Senior Graphic Designer - Brand Packaging

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Senior Graphic Designer, you will work within cross-functional teams in the Consumer Business Group and will be responsible for developing branding, graphic and packaging assets for our global brands. You will work with our design team to integrate graphic design development into business strategies, support the development and execution of brand packaging design, brand guidelines and their application across key consumer-facing touchpoints to help drive best-in-class consumer experiences. You will also collaborate with industrial designers, production art project managers, packaging engineers and agency partners to bring concepts to life, including packaging artwork files for print production. You will independently lead multiple projects, with support from the Brand Design Principals, and Creative Directors across the CBG Design Team.

Does your curiosity inspire you to imagine tomorrow’s solutions to today’s problems? Do you ever wonder how collaborative creativity can enrich innovation and make progress possible? Or wonder if design can drive competitive advantage for business, while also having positive impact on the world? These are just a few of the questions we ask at 3M Design every day. Our global team not only includes design talent from multiple creative disciplines, but also achievement-oriented professionals who keep the engine going for strong operations to ensure our design organization is world class. We’re looking for creative explorers who are excited to be part of the very inspiring journey of design at an innovation company like 3M driven by curiosity. 

Here, you will make an impact by: 

• Coordinates complex design or design-execution projects/programs in support of functional marketing/business plans, organizational plans and 3M’s reputation and brand strategy.
• Ensures technical design specifications/contributions/structure/process/decisions align with business unit and design-function expectations.
• Delivers design content as an individual contributor in support of program/project goals.
• Develops and/or uses appropriate evaluation processes, judgment models, and/or efficiency and cost measurements to ensure the any design solution meets or exceeds defined needs and strategies.
• Maintains a high level of current design, design-research, design program and operations management related knowledge of current trends, design theories, methods, processes and/or issues. May have specifically defined area of expertise. Develops and ensures knowledge and expertise are understood, communicated, and available for use by the Design Center personnel as well as personnel involved with design affiliated issues.
• Performs all duties in support of design-function expectations and responsibilities as well as any agreed upon business unit expectations.
• Continues professional development by handling project and process assignments that require developing more detailed understanding of business and design processes, industry best practices, and related information.
• Establishes and cultivates a network of support to facilitate completion of assignments. Continues to build design execution knowledge by participation in divisional activities and through interactions with outside technical or design organizations.
• May contribute information to technical or design strategic planning process.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree (completed and verified prior to start) in graphic design, visual communications, or design strategy
• Five (5) combined years of working experience in graphic design with experience in designing solutions for consumer brand packaging and packaging systems in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: 

• 5-8 years relevant work experience in the design industry.
• Experience in consumer branding, packaging and retail merchandising
• Production art knowledge and experience
• Excellent visual design skills, layout, typography, and colors.
• Experience working collaboratively with other product managers and packaging engineers in a variety of settings and strong communication skills with the ability to articulate positions and advocate designs.
• Managing external design agencies, including developing creative briefs, reviewing proposals, providing design direction and feedback, and consult.
• Understanding of packaging and labeling systems and printing technology and their constraints.
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills and a passion for creative expression. 
• Leads with a Growth Mindset, positive contributor to creative culture.
• Experience in collaborating across functions and creative teams
• Effective organizational and time management skills to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Proactive problem solver with attention to detail.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; MS Office Excel, PowerPoint, Teams. Familiar with remote collaboration and cloud-based workflows.

Please attach a file or include a link to a non-confidential portfolio of design work along with your application.