Design Manager - Intimate & Digestive Health

Karo Healthcare; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Design Manager to lead the strategic design function for its Intimate and Digestive Health Category. This role requires a hands-on approach, blending creativity with leadership to develop compelling brand assets across various channels. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in design management, strategic thinking, and consumer healthcare, ensuring high-quality outputs that resonate with consumers. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will have a direct impact on the brand and its growth, all within a supportive and inclusive environment that values creativity and collaboration.

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Growth opportunities

Positive work environment

Life-work balance

Exciting projects

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of design experience with leadership skills.
• Expertise in strategic design methodologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead design strategy and processes for brand building.
• Manage design quality and production for packaging and digital assets.

Skills

Design Management

Creative Direction

Strategic Design Thinking

Inclusive Design

Sustainable Design

Consumer Healthcare Design

3D Design

Adobe Creative Cloud

Education

Design Management Qualifications

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

3D CAD Software

Job description

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Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.

We're looking for an exceptional Design Manager, an action-orientated design leader ready to help build the strategic design function within Karo.

The Design Lead/Manager will be the creative lead and brand guardian for the visual brand language for our Intimate and Digestive Health Category. Creatively connecting our brands to consumers, at the moments that matter most, in seamless multichannel consumer experiences. The remit includes existing portfolio & innovation; product & communications, and digital & physical channels.

The role will be hands-on from day 1; the Design Lead/Manager will enjoy crafting design themselves and have a passion for consumer health brands. They will be able to manage and direct external agencies and our internal in-house design team to bring our brand assets, campaigns, products, and packaging into production OTIF.

The Design Manager will work hand-in-hand with the Intimate & Digestive Health Global Category Lead and Brand managers. These include Multi-Gyn, Pevaryl, and our Proct portfolio.

The tasks the Design Lead/Manager will undertake to achieve the aim of the role will cover Strategic, Tactical, and Operational responsibilities. These tasks and responsibilities will include:

Design Strategy & Processes

1. Design thinking methodologies for brand building and innovation
2. Brand toolkits and guidelines
3. Circular and Sustainable Design
4. Inclusive Design

Design Experience

1. Holistic Design for Multichannel creative content and assets
2. Creation of ownable and distinctive assets to drive brand recall and build distinctive memory structures for consumers
3. Delivery of high-quality brand assets for use across all channels
4. Creative Direction for the Brands
5. Design for sensory (sonic, haptic, etc.)

Design Quality

1. Creation of high-quality VBL design assets
2. VBL Guidelines for Brands
3. Creation of strategic portfolio architectures to design packaging ranges
4. Packaging Design for existing ranges and new product development
5. Structural packaging design
6. Digital-first thinking for packaging formats and experiences
7. Manufacturer liaison for design quality across designed materials (i.e. packaging, shopper materials, expert materials, etc.)
8. Work closely with the Artwork Production Lead and operations on print trails and packaging standards for print quality and consistency

Design Talent & Community

1. Part of the Design Leadership Team working alongside other category design leaders
2. Help establish and build design resource networks
3. Help establish external design talent/relationships for specialist or ad-hoc design requirements
4. Help to embed design collaboration to create a strong 'Design and Creative Center of Excellence' within Karo
5. Help build design culture and inspiration for the whole business

Design Budgets

1. Design budgets for the Intimate and Digestive health category brands

Requirements

1. At least 3-5 years of relevant experience as a designer and 1-2 years of experience in a lead role
2. Design Management & Leadership Qualifications (preferred but not essential)
3. Expert in strategic design thinking methodologies and frameworks
4. In-depth understanding of Design for business
5. Experienced in designing for consumer healthcare (preferred but not essential)
6. Strong Creative Direction Skills
7. Knowledgeable in Inclusive Design and Design for Circularity and Sustainability
8. Design expertise across Product, Packaging, Shopper, Digital and Expert to create omnichannel experiences for consumers and experts
9. Experienced in Design for digital platforms
10. In-depth knowledge of Design industry software (e.g. Adobe CC, inc. Ai, Id, Psd, Xd, Pp, 3D CAD software, Rendering/Visualisation Software, etc.)
11. Product Design and Structural packaging Knowledge (3D Design)
12. Artwork and Print knowledge across various printing methods
13. Experienced in manufacturing and supplier liaison to ensure design quality and consistency are achieved
14. Design Budget Management across design activities

Benefits

1. Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
2. Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
3. Flexible schedule, hybrid model with the primary workplace in the office, and life-work balance
4. Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry
5. Very positive work environment in a dynamic, international, and motivated team
6. Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values

Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.