Job Description

Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.

About this role:

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on design champion with a background in leading in-house creative teams to deliver a truly omnichannel brand experience to consumers and retail partners for our Kidde Residential Fire Products business. The Design Manager leads the ideation, development, and delivery of all branded materials, campaigns, and design executions. You will lead the development of our brands and products by fully exploring creative briefs and delivering wow-worthy work to the highest of standards. You will work with leaders and peers across our marketing, product development, engineering, copywriting, creative operations, production, and structural packaging teams to deliver work on-time and complete.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the organization’s design thought leader and brand keeper while professionally servicing partner teams and holding teams accountable to assigned work
• Inspires and creates big idea thinking/new brand visions through multiple design solutions with the consistency of being on target with design objectives and brand strategy
• Coaches and mentors team members in design ideation and executional excellence within assigned workload, identify talent gaps and leads with compassion and integrity
• Ensures that brand design executions will cohesively work across all consumer touchpoints in partnership with key internal and external stakeholders including the digital, mobile app, trade, and brand teams
• Establishes brand kick-off meetings, brainstorming, and ideation sessions
• Partners with creative operations to ensure processes are efficient and continuously works to optimize
• Works with creative operations and project managers to establish, publish and oversee project timelines including key milestones, and design reviews, and holds team members accountable for assigned work
• Develops positive relationships with partner teams and holds the ability to communicate clearly and confidently to clients when brand perspective, insight, or troubleshooting is needed
• Oversees original design development and efficient roll-out and production across all brand initiatives in partnership with internal and external partners and ensures consistent design intent through various development and production processes
• Collaborates with partner teams and leadership in the ideation and development of designs and redesigns for existing brand assets including digital marketing, social media, brand and retailer PDP’s and print materials
• Leads the creation of design concepts and refinements into final concepts for internal presentations & partners with cross-functional team members to move projects through the process from concept development through file release for production
• Champions brand guidelines and toolkits, recommending and executing regular updates and adjustments as required while professionally servicing partner teams, building business relationships, representing design leadership, and influencing the studio culture

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 + years of experience in design leadership
• 5 +years of experience working in a brand-driven, in-house creative team environment
• 7 + years of experience with design software (Adobe Creative Cloud)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using Workfront project management and collaboration tool
• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of brand-driven consumer-facing design executions including brand design systems, digital advertising, motion graphics, video creative direction, and product collateral development
• Extensive experience leading design teams through ideation and delivery of brand and product-driven assets across all consumer touchpoints in a high-volume, fast-paced corporate creative team environment
• Ability to continuously inspire team members to develop breakthrough ideas in response to strategic briefs for product and brand launches
• Effective design and creative management and leadership skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build strong, trusting relationships and interact with staff at all levels
• Excellent technical/computer skills
• Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability, and initiative
• Must be a hands-on leader
• Exceptional written and presentation skills; create detailed process documentation to convey your thoughts and ideas to various stakeholders
• Collaborates with internal and external partners to grasp brand strategies and positioning to apply creative output
• Is an active participant in brand kick-off meetings, brainstorming, and ideation sessions
• Develops positive relationships with clients with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently to the client when brand perspective, insight, or troubleshooting is needed
• Executes aesthetic excellence through typography, color, image, and layout
• Works closely with leadership and other partners to ensure brand adherence, legal compliance, quality & mechanical accuracy of artwork

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