Our CPG retail client is seeking an Adaptive Design Management Consultant to work with their team.
This role will be 40 hours per week.
Ideal candidate is in Kansas City, working hybrid onsite 3 days per week (T-TH).
Client is also open to candidates in nearby cities who are open to travel onsite as needed.
**Portfolio or samples of work you are proud of required!
The Adaptive Design Management Consultant plays a critical role in ensuring brand design projects are implemented smoothly and on time. This position involves coordinating global packaging design adaptations and maintaining brand consistency across projects. You will report to the Senior Brand Design Manager and collaborate with cross-functional and external partners to achieve outstanding design outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead & oversee project lifecycle for packaging design rollouts and updates, ensuring adherence to performance targets via our Global Design Process.
- Coordinate updates across design portfolios, managing design adaptation files, guidelines development & updates, and color proofing.
- Collaborate with Brand Marketing and Design Managers to align design projects with brand guidelines & business objectives.
- Conduct technical feasibility assessments and partner with internal cross-functional stakeholders, and agencies to resolve challenges.
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with internal teams and external partners, ensuring seamless design-to-production integration.
- Serve as a strategic design lead and as the primary contact for adaptive design projects, and able to present deliverables in design reviews with confidence on proposals & recommendations.
- Responsibly track & manage budgets with transparency, efficiency to deliver highest quality outputs, encompassing project budgets, rate card audit, and yearly estimate projection.
- Develop strategic and coherent presentations to help deliver excellent design systems solutions (visual examples required)
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Design, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in packaging design and print processes within CPG environments.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Google Workspace, and project management tools.
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment, in a consistent 40-hour week-basis.
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data.
Benefits
Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:
Email your resume in Word to:
jennifer.marshall@jobalert.creativecircle.com
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Jennifer Marshall - Lead Recruiter
For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 02/06/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
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