Creative Design Associate

Job Description

Creative Design Associate (12 months FTC)

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
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Universal Products & Experiences
Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives expansion of the company's intellectual properties, franchises, characters and stories through innovative physical and digital products, content, and consumer experiences. Games, fashion, and toys only scratch the surface of ways we take Universal stories and characters from the screen and put them into fans' daily lives around the globe. Along with franchise brand management, Universal Products & Experiences' core businesses include Consumer Products and Games and Digital Platforms. We take properties such as Jurassic World, Minions, Back to the Future, Curious George, and Gabby's Dollhouse from our creative content engines like Universal Pictures, Illumination and DreamWorks Animation partner with best-in-class category leaders (e.g. Mattel, Lego, Reebok, Target, Microsoft, etc.) to create amazing products for our fans. Universal Products & Experiences is part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. https://www.universalbranddevelopment.com/
UP&E is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce of the highest caliber. We are committed to fostering equitable and inclusive environments that honor the experiences, perspectives, and uniqueness of each colleague.
It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal's affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Job Description
*This is a fixed-term contract position for 12 months, providing maternity cover for the full-time ''Creative Design Associate (12 months FTC)''.
Overview
The NBCUniversal Consumer Products Group is seeking a Creative Coordinator Lifestyle Product Development & Design to join the Creative & Product Development team that services the licensing business. This position is responsible for assisting with the development of quality products for home and Zakka ranges with unique selling points that delight and surprise consumers, from concept through to the finished product. It will also be responsible for coordination of key marketing events for the CP business.

Key Responsibilities
• Working with the Product Development team assisting with research, product development etc. including liaising with outside vendors, designers and agencies
• Possess a well-versed knowledge of home manufacturing, materials, packaging design and marketing for consumer products
• Define trends, where appropriate develop local art and seasonal style guides
• Understand product trends that translate into commercially viable product ideas
• Visually represent product ideas and features that elevate consumer products to a new level
• Provide clear and concise direction on trends, graphic composition, typography, draw-overs and creative notes that guide partners to follow our character models and brand attributes
• Support licensing sales and category partners, retail marketing team with sales materials, in-store graphics and marketing communications including coordination for key events
• Development of localized branding, packaging, signage for retail toolkits and guidelines
Qualifications

Skills and Experiences
• Previous experience in a product development or creative support role would be viewed favourably
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a dynamic, deadline driven environment that revolves around retail product development calendars
• Highly organized, resourceful and proactive
• Flexible, with an ability to find compromise in challenging situations
• Mac proficient and advanced skills in Adobe Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop) and Microsoft applications required
• Ability to translate English to Japanese/ Japanes to English

Desired Characteristics
• Comfortable dealing with management
• Ability to work with confidential and sensitive information in a discrete manner
• Excellent communication skills with attention to detail and the ability to develop and deliver clear and consistent messages
• Proven record of working cross functionally with colleagues
• Ability to identify key priorities within a heavy workload and execute on them
• Ambassador of the business with sufficient stature internally and externally to represent the business positively and interact with both management and working level partners
• Intellectually strong
• Sense of humor and practical attitude

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-wppxej-216-73-216-175-42 in your application.