Packaging Designer

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

Time Type: Full-time

Description & Requirements

Who we are

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in.

About this team

The Global Packaging and Labelling team is responsible for planning, designing, developing, testing, and producing end-to-end packaging and labels. We work in close partnership with cross-functional teams across the business and partners throughout the supply chain. We meet the needs of our product, guests, markets, and channels in order to achieve our strategic priorities and business goals. We ensure packaging and labelling materials are production ready and support successful product delivery.

A day in the life

The Packaging Design team plans, designs and reviews all end-to-end packaging and labelling design concepts. We bring a strong creative vision to amplify the product and guest experience, and partner with the Packaging Development and Production teams to bring the vision to life. We collaborate with the Brand Creative, Retail Brand Experience (VM), Retail Operations, and Product teams to ensure our solutions meet business requirements.

The Packaging Designer is responsible for

• Develop packaging design concepts that meet the creative brief and strategy
• Applying a Design Thinking approach to create user-centric solutions
• Create beautiful and compelling design presentations for review by stakeholders
• Understand the retail environment, visual merchandising, and shopper behaviour in order to create viable packaging that is aesthetically appropriate and functionally sound
• Present design work to internal teams such as Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, and other Brand and Retail partners for alignment
• Intake feedback and be willing and able to discuss openly with partners in order to reach consensus and reinforce a sense of partnership while upholding design integrity
• Deliver final assets to Packaging Developers and Production Designers, and work closely to prototype for stakeholder reviews and then finalize for bulk production
• Be proficient in working with a variety of packaging mediums such as hangtags, labels, structural and other forms as needed in order to be able to develop the appropriate type of packaging for the product
• Understand the technical complexities of large-scale, high volume print production and can design packaging accordingly

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Graphic/Communication/Industrial Design
• Minimum five years of design experience
• Agency or Retail brand experience highly preferred
• Understanding of retail environment (shopper behavior, visual merchandising)
• Mastery of Adobe Suite (In Design, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Proficiency with creating high quality renderings; proficiency with 3D software an asset
• Ability to multi-task and manage various projects simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of packaging technical terminology and familiarity of retail terminology an asset
• Demonstrated ability to present to peers and leaders. Ability to articulate point of view and decisions about deliverables and projects

Must haves

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

Additional Notes

Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

Compensation and Benefits Package

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $81,500 - 107,000 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:

• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Parenthood top-up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Workplace arrangement

This role is classified as Hybrid under our SSC Workplace Policy:

Hybrid

In-person collaboration is important, and much of the role can be performed remotely. Work is performed onsite at least 3 days per week.

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances.

Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us at accommodations@lululemon.com. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.