Job Description

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all – a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves to be listed among the World´s Most Ethical Companies since 18 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do – acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.

The role:

We’re looking for a Senior Graphic Designer to bring our brands to life across packaging, promotional, and digital platforms. In this role, you’ll lead the execution of compelling visual design, from initial concept through to final production, ensuring a seamless transition from creative ideas to fully realized, market-ready assets.

You’ll interpret creative briefs to develop multiple innovative concepts, translating them into clear, effective design solutions and adapting them across a variety of formats. Your work will span packaging and promotional materials, as well as digital outputs including social media content, website pages, and ongoing online updates.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative thinker who can combine strong conceptual skills with precise execution, delivering high-quality design that resonates across both physical and digital touchpoints.

What you will do:

• Creating designs for packaging and/or point of sale, in-store communication, social posts, Web-site page designs and updates and other digital needs on Mac computer.
• Works with and takes direction from marketers, leadership, and lead designers to fullfill design briefs
• Can research outside or inside design resources, brief the resource and direct the resource to enable them to meet the objectives of the request/brief.
• Present the work of the outsourced resource to the requestor which could include peers or leadership

What you will need:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Graphic Design or Visual Communication.
• Minimum of 5 year’s experience as an in house Graphic Designer.
• Consumer Product Goods experience is preferred and beauty experience would be a advantageous.
• Experience understanding the entire design process from concept to commercialization/execution.
• Experience understanding the inputs and deliverables for each phase of design.
• Must have a portfolio with a wide range of multi-platform designs.

Hiring Process: Our interview process is designed to be clear, fair, and inclusive. You can expect a structured approach that may include an initial conversation to understand your experience and motivations, followed by interviews focused on skills, values, and ways of working. At Kao, we believe people are our greatest asset and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion provides a sense of connection of engagement, fair opportunities and a possibility to bring your whole self to work everyday and be your best. We aim to create an environment where employees have physiological safety and wellbeing and our employees are committed and passionate about DE&I around the business and creating a difference for all.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website ( https://www.kao.com/americas/en/) or EMEA website ( https://www.kao.com/emea/en/)

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