At Jazwares, we believe an innovative idea can come from anywhere, and anyone. We work collaboratively to achieve our goals and we have fun doing it! Jazwares, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading global toy manufacturer with an award-winning, robust portfolio of wholly owned and licensed brands. Founded in 1997, Jazwares celebrates imaginative play with a progressive focus on identifying new and relevant trends to transform into high-quality products for consumers of all ages. Jazwares engages consumers through innovative play experiences with popular brands such as Squishmallows, Pokémon, Star Wars, CoComelon, Fortnite, AEW, Adopt Me!, Hello Kitty, and many more. In addition to toys, offerings also include Metaverse gaming, costumes, and products for pets. Headquartered in Sunrise, Florida, Jazwares has offices worldwide and sells its products in over 100 countries.
As the Sr. Manager of our Packaging Design team, you will be responsible for managing packaging designers across our Collectibles Figures and Plush categories. We are looking for a highly motivated yet creative individual who will demonstrate creative thinking, conceptualization, design and execution on a wide variety of packaging projects.
What you will do:
- Manage the development of packaging design and guide the process of concept and design development from an aesthetic and structural point of view.
- Collaborate with Packaging Design Director on innovation efforts.
- Ensure packaging team is working within the development calendar to meet deadlines.
- Manage Packaging Designer’s daily projects.
- Encourage packaging team to research and maintain industry trends.
- Keep all packaging designs up to date with branding style guides.
- Evaluate staff job performance and recommends areas of improvement.
- Provide suggestions to the Brand team on alternative packaging structures.
- Review all international packaging variations with your packaging team.
- Partner closely with the Brand team, Product Development, Creative and Mock Up teams within the US and Asia.
- Communicate progress and objectives to Asia Packaging team
- Manage outsource projects as needed.
What we are looking for:
- BA or BS degree in Graphic Design or related field.
- Minimum 6+ years of experience in Packaging Design
- Minimum 4 years of team managing experience
- Proficiency with Illustrator and Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite
- Clear understanding of consumer packaging design and print expectations, including, bleeds, die lines, retouching, formats, resolution, etc.
- Experience working with style guides
- Excellent graphic design skills and ability to art direct
- Solid understanding of design, layout and type usage
- Great attention to detail
- Ability to work with tight deadlines
- Strong communication skills
- Trade show design experience is a plus
Salary range for this position: $94,000.00 – 120,000.00. Actual yearly base pay may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, peer and market data, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. The successful candidate may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. Jazwares offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation), Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees.
JAZWARES is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, age, military status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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