Brand Design Associate Manager - Gatorade

Brand Design Associate Manager - Gatorade

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Pepsi Co Design & Innovation is a creatively driven team that leverages the power of Design Thinking to solve brand and business problems that drive meaningful value and growth. Our mission is to elevate the role of design and design thinking as a function, process, mindset, and as culture in Pepsi Co and the broader business world.

We are a consumer‑centric organization with a start‑up mentality within our larger organization; we partner with world‑class partners in Marketing, Insights, and R&D to strategically drive business results with purpose.

As an Associate Brand Design Manager, you will report to the Sr. Manager, Gatorade, partnering on the design and execution of projects that support the Pepsico's Gatorade business in North America. Successful candidates will demonstrate superior ability to generate inspirational design solutions, driving from ideation to execution with quality and strategic excellence.

In this role, you will be given the opportunity to build upon existing capabilities as well as broaden your functional expertise as you drive our brands through all consumer touchpoints. Examples of projects may include development of brand identity, packaging and portfolio systems, 360 brand campaigns, social media strategy, promotions, and immersive brand activations, with solutions that span the gamut from print, packaging, social/digital, licensing, environmental and new media.

• Support the visual identity for the Gatorade portfolio, working in collaboration with the North America Gatorade Sr. Design Director and other design leaders across brand, product, packaging, equipment, marketing, and advertising.
• Generate creative design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members.
• Participate in research activities and effectively translate customer needs into actionable design strategy (must be able to execute those requirements into design solutions). Help drive to final design recommendations, decisions, and design approval to enable artwork execution/production phases. Ensure a thorough consideration of all project variables and that the final solution will perform as planned.
• Responsible for collaborating with cross‑functional partners within Pepsi Co and external suppliers to ensure design assets are developed and delivered with quality, value, and efficiency. Energize and lead both the internal team and external design resources from idea phase to commercialization. Regularly review the status of projects with appropriate leadership to ensure that expectations are met.
• Support the Pepsi Co Design & Innovation organization in building and cultivating a robust external design network.

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $89,000 - $149,000.
• Location, confirmed job‑related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 10% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, Pepsi Co offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

• Bachelor's Degree in Design or equivalent experience with minimum 5+ years of hands‑on brand and packaging/graphic design experience.
• Should have full‑time agency side and or client‑side experience.
• Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite software.
• Must be willing and able to travel 15% of the time.

• Strong conceptual design skills, package design and design strategy…