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KONG Company

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May 20, 2024

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Lead the creative department. Design excellent work, coach and mentor your team, and partner with marketing to bring new projects to life
Manage creative execution all aspects of product packaging, including but not limited to, conception, photography, copy, compliance and regulations.
Analyze current creative team and workloads to build in efficiencies, evaluate strengths and weaknesses and build a team structure that can accomplish objectives within needed timeframes.
Assure KONG brand language is clearly defined, plainly communicated and consistently applied in all types of printed/graphic materials, both internally and consumer/customer facing, across all mediums
Oversee special brand projects from ideation to completion. Facilitate concepting, creativity, and execution.
Create outstanding deliverables across multiple media and platforms including the retail environment, social media, packaging design, trade show design, photo, and video.
Cultivate a healthy, encouraging and creative team culture that represents a Great Place to Work, by meeting with each team member on a regular basis, establishing measurable goals and objectives and coaching/directing toward accomplishment of those goals.
Empower subordinates creatively and professionally and develop the talent you are entrusted with.
Steward and maintain the KONG brand throughout the globe
Set the bar for quality of work. You are responsible for work that represents a brand known for durability, quality, and trust.

Job Requirements

8+ years of experience in creative leadership in consumer-packaged goods. Emphasis in retail packaging essential.
You have an award-winning and compelling portfolio, with distinctive work that elevates a brand’s creative experience, and excites people to learn from and work with you.
You are willing to be hands-on with key projects, all the while being able to both mentor and manage.
You are experienced in a wide variety of media including, retail, print, social, video, and packaging
You are up to date on current trends and consumer expectations related to design and know how and when to translate that to a legacy brand
You are a proven leader with a passion for coaching and developing a creative team to reach their full potential
Multicultural design experience at a global company and experience in regulatory issues pertaining to consumer products is a plus.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job.

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