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If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for you. Nestlé USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestlé’s presence in the United States. We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.

We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The Nestle Development Center (NDC) in Solon, OH is responsible for the ideation, creation, and renovation of new and existing frozen and chilled meals, pizza and snacking product experiences.

Our mission is to leverage our diverse expertise to unlock innovative solutions, creating food people love. To achieve this, we are committed to attracting and developing the right people.

Come join us and help create the future. We are on the lookout for a Graphic Design Specialist with a passion for food and the latest digital design experimentation tools. The role will be responsible for the end-to-end R&D design development and experimentation activities linked with Strategic Business Unit and Market strategic priorities. The Design Specialist’s work will bring to life our R&D center capabilities, and our innovation and renovation pipeline with products, services, experiences, and business models.

A successful team member will collaborate with individuals and project teams to generate all elements of graphic design executions (digital and physical) to communicate key communication points, brand and product attributes to consumers and internal stakeholders. They will facilitate experimentation of design to shape and refine ideas and insights into brand and product concepts that are attractive and differentiating.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Generate iterative digital design stimuli for Test & Learn activities, and physical packaging graphic design for use in testing, integrating consumer and stakeholder feedback into original ideas to improve them.
• Facilitate the ideation process using design thinking and visual aids (sketches, designs, storyboards, renderings, and prototypes) to make ideas tangible.
• Prepare final designs, including artwork, text, and photography, for transfer to packaging production.
• Stay current with design trends, prototyping techniques, external capabilities, and competitive audits to enhance internal NDC capabilities and inform design process and direction.
• Effectively collaborate with internal stakeholders and external business partners (innovation agencies, design agencies, printers).
• Effectively network within Nestlé USA and R&D design community to support NDC teams in accessing all needed knowledge to advance the design of concepts, and where appropriate, ensure guardrails for legacy Nestlé brands’ visual identity are respected.
• Demonstrate design authority while working effectively in a team.
• Manage and prioritize across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Work with technical leads to ensure compliance and feasibility of designs.
• Seek out and learn innovation and consumer testing tools.

REQUIREMENTS:

(Education, Experience and Knowledge):

• Degree in Graphic Design or another form of design.
• Minimum 3 years creative experience in a design field (consumer goods preferred).
• Understanding of brand visual identity, communication, and consumer.
• Experience in industrial design and/or packaging graphical design preferred.
• Expertise in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Experience in the rest of Adobe Creative Cloud preferred. Proficiency in sketching and drawing.
• Experience in creating mockups or prototypes.
• Experience in photography a plus
• Experience applying Design Thinking to opportunities/projects.
• Experience using digital design, experimentation, and validation tools (i.e.: A/B testing).
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, and presentation).
• Excellent organizational and planning skills. Can independently and proactively prioritize and manage time and resource commitments across multiple projects.
• Strong self-directed curiosity, creativity, prototyping and “idea pitch” skill.
• Strong collaboration, networking & information gathering skills. Understands and can proactively drive and promote collaboration of cross-functional relationship networks.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Position reports to Senior Manager, Innovation & Strategy. Senior Manager will provide an onboarding plan, and ongoing coaching and development support.

SUPERVISION GIVEN:

This individual does not have any direct reports but should be able to coach/mentor team members in projects that he/she is leading.

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This position is in support and service of the Nestlé Global environment and Nestlé Brands including (but not limited to) Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, Life Cuisine, Hot Pockets, DiGiorno, California Pizza Kitchen, Jack’s, Tombstone, Garden Gourmet and Sweet Earth.

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To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

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