Director, Brand Design & Production

Do you have the leadership skills and holistic mindset to lead an inhouse design and production unit? Do you want to lead the brand design team in Global Marketing? Are you excited by executing the brand strategy to support strong marketing campaigns around the globe? If you are passionate, hunger for operational responsibility, you could be the right candidate for the position of Director to the Brand Design team. PANDORA’s Brand Design team is responsible for in-house design development and asset production to support the Global Marketing department and other corporate functions within Global Office. This includes: • Campaign production of Master assets for global use across all channels – Print: VM/Instore, Ads – ATL/BTL, retail, guidelines, packaging. Digital: eCom, BrandSite, eDM, SoMe, guidelines. • Creative support for Retail, Activation and PR material • Creative support for Corporate material such as: Annual Reports, paper line, guidelines, product guide, product presentation. • BVI guardiancy, support and training. • Management of online asset Pandora Library – maintain and training RESPONSIBILITY: • Manage a team of 20 to 25 employees, including Art Directors, Graphic Designers, Copy Writers and Project/resource Managers – IT system support, training and development towards users of Pandora Library/DAM, WorkFront & Web to publish (W2P). • Inspire and support the team in their creative tasks and support resource utilisation. • Build and maintain relationships with cross-functional partners to ensure strategic objectives are met. Understand both marketing and creative needs to provide excellent executions. • Collaborate with various cross-functional teams including Brand Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Digital Marketing, to align on appropriate talent to ensure accurate execution of creative vision. • Manage outside agencies, freelancers and external vendors. Ensure that external provider delivers towards the brand BVI. • Support the Brand Design team in campaign development from brief and planning, through to design, finalization and upload to Pandora Library/DAM. Inspire the Brand Design team to think conceptually and create exciting elevated creative solutions. Educate and mentor team in creative expertise and knowledge including g concepting, art direction, finalization, understanding digital and print workflow and production. • Support Brand Design Leadership team to ensure projects track to schedule, creative adheres to vision and executes properly. Assign workload and responsibilities to team in thoughtful manner to develop direct reports and build effective creative team. • Represent creative team in a variety of settings: large/small groups, direct reports, managers, formal presentations. • Follow up on the Creative unfolding and production of all campaign materials for PANDORA’s 10 yearly campaigns. • Work closely with Creative Leadership in developing and maintaining Brand Visual Identity (BVI), in cooperation with the Brand Marketing team. • Close cooperation with IT, making sure that Pandora Library and other systems are in place and constantly optimised. • Demonstrate the PANDORA values of Passion, Pride and Performance. QUALIFICATIONS: • A relevant commercial, marketing and / or design education • 12+ Years of experience working with Global brands in similar positions – either in-house or agency • Solid brand design and consumer behavior knowledge • Deep understanding of creative development of digital and print campaign material • Must have a creative background and have the strongest visual skills possible • Must be able to work commercially according to the PANDORA Brand DNA • Excellent English skills both spoken and written are imperative. • Holistic understanding of strategy PERSONAL SKILLS: • People-management experience. • Strong leadership, negotiation and consensus-building skills. • Excellent pitching and presentation skills at both team and leadership levels. • Ability to work in a very fast paced environment and meet very tight deadlines. • Flexible working approach with a proactive solution focus. • Must be structured and organized • High sense of responsibility • High energy level and enthusiasm • Open minded with a positive attitude. PANDORA in brief PANDORA designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished and contemporary jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. PANDORA jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through around 7,700 points of sale, including more than 2,300 concept stores. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, PANDORA employs around