What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Designer (Gatorade) position at Mediabistro?
Overview
Who We Are!
PepsiCo Design & Innovation is a creatively driven team that leverages the power of Design Thinking to solve brand and business problems that drive meaningful value and growth. Our mission is to elevate the role of design and design thinking as a function, process, mindset, and as culture in PepsiCo and the broader business world.
Please read the information in this job post thoroughly to understand exactly what is expected of potential candidates.We are a consumer-centric organization with a start-up mentality within our larger organization; we partner with world-class partners in Marketing, Insights, and R&D to strategically drive business results with purpose.
Our Opportunity!As a Senior Brand Designer, you will report to the Sr. Director, Gatorade, partnering on the design and execution of projects that support Pepsico’s Gatorade business in North America. Successful candidates will demonstrate superior ability to generate inspirational design solutions, driving from ideation to execution with quality and strategic excellence.In this role, you will be given the opportunity to build upon existing capabilities as well as broaden your functional expertise as you drive our brands through all consumer touchpoints. Examples of projects may include development of brand identity, packaging and portfolio systems, 360 brand campaigns, social media strategy, promotions, and immersive brand activations, with solutions that span the gamut from print, packaging, social / digital, licensing, environmental and new media.Responsibilities
Design Project Management : Partner across disciplines within PepsiCo and external suppliers to ensure design assets are developed and delivered with quality, value, and on-time.Inform and align stakeholders throughout the creative process, regularly reviewing the status of projects with appropriate leadership to verify that project expectations are met.Brand Design Development : Support the visual identity for the Gatorade portfolio, working in collaboration with the North America Gatorade Sr. Design Director and other design leaders across brand, product, packaging, equipment, marketing, and advertising.Generate creative design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members.Participate in research activities and effectively translate customer needs into actionable design strategy (must be able to execute those requirements into design solutions). Help drive to final design recommendations, decisions, and design approval to enable artwork execution / production phases. Ensure a thorough consideration of all project variables and that the final solution will perform as planned.External Design Network : Supports the PepsiCo Design & Innovation organization in building and cultivating a robust external design network.Compensation & Benefits : The expected compensation range for this position is between $79,800 - $133,450.Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 8% of annual salary paid out annually.Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility : Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Design or a minimum 5 years of hands-on brand and packaging / graphic design experience.Should have full-time agency side and or client-side experience.Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite software (Photoshop skills are a must).Must be willing and able to travel 15% of the time.Preferred Qualifications : Strong conceptual design skills, package design and design strategy experience.360 brand design experience (i.e., print, packaging, digital, environmental, experiential).Extraordinary design taste and expertise with an excellent sense of design trends.Illustration skills highly preferred.Systems design thinker (packaging architecture and visual identity systems).Ability to work in an agile, dynamic work environment with a start-up mentality (comfortable with risk and uncertainty).Strong stakeholder relationship management - effectively influence at all levels in the organization, as well as across regions and functions.Effectively communicates (verbally and written) with internal and external business partners.Collaborative and works well with others to deliver results; keep others informed to avoid unnecessary surprises.Ability to multitask. Excellent time and project management skills to be able to meet project deadlines.
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Salary : $79,800 - $133,450
