WW Packaging Project Manager

Job Summary

The HP WW Packaging Team (part of HP Studio) is seeking an experienced project manager with a passion for marketing, design and technology to drive strategic and creative direction, and tactical execution for HP’s packaging, a key area for driving the HP brand and profitability.

The Packaging Project Manager is someone who can step in and immediately use their experience to lead packaging identity while overseeing artwork execution. This producer will collaborate with a team of marketing professionals around the world, including creative agencies, global business units and regional marketing teams to ensure packaging design meets strategy and timelines.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager, WW Packaging, you will be responsible for:

• Lead packaging artwork strategy and evolution by driving design, messaging hierarchy, and associated customer insights testing
• Manage WW artwork development and packaging production, from content creation and compilation, through review alignment, to final artwork hand-off to pre-press.
• Work with artwork agencies to ensure continued packaging execution for NPI and change requests, while in adherence to guidelines and requirements including regulatory, corporate brand, marketing, legal, counterfeit, translations, etc.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including WW Mktg, and Product BU to steer key packaging design decisions to optimize communication as a key customer touch-point and move packaging and brand strategy forward.
• Consult and provide strategic guidance for regional implementation of packaging design and change requests.
• Be the packaging design expert, bringing industry insights, competitive landscape, and trends in support of the brand and to bolster the team’s expertise.
• Lead artwork partner agency teams to ensure continued packaging execution for NPI and change requests, while in adherence to guidelines and requirements including regulatory, corporate brand, marketing, legal, counterfeit, translations, etc.
• Assemble packaging content from business units and international teams to create and regionalize package designs.
• Assist in managing, development and maintenance of HP packaging brand standards.
• Manage budgets for packaging artwork development

Qualifications

The ideal candidate must have a proven track record in production and project management. The Packaging Project Manager will work with global marketing professionals including creative agencies, packaging engineering, and marketing management to hone HP’s packaging strategy and production.

• Undergraduate degree in Communications, Marketing, Packaging, or equivalent; with 5+ years of related experience
• Extreme attention to detail and strong design eye
• Experience with the complexities of executing worldwide production
• Collaborative attitude and eagerness to work with extensive, cross-functional teams
• Proven track record of agency/client management
• Expertise in working in virtual environments
• Ability to manage and own multiple projects simultaneously
• High level of tact and diplomacy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Fluent in English is a MUST!

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About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company and ranked on the Fortune 50 list, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients.

HP makes technology work for people – we succeed when we help our customers succeed. That is the essence of the HP story. And our global marketing team uses the latest best practices and a measured balance of online and offline strategies to share that story with HP’s external audiences. We do this by bringing our talents to bear in all phases of marketing, including strategic planning, branding, advertising, events, product and retail support, social media, the web, and analytics – all on a global scale.

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.