograms.
- Review all technical drawings and material specification to ensure for accuracy.
- Create visually compelling retail packaging and displays that reflect the Mane brand identity, enhance the customer experience and drive sales.
Requirements
Required Skills:
- 4+ years of visual merchandising experience, preferably with experience in Sephora.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
- A portfolio showcasing your packaging design and visual merchandising skills.
- A strong understanding of visual merchandising best practices.
- The ability to create renderings for retail displays and effectively communicate an idea through visual mockups
- The ability to take a project from concept/visual mockups through to technical files ready for production
- Strong knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes for visual merchandising.
- Knowledge of industry trends and beauty industry benchmarks is a plus.
- Strong understanding of production best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of packaging design principles, materials, and production processes.
- Proficient technical packaging skills in addition to visual packaging design (understanding packaging dielines and prepping technical files for print)
- Strong project management and cross functional communication skills
- The ability to effectively communicate and work with external vendors
A huge plus:
- Knowledge of 3D rendering software or prototyping tools.
- Understanding of sustainability principles and eco-friendly packaging design practices.
- Having worked in small but fast paced environments (startups) that require meeting critical deadlines
About Us:
Launched in 2022, Mane is the brainchild of Mane Addicts, a beauty website founded in 2014 by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin dedicated to hair as a medium for identity, education, and self-expression. We took all of what made Mane Addicts so great, and transformed it into a hair care brand that helps you explore your style on your terms. Expert-vetted, high- performance products designed for beginners, experimenters, and stylists alike. At Mane, we believe beauty is up to you.
But while we spice up your hair routine, we’ll also be bringing the heat behind the scenes to create a brand with you that cares about people, planet, and paws. Because making waves is cool, but making a difference is cooler.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental amp; Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick amp; Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Work From Home
- Free Food amp; Snacks
- Wellness Resources