What you will do:

As a Design Project Manager - Packaging, you are the engine that helps keep creative development moving forward and are responsible for planning, organizing, managing and executing projects from beginning to end. You must flex between critical/strategic thinking, the tactical delivery of tasks, and the connections between the project with company initiatives and Marketing strategies. You are a facilitator, problem-solver, and protector of the quality of the work.

You will work in tight partnership with our internal designers, Marketing Comms team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Management responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Selecting top talent and onboarding/training new employees; following, and ensuring that all employees follow, all personnel rules, policies and/or collective bargaining agreements; holding employees accountable for performing their daily duties and demonstrating appropriate workplace behaviors; providing continuous feedback, coaching, and timely effective discipline when necessary; evaluating, monitoring and providing regular feedback on employees’ performance; tracking employees’ attendance and verifying accuracy of daily timekeeping records; holding effective, regular, team meetings; demonstrating financial responsibility by protecting the employers’ financial interests; and serving as role model by demonstrating professionalism, honesty, integrity, ethical behavior and living our company values.

Here’s a day in the life:

• Work directly with internal “clients” to understand project request, gather requirements, define objectives, deliverables and delivery dates, plan resources and develop a clear and actionable project plan.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, and timelines involving all relevant stakeholders and ensure that work is produced on-time and within budget.
• Write or gather clear and detailed briefs for the Packaging Design team, and answer any internal and external questions.
• Manage external agency partners, schedule all meetings with cross-functional stakeholders, facilitate design reviews and compile feedback.
• Attend cross functional team meetings and report project updates back to Packaging Design team.
• Work with product development and QA on ensuring brand packaging is updated with current back and front panel information.
• Work with product development and QA on ensuring brand packaging is updated with current back and front panel information.
• Manage and coordinate development, production and printing processes, details, vendors, estimates, and delivery with external vendor partners.
• Maintain a database of reliable creative, print and production vendors.
• Manage internal design requests ensuring Tillamook has consistent messaging, look and feel, no matter the size.
• Ensure best practices are being met, actively managing all projects through Workfront.
• Manage prototype production and delivery, color standards library, packaging sample library.
• Attend press approvals.
• Maintain artwork in specification system.
• Develop creative presentations using PowerPoint.
• Manage a budget, estimate future year, process invoices and track.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• 4-year degree in business, marketing, relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of experience successfully managing packaging projects in a Creative Design Agency or an in-house CPG company.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Project Management Tools (Workfront a plus), Familiarity with Adobe Suite.
• Experience in product packaging production or prepress a plus.
• Experience in CPG packaging a plus.
• A master at juggling multiple priorities and managing tight timelines with enthusiasm.
• A strong communicator, with clear and consistent written and oral communication.
• A people leader, adept at listening, questioning, guiding, facilitating, and motivating cross-functional teams.
• A businessperson who internalizes strategy and anticipates questions from leadership.
• A detail-oriented wizard, able to catch typos and inconsistencies in branding & messaging.
• A creative problem solver.

Industry leading benefit and reward programs:

We offer outstanding benefits to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page: www.tillamook.com/careers.

We are committed to creating a diverse culture and inclusive conditions where all employees are heard, valued and feel a sense of belonging. We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success. We are seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives, and backgrounds to join our exceptional organization and help us build our future.

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace.   EEO/AA