Sr. Director of Packaging

TOWN & COUNTRY LIVING; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Town & Country Living in New York is seeking a senior packaging lead to direct the packaging team, ensuring timely and cost-effective development from concept through production while meeting brand aesthetics and customer quality.

You will collaborate with overseas factories, manage packaging specs, and drive environmental initiatives, with strong leadership and proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in packaging design, marketing, project management or business related discipline.
• 5+ years of packaging graphic design and production experience.
• Experience leading packaging teams is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and training to the packaging team.
• Lead packaging development from concept to mockups and final TOP sample approvals.
• Coordinate with overseas factories and agents for packaging cost and quality.
• Ensure on-time packaging delivery and manage project milestones.
• Collaborate with brand and customer to meet packaging expectations.
• Lead environmental friendly packaging initiatives.
• Manage packaging specs and PLM system responsibilities.

Skills

Leadership

Creativity

Team player

Detail oriented

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in packaging design or related field

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Office

Job description

SUMMARY

Lead packaging team to ensure timely and cost-effective packaging development, presentation, and production while meeting the brand's aesthetic and customer's requirement and quality.

Description

Lead packaging team to ensure timely and cost-effective packaging development, presentation, and production while meeting the brand's aesthetic and customer's requirement and quality.

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES

• Provide direction and training to the packaging team.
• Packaging development from construction and graphic concepts to mockup presentations. Ensure the development and qualification of packaging solutions met for the needs for brand aesthetics, consumer use, manufacturing capability, and quality.
• Create packaging spec and work with oversea factories and agents for packaging cost.
• Work with oversea factories and agents to ensure high quality and on-time packaging delivery with processes including: prototype development, press proof, and final packaging TOP sample approvals. Manage flow of information, follow up and communicate project milestones to ensure on time packaging delivery.
• Work with both brand and customer to meet their packaging expectation.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with third party packaging vendors.
• Work with photo studio and customer to execute photography for. packaging.
• Take the lead on environmental friendly packaging development.
• Lead the critique within the team for new packaging graphic concepts.
• Work with the third party translator for packaging translation.
• Work with local packaging suppliers for mockup and presentation projects.
• Organize and archive samples, artworks, mechanicals, specs, invoices, and etc.
• Proof reading packaging mechanicals before release.
• Create packaging design artwork, photoshop or photo shoot packaging photography.
• Take the lead on all packaging functions in PLM system.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong leadership and management capabilities.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Strong creative skills
• Team player and communicates effectively with all levels of management
• Detail oriented and multi-tasker, comfortable working in fast paced environment
• Project managing including organizing and prioritizing resources and timeline management
• Knowledge of textile industry is a plus

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in packaging design, marketing, project management or business related discipline.
• 5+ years of packaging graphic design and production experience

Salary Description

$150,000 - $170,000 Annually