Marketing Packaging Project Management Specialist

Marketing Artwork Process Specialist

Working with inspiring and experienced colleagues, you'll find that the atmosphere in our city-centre office in Kraków is informal and engaging. With drive and ingenuity, our teams deliver vital services to PepsiCo employees around the world. With an active, get-things-done culture, this is a place where your dynamism and agility will make a difference.

As a Marketing Artwork Process Specialist you will be responsible for end to end management of process around packaging adaptations from design adaptations to sending files to printer for UK Business Unit. You will be managing the adaptation, rollout, final print preparation, external agency project management into internal approval system, color management of brand packaging designs from master files received from sector or Cluster Marketing teams. You will also handle traffic management of the flow of artwork through internal processes for approval.

Responsibilities

Project Management

• Communicate requirements for packaging adjustments to design team (internal or external)
• Develop first concept based on requirements for packaging adjustments
• Prepare and conduct agency / design team briefing for new package design
• Perform iterations with agency / design team on briefing
• Revise briefing following discussions with agency / design team (if required)
• Align on packaging adjustments with relevant teams (e.g. Regulatory, Legal) and incorporate feedback
• Align on execution and production planning for adjusted packaging with relevant stakeholders (e.g. agencies, supply chain team)
• Provide feedback on adjusted packaging
• Detail and review changes in updated packaging (in cooperation with agencies / design team)
• Implement adjustments on packaging
• Facilitate the artwork production process and coordinate to ensure the product(s) are on time in market
• Submit artworks for required approvals and ensure timely approval from other functions (e.g. legal, regulatory, production)
• Manage external agencies projects until files are delivered to printer
• Ensure local and global brand guidelines for primary and secondary packaging are being respected
• Support the Brand Managers in the artwork development of NPD's, Redesigns, promotional packagings to achieve brand objectives: help them with the briefings, follow-up timings and approval loops, manage deadlines
• Continuous improvement of current artwork process
• Single point of contact for all packaging projects in UK Business Unit both internally and with external agencies

Stakeholder Management

• Ensure cross-functional stakeholders are informed / aligned
• Ensure key information is shared with management to support effective decision making

Qualifications

• 1-2 years' experience in marketing, ideally packaging design, account management
• Strong understanding of graphic design, packaging design, portfolio navigation and print industry specifics
• Great understanding of print process and technologies
• Proven high project management skills
• Strong communication skills and proficiency in English is mandatory
• Collaborative, able to construct solutions within a team
• Executional excellence and love for details, accuracy and punctuality
• Ability to work in ambiguous and dynamic work environment; is comfortable with risk and uncertainty
• Highly communicative
• Highly organized and responsive, with the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Self-organized with strong prioritisation skills and ability to run multiple projects in parallel