Lead/Associate Creative Director - Packaging & Branding

Job Description:

Target Corporation (NYSE TGT) is an upscale discount retailer that provides high-quality, on-trend merchandise at attractive prices in clean, spacious and guest-friendly stores. Whether you're shopping in our stores, online or on a mobile device, we work hard to ensure your experience is always enjoyable and exciting.

How do we do it?

Friendly service from team members ready to assist with your list; fully stocked products and a speedy checkout process; innovative digital experiences that take your trip to the next leveland thats just the start. Great design is fun, energetic, surprising and smartand we don't just mean how something looks. It also satisfies a need, simplifies your life, makes you feel great and is affordable to all. Our Expect More. Pay Less. brand promise says it allgreat design doesn't have to cost a fortune. From lipstick by Sonia Kashuk in a rainbow of colors to a museum-worthy tea kettle designed by Michael Graves to bold prints and colorful pieces from Marimekko, our partnerships with well-known and emerging designers are some of our most anticipated products.Its about more than aesthetics and style.

- Great design is also about convenience and simplicity. We're focused on developing and delivering products that solve our guests' everyday problems, make their lives more convenient, or simply make them smile

Role & Responsibilities :

- Understand brand requirements and deliver to the brief and translate them into design solutions - as an individual as well as leading creative thinking in the working group

- Lead strategic design and brainstorming sessions. Interpret and articulate design strategy for designers in the team

- Manage work and workflows for the assigned category by assessing capacities and bringing up potential resourcing needs

- Collaborate with the Target Creative Project Management, Packaging & Merchandising across global HQ locations

- Work closely with the copy team to align packaging copy and content requirements

- Work closely with the creative production design team to ensure execution is as per brief

- Drive and see projects through from inception to production

- Help articulate team and TM areas for Improvement/development to help align with future needs

- Help create and drive the roadmap for the Creative team

- Ideal Candidate Think strategically, critically, and creatively.

- Having a strong and sophisticated understanding of Design - Brand Strategies, Brand Building, Packaging Design Systems.

- Strong narrative-based storytelling, strategic communication shaped by a strong visual world and conceptual creative ideas

- Lead creative projects through challenging moments, keeping the group motivated and results focused. By providing the right direction and appropriate timely feedback

- To be a collaborative influencer with a clear POV and ability to establish rapport with peers.

- Influence & lead projects along with copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, art directors, and creative managers

- Be adept at managing multiple, concurrent, and complex projects

- Having strong printing & prepress knowledge

- Desire and ability to learn quickly self-starting, highly motivated, fast working

- Strong communication, organizational & planning skills

- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface and align stake holders across the global ecosystem. Open to feedback with ability to take direction Interpersonally savvy with strong listening skills

- Action oriented with ability to prioritize and drive results

- Having a worldview & global exposure

- Be a lifelong learner