Packaging Designer

Adecco Creative & Marketing is recruiting a Merchandising Display Specialist for a global CPG company in St Louis, MO. The Merchandising Display Specialist leverages their industrial design background and ability to conceptualize in 3D and develop innovative temporary pre-packed consumer product displays that force shoppers to stop and engage. These experts have the talents and the expertise of engineers, creative elites, and marketers to turn a concept into an impactful experience for the consumer. You will be developing concepts and design specs, providing advice on artwork based on printing methods, generating promotional packaging specifications, testing for structural integrity, managing supplier and co-packer relationships and interface with various internal and external groups to take each project to market.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESDeliver temporary promotional packaging materials and temporary, pre-packed retail merchandise vehicles that can withstand supply chain handling and assure visual impact through product presentation that adheres to each customers guidelines and exceeds the expectations of marketing, factories, purchasing, quality assurance, co-packers, customers, and shoppers.Develop and provide innovative, structurally sound, cost-effective prepacked merchandise vehicles that convey our product's features and benefits to the shopper, increase trial, sales and brand awareness.Manage formal ship testing to ensure product, packaging material, structural integrity and assembly are compatible with the retail supply chainProvide and propose continuous improvement of existing POP vehicles through material/labor reductions and structural improvementSupport the MDO Merchandising Specialists (liaisons between Sales & Marketing) through all activities associated with the display development process from concept through successful manufacturing, co-packing, and deployment.Responsibilities will include:

ideation, project development, generation of specifications, vendor management, ship testing, traveling to co-packers for start-ups, etc...Work closely with wide array of cross functional teams such as Brand, Sales, Project Managers, external Structural Designers, Graphic Designers, Internal Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Vendor Partners.EXPERIENCEMUST HAVE: 2-3 years of structural corrugated experience (Corrugated material, Secondary packaging)TECHNOLOGYFluent with: MS Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, savvy with Web-based tools