Associate Manager, Graphic Illustrator, Packaging Design - Kendo Brands

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $78,378 - $97,972 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

POSITION SUMMARY

Do you love to draw? Are you fast on the spot? Think in the moment? Can you visualize a design concept and quicky render it into reality? Kendo is looking for a talented rendering wizard to join the Packaging Design Team in San Francisco.

The Graphic Illustrator of Packaging design is responsible for creating new product design renders for the entire scope of our Kendo brand portfolio. This position is key to demonstrate on the fly sketching/rendering/illustrations using creative vision to translate and evolve brand packaging by bringing concepts to life and tell a story through design. The Graphic Illustrator will communicate information, ideas, and instructions via visual drawings according to specifications set forth by the Product Universe Team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Produce high-level, on strategy Illustrations/renders that meet Kendo standard of creative excellence.

• Produce visual concepts to sell-in new product/packaging design ideas for presentations.
• Uses artistic judgment to select appropriate composition, design, and layout for each render/illustration.

• Creates accurate exploded-view drawings that can be manufactured.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Graphic designer or Illustrator with 2-4 years' work experience including 1-2 years of experience in the beauty or fashion, packaging design experience required
• BA or BFA in Design, Arts, and/or Graphic Design or equivalent experience
• Advanced/Expert Apple computer skills in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, with a specialty within Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Detail oriented designer who is comfortable with shifting design direction and working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills and creative resolution skills
• Self-starter who will participates in all aspects of the programs from concept through execution
• Ability to quickly generate concepts and visually communicate those ideas with renderings and/or comps
• Ability to take initiative and know how to design ahead proactively without always being prompted
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight timelines and work productively in a team environment are required
• Excellent time management skills with ability to project manage workload autonomously is a must
• Must have excellent eye for color and typography.
• Very strong organizational skills
• Passion for graphic design and beauty with a sense of both current and developing trends in print/pattern, art, and packaging