Product Designer

ENGINEERINGUK; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Sector: Creative and Design
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: PRODUCT DESIGNER
Location: Leeds

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company with powerful brands like Dove, Axe, Magnum, Domestos, Lux and Signal. Through our Brands we create products that make a positive impact on consumers lives whilst striving towards our Net Zero Carbon footprint ambition.

To maintain the contribution of world-class design to the success of our brands, the Deodorant Category has created exciting new roles in its Design Team.

We are looking for a Product Designer to join the team in Leeds, UK.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Product Designer in Deodorants you will guide project teams through the design process to deliver brilliant and meaningful products that consumers love, whilst shaping our sustainable future.

You will coordinate and facilitate multiple design projects from the co-creation and identification of early opportunities, turning insights and desires of our consumers into technically feasible concepts that fulfil a real consumer need.

Co-create with multi-functional teams to bring concepts ideas to life through visual and Physical Prototyping to test with Consumers.

In order to deliver the greatest value for both the consumer and our brands, your job is to deliver creative quality and ensure that the brand's design intent is met in a project's outcome.

WHY JOIN UNILEVER DESIGN

Joining Unilever Design means working within a dedicated and ambitious creative team on the development of high impact brand innovation. Unilever offers an agile and open-minded environment with strong and passionate thinkers and doers who are constantly seeking to improve purpose in terms of brand, people, sustainability, technology & business growth.

In Unilever, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners in order to create value and meet consumer needs with convincing and meaningful creative solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Guide project teams across the total creative spectrum, from the fuzzy front end through to concept creation and refinement, using Unilever best practice design tools and methodologies.
• Understand the consumer experience of our packaging and identify opportunities to strengthen and change it in line with future consumer expectations.
• Facilitate workshops to co-create new concepts with stakeholders of all levels, cross functional teams, and consumers / influencers.
• Support the briefing process, then collaborate with and guide the design delivery of external 2D and 3D design agencies.
• Create and articulate new packaging concepts using design tools (sketching, rendering, 3D CAD etc) to bring ideas to life and enable clear communication + inspiration for the broader team.
• Use multi fidelity prototyping and visualisation tools to bring concepts to life and enable user experience studies.
• Support project leaders in development of packaging ideas and product experiences, gathering and interpreting qualitative information and insights through market research and stakeholder assessments to aid decision making.
• Create and manage CAD data in support of projects, creating robust 3D aesthetic models and concept components, under guidance from senior designers and engineers.
• Support the design capability build programme, developing our design toolbox and prototyping capabilities to ensure new product experiences resonate with consumers.
• Regularly contribute to cross category Design Communities of Practice in areas of specialist expertise.

ALL ABOUT YOU

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a Product Design related discipline.
• Relevant experience in a design field, ideally in the consumer goods business, within a corporate or agency environment.
• Applied knowledge of design disciplines, design terminology, ways of working and project management.
• Experience of 3D CAD software (We use NX, but experience in Solidworks, CREO etc. would be welcome), Keyshot, Adobe Suite.
• Understanding and application of Semiotics and market codes to packaging.
• Can write and articulate creative briefs to agency partners in English language to good standard.
• Knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, or sustainable/circular design would be an advantage.
• A creative and consumer focused mind to generate innovative design solutions to real consumer problems.
• Must be used to be working as part of multi-disciplined teams.
• Strong communicator and influencer.
• A passion to learn and willingness to develop new skills.
• Able to handle multiple projects at the same time.
• Proven project experience with ability to meet deadlines.
• An eye for detail.

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That's why our purpose is 'to make sustainable living commonplace'

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self.

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Company

Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you’re having in the work you do - every small thing counts. The personal contribution you make means you feel good about what you do and proud that you have a career with a higher purpose. Be empowered to make a positive impact, by bringing your purpose into action.

Be a force for good. Unleash your curiosity and pioneering spirit to make our business win and grow. Use your confidence to challenge the status quo for the better, while you learn, grow and make a positive impact.

Diversity & Inclusion is one of the things that we want Unilever to be famous for.

This means making sure our business is fair, attracting and retaining the very best talent and helping them unlock their full potential.

Dove, Lipton, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Lynx, Knorr, Surf. Our world-famous brands are totally different – and as people, so are we. Be surrounded by individually different but like-minded people who share your values, commitment and desire to start or pursue a career across different cultures and levels of seniority where you do good things every day. Bring your real self to work, here we combine our differences to achieve greater things.

Develop into your best self. Get inspired by leaders and peers and create life-shaping experiences for yourself. Unilever offers an inspirational working environment where you will be mentored and nurtured by bright minds and purpose-led leaders. Use your skills and knowledge, and the tools we provide you to experience all that Unilever can offer across brands and around the world. You have the ability to craft a flexible – and global – career.

Our policies & flexible working

At Unilever, we have a range of market-leading, family-friendly and flexible working policies, which enable our employees to balance their day-to-day responsibilities.

These policies and practices include:

• Agile working, which gives employees the possibility to work remotely and flex their own hours, whilst ensuring business needs are met.
• Flexible working arrangements including, but not limited to, part-time and job share opportunities.
• Enhanced leave policies - all employees taking maternity or shared parental leave have up to 16 weeks’ paid leave and some eligible employees can have up to 39 weeks’ paid leave.
• Practical support including, nursery benefits and back-up care for parents and carers.
• A constant focus on wellbeing for employees, including regular health checks, mental health support and our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a strong culture of mentoring, training and learning across the organisation, with a range of resources and initiatives available:

• Mentoring and coaching
• Leadership and general business skills training, including unconscious bias
• Learning for all, via access to internal and external resources
• Workshops which support personal and team development.

Our ambition: unlocking talent through disability inclusion

The World Health Organization estimates that there are one billion people in the world currently living with a disability. That’s about 15% of the global population, or 1 in 7 of us. And the statistics suggest that people living with disabilities are among the most marginalised populations in the world in terms of employment and educational opportunity.

Removing the barriers facing people living with disability is a priority for our business. It isn’t just the right thing to do – we believe that creating equality of opportunity will unlock a huge pool of talent. It also gets to the heart of the ambition to ‘leave no one behind’ – and could contribute to the five Sustainable Development Goals which explicitly reference disability and to the wider sustainable development agenda.

In 2018, we set ourselves global commitments to achieve by 2025:

• to be the number one employer of choice for people with disabilities, and
• to increase the number of employees with disabilities to 5% of our total workforce.

These are ambitious targets. They involve transforming the way we recruit and train our people. And they mean adapting both the way we work and our workplaces, so that we can support people with disabilities to reach their full potential.

We are keen to find out about your talent, and offer the support you need.

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