Senior Packaging Designer Job at Smurfit Westrock in Winston-Salem

Content Summary: Senior Packaging Designer at Winston-Salem, for Smurfit Westrock

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The Opportunity:

The Senior Packaging Designer position develops innovative, cost-effective, visually appealing, and structurally sound point of purchase displays and merchandising solutions utilizing the dual skill set of both structural and graphic design.

How you will contribute to Smurfit Westrock:

• Completes tasks related to structural design and graphic design
• Display a very high-level or project/team leadership
• Interact with Account Executives, Senior Designers, and customers to ascertain design needs and objectives
• Ideation/concept development for existing and new clients; prototype development
• Work collaboratively with Senior Designers, Design Manager, and Sales to develop customer programs
• Convey concepts with quick sketches (fast and fluid), and CAD (Artios) visualization
• Participate or lead design team during project creation and implementation
• Lead customer interactions and conversations
• Participate in or lead discussions and decisions on project timelines, deliverable dates, and prioritization
• Produce samples and mockups using various techniques and skills such as Drafting (2D/3D), Foam Core model making, various knife tools and cutting tables (Konsberg/DataTech Tables); create promotional materials
• Develop Bill of Material (BOM), POG, Specifications, Palletization, Cape, etc.
• Use retail environment awareness and knowledge of specifications and guidelines
• Communicate development path to Account Executives and customers as needed
• Participate in or lead project review meetings with Sales, Project management and other designers
• Assist with presentation of abstract ideas, and provide technical support to Sales staff as needed
• Perform Technical Illustration tasks as required i.e., Plan-o-grams, Assembly Instructions, Retail Assembly Instructions, Digital Photography, Illustrator and Photoshop work
• Other duties as assigned.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Packaging Design, Graphic Design or Fine Arts strongly preferred
• Prior point of purchase display experience strongly preferred
• 5 – 7 years of previous job experience strongly preferred
• Ability to convey concepts with quick sketches and creative 2D/3D problem-solving skills
• Good verbal, written and graphics communications skills are also required
• Highly developed sense of aesthetics, print production knowledge, an eye for detail as well as engineering ability and an advanced understanding of how things work
• Ability to drive projects to completion in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment is a requirement

What we offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Art/Creative, Design, and Manufacturing

Industries

• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing

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