Packaging Industrial Designer

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company with powerful brands like Dove, Axe,Domestos, Lux and Signal. Through our Brands we create products that make a positive impact on consumers lives whilst striving towards our Net Zero Carbon footprint ambition.

Tomaintainthe contribution of world-class design to the success of our brands, the Deodorant Category has created exciting new roles in its Design Team.  

We are looking for aPackagingProduct Designerto join the team in Leeds, UK.

As a Product Designer inDeodorantsyou will guide project teams through the design process to deliver brilliant and meaningful products that consumers love, whilst shaping our sustainable future.

You will coordinate andfacilitatemultiple design projects from the co-creation and identification of early opportunities, turning insights and desires of our consumers into technicallyfeasibleconcepts that fulfil a real consumer need.

Co- create with multi-functional teams to bring concepts ideas to life through visual and Physical Prototyping to test with Consumers. 

In order todeliver the greatest value for both the consumer and our brands, your job is to deliver creative quality and ensure that the brand’s design intent is met in a project’s outcome.

Joining Unilever Design means working within a dedicated and ambitious creative team on the development of high impact brand innovation. Unilever offers an agile and open-minded environment with strong and passionate thinkers and doers who are constantlyseekingto improve purpose in terms of brand, people, sustainability, technology & business growth.

In Unilever, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partnersin order tocreate value and meet consumer needs with convincing and meaningful creative solutions.

• Guide project teams across the total creative spectrum, from the fuzzy front end through to concept creation and refinement, using Unilever best practice design tools and methodologies.

• Understand the consumer experience of our packaging andidentifyopportunities to strengthen and change it in line with future consumer expectations.

• Facilitate workshops to co-create new concepts with stakeholders of all levels, cross functional teams, and consumers / influencers.

• Support the briefing process, then collaborate with and guide the design delivery of external 2D and 3D design agencies.

• Create and articulate new packaging concepts using design tools (sketching, rendering, 3D CAD etc) to bring ideas to life and enable clear communication + inspiration for the broader team.

• Use multi fidelity prototyping and visualisation tools to bring concepts to life and enable user experience studies.

• Support project leaders in development of packaging ideas and product experiences, gathering and interpreting qualitative information and insights through market research and stakeholder assessments to aid decision making.

• Create and manage CAD data in support of projects, creating robust 3D aesthetic models and concept components, under guidance from senior designers and engineers.

• Support the design capability build programme, developing our design toolbox and prototyping capabilities to ensure new product experiences resonate with consumers.

• Regularly contribute to cross category Design Communities of Practice in areas of specialistexpertise.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Product Design, Industrial Design, Design Engineering, orrelated discipline.

• Relevant experience in a design fieldrelated tophysicalproducts, ideally in the consumer goods business, within a corporate or agency environment.

• Applied knowledge of design disciplines, design terminology, ways of working and project management.

• Experience of 3D CAD software (We use NX, but experience inSolidworks, CREO etc. would be welcome),Keyshot, Adobe Suite.

• Understanding and application of Semiotics and market codes to packaging.

• Can write and articulate creative briefs to agency partners in English language to good standard.

• Knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, or sustainable/circular design would be an advantage.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• A creative and consumer focused mind to generate innovative design solutions to real consumer problems.

• Must be used to be working as part of multi-disciplined teams.

• Strong communicator and influencer.

• A passion to learn and willingness to develop new skills.

• Able to handle multiple projects at the same time.

• Proven project experience with ability to meet deadlines.

• An eye for detail.