Packaging Designer (UX) Job at Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom

Important information: To be immediately considered, please send an updated version of your resume to somp767@kellyservices.com. Title: Designer, UX Design Lab (Packaging Design) Pay Rate: $27 per hour Location: Clark, NJ, 07066 Type – W2 contract (No C2C) Division: Development and Packaging NA (Operations) Reports To: Director, UX Design Lab Who We Are: For more than a century, Client has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity, and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity. At client Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four client divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain. What You Will Do: As a Designer within the UX Design Lab, reporting to the Head of UX Design Lab in North America, you will be a key player in shaping the future of client's packaging, bringing an elevated innovation experience through design: desirability and sensoriality; new usage experiences and functionalities; sustainability and invoking emotions. You'll also collaborate closely with a diverse team of marketing professionals, engineers, product developers, and laboratory experts, both internally and internationally, as well as external suppliers. Your work will directly impact the innovation pipeline, ensuring our packaging is not only aesthetically pleasing but also intelligent, sustainable, and technically feasible. You will contribute to the UX Design Lab in North America: Consumer-Centric Design: You will analyze consumer needs and behaviors to create packaging solutions that meet their expectations and enhance their experience. Aesthetic & Creative Excellence: You will leverage your creativity and understanding of brand DNA to design stunning and desirable packaging that elevates the consumer experience. Trend Forecasting: You will stay abreast of cosmetic and competitive trends, critically evaluating existing packaging and identifying opportunities for innovation. Sustainable Solutions: You will proactively explore eco-responsible materials and manufacturing processes, ensuring our packaging aligns with client's sustainability goals. Technical Feasibility: You will collaborate with engineers and product developers to ensure your designs are technically feasible, cost-effective, and manufacturable. Design Thinking Leadership: You will lead and participate in Design Thinking workshops and Design Sprints, driving innovation on our most ambitious projects. Co-Creation workshops with consumers: upstream sessions together with consumers, to ideate new user experiences and innovations Prototyping & Supplier Collaboration: You will create, and test prototypes using rapid prototyping techniques and maintain close relationships with suppliers to explore new materials and technologies. Key responsibilities include: Research & Innovation projects: upstream R&I driven innovations, together with the Advanced Engineering team and R&I Development Labs Packaging projects: upstream Packaging Labs driven innovations, together with the support of all of the Packaging Labs (Advanced Engineering, Technical Design Center, Packaging Science Center, etc.) Brand projects: brand driven innovations, focusing to incorporate both an elevated innovation experience and sustainability through design Developing and animating the connection with Operational teams (Packaging, Development, Technical Design Center, etc.), Research & Innovation teams, and Brands. Leading local UX Design projects as part of the global portfolio Collaboration with external resources / partners including design agencies #J-18808-Ljbffr