Manager, Design
Hostess Brands, LLC

Your Opportunity as the Manager, Design

The Manager, Design is responsible for leading the strategy, development and execution of package design across the JMS portfolio of brands. This role demands excellent communication skills, and requires ongoing collaboration with many internal teams, including Brand Marketing, Innovation, R&D, Insights and Production. The Manager, Design will lead creative activities that include new item packaging design, adaptive line extensions, naming, photography and packaging redesigns. This role facilitates Design Reviews regularly, providing recommendations to the Brand/Innovation Managers and leverages expertise to elevate design excellence across our portfolio. Uses a blend of project management, business acumen and design management skills to successfully lead packaging initiatives across multiple JMS brands.

Location: Orrville, Ohio (or) Chicago, Illinois Corporate Offices

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, 30% In Office

In this role you will:

• Independently manage design initiatives for Portfolio level rollouts, Adaptive line extensions and Tier 2 brand redesigns
  
• Collaborate with Brand and Innovation teams to translate objectives into clear design briefs/assignments for agencies, ensuring cross functional alignment on the project objective
  
• Work directly with outside agencies, photographers, illustrators and the production team to deliver work that is outlined in a design brief, while adhering to budgets, timelines and brand standards
  
• Work closely with Production team to ensure design intent is carried through to execution
  

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of creative project management experience
  
• Experience leading design projects for National or Global brands
  
• PC and MAC proficient with Microsoft Office; working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
  
• Experience in CPG project management
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Self-starter with proven ability to multi-task
  
• Excellent presentation skills
  
• Willingness to travel
  

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Experience leading external agency partners
  
• Familiarity with print processes
  

Learn more about working at Smucker:

• Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
  
• Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
  
• Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
  

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