Job Description
At PepsiCo Africa, Middle East & South Asia, people from different backgrounds and experiences eagerly roll up their sleeves, pitch in and get to work. We share a desire to succeed, and to win! We get great satisfaction knowing that our ideas are not only championed, but they are acted upon and brought to life.
Our commitment to creating the best consumer products begins with our people.
The Brand Designer is responsible for execution of comprehensive brand design and graphic design projects within Beverage & Food Group across social and digital platform. Successful candidates will demonstrate superior ability to drive design thinking from ideation thru concept development, refinement, and execution.
Creating high quality brand design solutions by directly executing design and leveraging internal/external design resources.
The Designer must be able to sketch and articulate his/her creative thinking.
The main objective of this role is to execute major brand design projects across a specific product portfolio. This means planning, organizing, and implementing consistent design principles and production processes to ensure that the design/production guardrails are met.
Key Accountabilities For The Role Include
Takes ownership of the visual identity for specific brands in the portfolio, working in collaboration with Design leaders, Brand teams, insights teams and global design team while leading design team member.
Generates creative design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members.
Participates in research activities and effectively translates customer needs into actionable design requirements. Execute those requirements into design solutions for social media, digital and EC environment.
Responsible for driving to final design recommendations, decisions and design approval to enable artwork execution / production phases. Ensure thorough consideration of all project variables and that the final solution will perform as planned.
Qualifications/Requirements
Key Skills/Experience Required
1+ years of deep brand design experience
Graphic designer Degree or similar
tangible understanding of digital ecosystem
Extraordinary design taste and skill
Extraordinary ability in using the Adobe Creative Suite software (3D software is a Plus)
Strong project management and design management skills
Ability to work in dynamic work environment; is comfortable with risk and uncertainty
Can effectively influence senior levels in the organization across brands and functions
Effectively communicates (verbally and written) with internal and external stakeholder
across all levels
Works well with others to deliver results; keeps others informed to avoid unnecessary surprises
Proficiency in oral and written English ( is a plus)
Capability to develop and visualize concepts through hand sketching or computer software
An incurable curiosity relating to all design things
Great passion for new and creative trends
Highly collaborative
Team oriented, brainstorming sessions or presenting in front of other team members
Ability to work smoothly with a fast-paced interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate clear “point of view” relating to their design
Agency and project management skills
Open and optimistic with entrepreneurship
Can work under pressure
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