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Product Design and Development Manager - Softlines (12-month FTC)

申請 稍後繼續申請 Job ID 10101255 職位地點 倫敦, 英国 有意工作的公司 Disney Experiences 張貼日期 2024/10/02

工作概要:

About The Role & Team


This role will collaborate with the Senior Product Design and Development Manager/Product Design and Development Director, Softlines to lead the product design and development of all products within relevant category for the region/market. 

This role is a Fixed-Term Contract to cover Parental Leave for 12 months, and will require you to be onsite 4 days a week.

What You Will You Do

  • Working in collaboration with the senior PD manager and our Partner licensing team to ideate drive and form company wide product campaign creative and development.
  • Following through from ideation to final product approval, liaising with; multiple stake holders, internal and external including marketing, commercial, legal, and brand management with support from senior PD manager.  
  • Identify new product opportunities, produce first class conceptual designs and pitch to prospective/existing partners
  • We develop and manage the creative output from licensees ensuring product innovation, brand consistency and compelling execution within a commercial context
  • Establish and maintain relationships with retailers, internal collaborators/partners and global and international creative teams
  • Lead and develop team, ensuring consistent and appropriate creative direction and feedback is given on all product submissions
  • Lead and implement as required, the approval process from initiation to production in a timely manner
  • Ensure all licensee product submissions are routed through Disney’s Online Product Approval system (OPA) as per global product integrity guidelines
  • Ensure licensees are provided appropriate creative assets for product development, developing new assets as required against the specific needs of the category and inputting into style guide needs
  • Lead all design projects (e.g. product toolkits, product pitches, inspiration boards) within category, utilising internal and external resources as the need arises
  • We identify market product design trends, using them to drive creative strategy, identify new areas of business and establish design requirements
  • Develop and maintain an expert knowledge of Disney’s characters, films, properties, heritage and creative assets to assist in their usage on consumer products
  • As required, attend ‘inspiration’ trips to broaden understanding of the EMEA marketplace, seeking out ideas and new creative solutions to better understand the industry and drive innovation and creativity
  • Provide design and trend direction, ideation sessions, inspiration & feedback to licensees on both 2D application and 3D product submissions to drive product quality
  • Identify new product opportunities, produce first class conceptual designs and pitch to prospective/existing teams within Disney's Partnerships
  • Establish and maintain relationships with our Partnerships, internal stakeholders/partners and global and international creative teams
  • Manage and develop teams, ensuring consistent and appropriate creative direction and feedback is given on all product submissions


Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Ability to communicate a clear design brief that meet all criteria
  • Ability to communicate design ideas using CAD drawing, computer techniques and/or third party design resources
  • Excellent design and conceptual skills as demonstrated in portfolio
  • Understanding of fabric, colour and product design
  • Shown experience of crafting prototypes or models
  • Advanced knowledge of Mac OSX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office
  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to handle and build effective relationships with team members at all levels
  • Exhibits ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness
  • Cultural sensitivity and an understanding of local markets across EMEA


 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree educated in related field (product design, etc.) and/or equivalent experience in lifestyle product company
  • Proven commercial design experience related to relevant category, essential, with the ability to brief and manage external/internal designers and/or agencies
  • Previous experience managing and developing the performance of a product development team, essential
  • Experience within a similar role within a consumer products commercialisation environment
  • Proven experience of building effective relationships, leading and managing change and collaboration across departments

The Perks

  • 25 days annual leave
  • Private medical insurance & dental care
  • Free Park Entry: the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
  • Disney Discounts: entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
  • Excellent parental and guardian leave
  • Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. 



關於 Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences 透過世界各地的主題公園、度假村、郵輪、獨特的度假體驗、產品等,將迪士尼故事和特許經營權的魔力帶入生活。迪士尼在旅遊業中大放異彩,在美國、歐洲和亞洲擁有六大度假勝地;一流的郵輪航線;廣受歡迎的度假擁有權計劃;以及屢獲殊榮的家庭探險導遊業務。此外,迪士尼的全球消費品業務還包括全球領先的授權業務、全球最大的兒童出版品牌、全球最大的跨平台遊戲授權商之一,以及遍佈全球和網絡的迪士尼商店。

關於 The Walt Disney Company:

Walt Disney Company 連同其子公司和聯營公司,是領先的多元化國際家庭娛樂和媒體企業,其業務主要涉及三個範疇:Disney Entertainment、ESPN 及 Disney Experiences。Disney 在 1920 年代的起步之初,只是一間卡通工作室,至今已成為娛樂界的翹楚,並昂然堅守傳承,繼續為家庭中每位成員創造世界一流的故事與體驗。Disney 的故事、人物與體驗傳遍世界每個角落,深入人心。我們在 40 多個國家/地區營運業務,僱員及演藝人員攜手協力,創造全球和當地人們都珍愛的娛樂體驗。

這個職位隸屬於 The Walt Disney Company Limited, 其所屬的業務部門是 Disney Experiences

The Walt Disney Company Limited 是提供平等機會的僱主。考慮是否聘用求職者時,將不論其年齡、種族、膚色、宗教或信仰、性別、國籍、族裔或民族血統、性取向、變性、婚姻或同性伴侶狀況、殘疾或懷孕或生育狀況。Disney 培養商業文化,所有人的想法和決策都有助我們發展、創新、創造最好的故事,並與瞬息萬變的世界息息相關。

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