Design & Innovation Manager - Beauty
helenoftroy

Job Info

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Join our Beauty Team at Helen of Troy as a Design & Innovation Manager and make an immediate impact on our trusted Beauty brands: Hot Tools, Drybar, Revlon, Bed Head, and Gold-n-Hot. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day.

Look around you at home, and you'll find us everywhere:

In your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better. We are powered by knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking people committed to developing a culture of inclusion. Whether you are just starting your career or in need of a challenge, we recognize, develop, and empower talent!

This position will be based in Edgewater, New Jersey and temporarily eligible for Work from Home. When our office reopens, you will be required to work from the office Monday-Friday.

What you will be doing:
The Design + Innovation team plays a key role in strategic pipeline definition, consumer insight research and creative direction, management, and execution of all new product launch initiatives.

A key function of this position involves partnering with brand managers and engineering program managers across the global and regional marketing organizations of the company. The cross-functional teams plan and execute programs within a multi-year product roadmap. The Design Manager serves as champion of design quality and consistency acting as consultant to the cross -functional teams.

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  Optimized user experience and consumer delight across physical and product-related digital user experiences (apps, etc.).
  
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  Handling outsourced design agencies.
  
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  Owning the process, setting and driving the meetings, and assuring good direction and proven design results.
  
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  Generate ID briefs communicating project vision and design intent to company and agencies.
  
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  Crafting product design consistency with brand language.
  
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  Leading and translating consumer/ethnographic insights into design opportunities.
  
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  Identifying and applying relevant innovation.
  
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  Assessing the appropriate level of design effort vital to achieve objectives.
  
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  Building design languages that cascade from brand equities.
  
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  Handle project schedules and budgets.
  
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  Lead design control documentation including color/material specifications.
  
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  Identifying and ally on the stories that help consumers understand and love our products and experiences.
  
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  Collaborating to assure these innovations end on the new product roadmap.
  

Skills needed to be successful in this role:

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  Ability to lead initiatives, spot opportunities, and redirect where vital
  
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  Strong problem solving skills-program constraints and requirements can be sophisticated and require innovative solutions
  
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  Ability to champion, educate and consult regarding benefits of design
  
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  Strong communication (writing, speaking and presentation skills)-ability to assertively sell ideas based on proven rationale and objectives
  
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  Organizational skills (able to set a plan to reach final results)
  

Minimum Qualifications:

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  Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in related profession/field
  
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  6+ years of proven experience in related field
  
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  Hardgoods experience
  
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  Strong awareness of global design trends
  
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  Presentation skills (Knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint)
  
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  Strong understanding of manufacturing, materials & processes
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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  Digital UX product experience (like apps) where it relates to physical products
  
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  Strong visualization and sketching skills ("Da'Vinci sketches")
  
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  2D CAD skills: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  
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  3D CAD skills: Alias, ProEngineer
  

Wondering if you should apply? Helen of Troy welcomes people as diverse as our brands. Have the confidence to come as who you are because your point of view, skillset, and experience will make us stronger. If you're eager to share new ideas and try new things, we want to hear from you.

For more information about Helen of Troy, visit www.helenoftroy.com. You can also find us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.



Helen of Troy is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to developing a diverse workforce and cultivating an inclusive environment. We value diversity and believe that we are strengthened by the differences in our experiences, thinking, culture and background. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any protected basis.



We will provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application process. If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources at (915) 225-8000 #LI-DNP.

Incorporated in 1968, Helen of Troy has grown into a leading global consumer products company with career opportunities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. We offer creative solutions for our customers through a diversified portfolio of well-recognized and widely trusted brands, including OXO®, Hydro Flask®, Vicks®, Braun®, Honeywell®, PUR®, Hot Tools®, Drybar®. Most of these brands rank #1 or #2 in their respective categories.

We boldly bring brands into our family, where we nurture what makes them great. We collaborate internally and externally, always striving to provide the consumer-centric innovation, operational excellence, scale, global reach, and stellar shared services to make them soar.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified. Management retains the right to add or to change duties of the position at any time.

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