Product Design and Development Manager - Softlines (12-month FTC)
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10101255 Ubicación Londres, Reino Unido Business Disney Experiences Fecha de publicación 02/10/2024Detalles del empleo:
About The Role & Team
This role will collaborate with the Senior Product Design and Development Manager/Product Design and Development Director, Softlines to lead the product design and development of all products within relevant category for the region/market.
This role is a Fixed-Term Contract to cover Parental Leave for 12 months, and will require you to be onsite 4 days a week.
What You Will You Do
- Working in collaboration with the senior PD manager and our Partner licensing team to ideate drive and form company wide product campaign creative and development.
- Following through from ideation to final product approval, liaising with; multiple stake holders, internal and external including marketing, commercial, legal, and brand management with support from senior PD manager.
- Identify new product opportunities, produce first class conceptual designs and pitch to prospective/existing partners
- We develop and manage the creative output from licensees ensuring product innovation, brand consistency and compelling execution within a commercial context
- Establish and maintain relationships with retailers, internal collaborators/partners and global and international creative teams
- Lead and develop team, ensuring consistent and appropriate creative direction and feedback is given on all product submissions
- Lead and implement as required, the approval process from initiation to production in a timely manner
- Ensure all licensee product submissions are routed through Disney’s Online Product Approval system (OPA) as per global product integrity guidelines
- Ensure licensees are provided appropriate creative assets for product development, developing new assets as required against the specific needs of the category and inputting into style guide needs
- Lead all design projects (e.g. product toolkits, product pitches, inspiration boards) within category, utilising internal and external resources as the need arises
- We identify market product design trends, using them to drive creative strategy, identify new areas of business and establish design requirements
- Develop and maintain an expert knowledge of Disney’s characters, films, properties, heritage and creative assets to assist in their usage on consumer products
- As required, attend ‘inspiration’ trips to broaden understanding of the EMEA marketplace, seeking out ideas and new creative solutions to better understand the industry and drive innovation and creativity
- Provide design and trend direction, ideation sessions, inspiration & feedback to licensees on both 2D application and 3D product submissions to drive product quality
- Identify new product opportunities, produce first class conceptual designs and pitch to prospective/existing teams within Disney's Partnerships
- Establish and maintain relationships with our Partnerships, internal stakeholders/partners and global and international creative teams
- Manage and develop teams, ensuring consistent and appropriate creative direction and feedback is given on all product submissions
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Ability to communicate a clear design brief that meet all criteria
- Ability to communicate design ideas using CAD drawing, computer techniques and/or third party design resources
- Excellent design and conceptual skills as demonstrated in portfolio
- Understanding of fabric, colour and product design
- Shown experience of crafting prototypes or models
- Advanced knowledge of Mac OSX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to handle and build effective relationships with team members at all levels
- Exhibits ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness
- Cultural sensitivity and an understanding of local markets across EMEA
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree educated in related field (product design, etc.) and/or equivalent experience in lifestyle product company
- Proven commercial design experience related to relevant category, essential, with the ability to brief and manage external/internal designers and/or agencies
- Previous experience managing and developing the performance of a product development team, essential
- Experience within a similar role within a consumer products commercialisation environment
- Proven experience of building effective relationships, leading and managing change and collaboration across departments
The Perks
- 25 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance & dental care
- Free Park Entry: the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
- Disney Discounts: entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
- Excellent parental and guardian leave
- Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
Acerca de Disney Experiences:
Disney Experiences da vida a la magia de las historias y franquicias de Disney con parques temáticos, resorts, cruceros, experiencias vacacionales exclusivas, productos y más en todo el mundo. Disney destaca en la industria de viajes con seis destinos turísticos en los Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia, una línea de cruceros de primera categoría, un popular programa de propiedad vacacional y un galardonado negocio de aventura familiar guiada. Además, las operaciones globales de productos de consumo de Disney incluyen el mejor negocio de licencias del mundo, las marcas editoriales para niños más grandes del mundo, uno de los licenciantes de juegos más grandes del mundo en todas las plataformas y ubicaciones de tiendas de Disney en todo el mundo y en línea.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en The Walt Disney Company Limited , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Experiences.
The Walt Disney Company Limited es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán la consideración de empleo sin distinción de edad, raza, color, religión o creencia, sexo, nacionalidad, origen étnico o nacional, orientación sexual, reasignación de género, estado civil o de pareja civil, discapacidad, embarazo o maternidad. Disney fomenta una cultura empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo que cambia rápidamente.