Design Assistant Manager, Snacks设计助理经理，休闲食品
Summary
Design Assistant Manager at PepsiCo responsible for driving major brand design projects across the Snacks product portfolio, planning and implementing design principles, creating visual identities, and executing design solutions in collaboration with various teams.
Overview The main objective of this role is to drive major brand design projects across a specific product portfolio in Snacks category. This means planning, organizing, and implementing consistent design principles and production processes to ensure that the design/production guardrails meet business and consumer’ expectation. The Design Assistant Manager is responsible for initiation of comprehensive brand design Strategy and graphic design projects within Food / Snacks Group. Successful candidates will demonstrate superior ability to drive design thinking from ideation thru concept development, refinement, and execution. Responsibilities •Participates in research activities to understand consumers’ preference and effectively translates customer needs into actionable design requirements. Execute those requirements into design solutions. • Takes ownership of the visual identity for specific brands in the portfolio, working in collaboration with the Design Manager, Design director, Brand teams, Key Metrics and Parameters • Portfolio aesthetic quality • Cost saving • Sales volume • Market share insights teams and global design team while leading design team member. • Generates creative design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members. • Creates high quality brand design solutions by directly designing and leveraging internal/external design resources. • Visualize and articulate his/her creative thinking to add value to the products and enhance consumers’ affinity. • Responsible for driving to final design recommendations, decisions and design approval to enable artwork execution / production phases. • Ensure thorough consideration of all project variables and that the final solution will perform as planned. Qualifications • 4+ years of deep brand design experience • Graphic designer Degree or similar ( Not a must ) • Extraordinary design taste and skill • Extraordinary ability in using the Adobe Creative Suite software ( 3D software is a Plus) • Ability to work in dynamic work environment; is comfortable with risk and uncertainty • Effectively communicates (verbally and written) with internal and external stakeholder across all levels • Works well with others to deliver results; keeps others informed to avoid unnecessary surprises • Proficiency in oral and written English ( is a plus) • Capability to develop and visualize concepts through hand sketching or computer software • An incurable curiosity relating to all design things • Great passion for new and creative trends • Highly collaborative • Team oriented, brainstorming sessions or presenting in front of other team members • Ability to work smoothly with a fast-paced interdisciplinary team. • Demonstrate clear “point of view” relating to their design • Open and optimistic with entrepreneurship • Can work under pressure • Portfolio required