Marketing Manager, Label Production

"Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships."

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Primary responsibilities include the management and development of finished goods labels and automated marketing materials.
  
  
  
  • Label Management Includes: managing a high-volume of label development and commercialization projects at varying stages from start to finish, reviewing Label Requests Forms, contributing to workflow/process improvements, help schedule production tasks for designers, implement accurate and efficient production practices.
    
    
    
    • Collaborate with the Project Coordinator and/or Creative Services Manager to schedule work for designers
    • Ensure proper product, regulatory and cautions content is provided
    • Document, monitor and improve the label development workflow
    • Develop, uphold, and refine SOPs to ensure accuracy and best practices, adapting them to meet current and evolving business needs
    • Continuously and proactively vet and evaluate process enhancements to streamline and automate tasks
    • Contribute to review and set up of new label requests through our Project Management Software, Workfront
    • Commercialization responsibilities for all PCG divisions' labels including collaborating with external vendors like MCC, label printers and manufacturing plants
    • Offer reference material, guidance, and training for designers to optimize use of InDesign, EKSO/WebCenter
    • Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Product Managers, Regulatory and Legal teams in order to accurately and efficiently produce labels
    • Manage the production schedule, work, and deployment of labels being completed by external freelance designers
    • Quality assurance by reviewing labels done by designers and freelance designers
      
      
    
    
  • Label Development Includes: regulatory updates, formula changes, updates to outdated branding or changes in branding, new label claims & new products.
    
    
    
    • Collaborate with the Project Coordinator and/or Creative Services Manager on graphics and layout.
    • Ensure proper logos, languages, and label templates are utilized.
    • Interact with Regulatory Services to ensure compliant label information.
    • Ensure accurate product family information is assigned to new products.
    • Utilize the Design to Launch (EKSO/WebCenter) label system to route labels for approvals from Regulatory, Legal, Spec Group, and others as appropriate. Make required revisions and forward files to the appropriate printer(s).
    
    
  • Maintain EKSO/Webcenter super user/admin status by being PCG lead contact, facilitating process improvements, requested training, and updating documentation as needed.
  
  

• Talent Development: experienced team leader and working manager, responsible for managing and developing a direct report..
  
  
  
  • Support the development of individuals' knowledge, skills and abilities to build a high-performance culture.
  • Assess and identify development goals for a direct report and support their readiness for professional growth.
  • Champion diversity and inclusion
    
    
  
  
• Secondary responsibilities include the design of marketing materials and other graphics requests as needed for 6 Performance Coatings Group (PCG) divisions.
  
  
  
  
  • Concept and design a wide variety of marketing and sales collateral like ads, brochures, catalogs, logos, packaging, event invitations, signage, digital imagery, html emails, landing pages and other marketing requests that align with Sherwin-Williams Corporate and Performance Coatings Group guidelines, using existing templates wherever possible.
  • Ensure a consistent brand experience
  • Ensure all assets used in marketing materials such as purchased and internally produced images are properly used and uploaded with required information into Digital Asset Management systems.
  • Prepare press-ready files for printed marketing collateral (sell sheets/product slicks and brochures) working from existing templates where feasible.
  • Manage a high volume of work in a fast-paced environment
  
  

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Must have an associate's degree or higher in Graphic Design

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• Must have at least 6 years of experience in Graphic Design
• 3+ years' people management experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience managing labeling and product packaging in a regulated industry.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating a variety of print and packaging samples
• Effective verbal and written skills
• Attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to manage a high volume of projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborative work style
• Strong business acumen; able to work cross-functionally as a subject-matter expert to implement and enforce best practices.

Preferred:

• Experience with ESKO
• Experience with Workfront, Project Management Software
• Experience with Product Database Management Systems (such as HEARs)
• Experience with Digital Asset Management Systems

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Project Management Software

Preferred:

• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION)

• 10%

WORK SCHEDULE:

• Monday through Friday, 37.5 hours per week

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.