Manager - Packaging Structural Design

RRD; Cudahy (WI); On-site; USD 118,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

RRD is seeking a Packaging Platform Design Lead in Wisconsin to guide the design staff, organize priorities, and ensure high-quality deliverables. You will interface with clients, sales, and manufacturing to drive projects from concept to production.

The role requires 5+ years in packaging structural design, strong communication, and mentoring abilities, with proficiency in ArtiosCAD and 3D software. On-site collaboration with cross-functional teams is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-year Degree or related experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Packaging structural design.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills across teams.
• Ability to organize resources and prioritize workloads to meet project needs.
• Experience mentoring junior team members in design tools and processes.
• Clear written and verbal communication tailored to audience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee platform design team output, assign work and prioritize requests to ensure deliverables.
• Represent design group in client, sales, and cross-functional interactions.
• Lead high-profile client projects and ensure designs meet production testing standards.
• Develop packaging solutions for paper-based materials (folding carton, corrugated, rigid box).
• Create 3D renderings, exploded-view schematics, and assembly instructions.
• Create high-end prototypes for client presentations.
• Foster collaboration and maintain positive team environment.

Skills

5+ years packaging structural design

Project management

Leadership

Communication skills

Mentoring junior staff

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Associate degree

Tools

ArtiosCAD

SolidWorks

Rhino 3D

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

Job Description

Manages and provides technical direction to Packaging platform design staff. Organizes processes, clarifies project priorities, and oversees design output on a daily basis.

• Oversee platform design team output, assign work to optimize output, and prioritize requests for all levels of design to ensure deliverables are met..
• Ensure consistent and efficient internal processes, workflows, and specifications are being used by all designers while effectively communicating changes and priorities to the design staff.
• Represent design group while interfacing with clients, sales, and other business platforms.
• Manage design projects through all stages of execution and maintain effective communication to sales, customer service, and manufacturing.
• Maintain clear organization of large ongoing projects involving many components and changes.
• Review work and provide effective, actionable feedback to the design team in a timely manner.
• Regularly interact directly with clients and sales to demonstrated added value in design while clearly communicating design reasoning as the packaging subject matter expert.
• Lead high-profile / high-priority client projects and initiatives.
• Ensure new designs are created for optimum efficiency for production and meet client testing standards and expectations.
• Develop structural design solutions for paper-based packaging (folding carton, corrugated, rigid box).
• Experience with non-paper packaging materials is a plus.
• Create 3D renderings including conceptual design, exploded-view schematics, and detailed assembly instructions
• Create high-end, flawless packaging prototypes for customer presentations.
• Work collaboratively and inclusively with design team members to identify and develop the best possible packaging solution while creating a positive work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-year Degree, or related experience.
• 5+ year of experience in Packaging structural design
• Able to apply broad work experience and knowledge when analyzing complex problems.
• Must be able consistently identify critical elements, variables and alternatives to develop solutions.Must be able to organize/prioritize existing resources and incorporate new information, as needed, to implement the most effective solutions.
• Able to communicate clearly and courteously with those who need to know of decisions/actions/problems.
• Excellent business acumen and collaborative skills when resolving problems.
• Able to mentor junior level team members in the use of tools and/or systems in the position.
• Requires excellent communication skills with ability to state messages in a clear manner by using language that is easy for others to understand.
• Able to explain programs policies and procedures in language that is understood by others.
• Must be able to modify communication style both formal and informal to match the appropriate level of the audience targeted.
• Requires strong understanding of the impact of a message on the organization or customer.
• Able to write with the clarity and precision necessary for the work being performed.
• Able to apply strong functional computer knowledge. Advanced knowledge of ArtiosCAD required.
• Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft products preferred. Solidworks / Rhino 3D experience a plus.

Additional Information

RRD's current salary range for this role is $117,700 to $188,400 / year. The salary range may be adjusted based on the applicable geographic location of the hired employee, and the range may change in the future. At RRD, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions may vary based upon, but not limited to education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift and location. Depending on the role, in addition to base salary, the total compensation package may also include participation in a bonus, commission or incentive program. RRD’s benefit offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition assistance and employer/partner discounts

RRD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans

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All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of both a pre-employment background and drug screen.