Product Development Designer

Product Development Designer

Location: UK, London
Length: 6 months
Rate:£50.00 p/h (Inside IR35)
Hours: 27 hours per week

Overview

It’s an amazing time to be joining our client as we continue to transform entertainment globally. Our client is the world’s leading internet entertainment service with over 270 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries, and feature films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Our client is pursuing consumer products because we believe it will drive meaningful show awareness/buzz with more tangible, curated ways to interact with our most popular content and in effect, drive long-term revenue. We want licensed merchandise to help promote our titles and build them into franchises so they become part of the zeitgeist for long periods of time. That’s where you come in. We’re seeking someone to support product development and executions for the Consumer Products team. Some travel may be required within this role.

Day to day:

• You will be the day-to-day creative contact for a group of assigned Hardlined and Hardlines adjacent partners/licensees, with the responsibility of managing their creative workflow and product approvals
• You will support these partners with onboarding to online PD tools and providing directions on asset usage
• You will acquire in-depth knowledge and familiarity with all active CP title style guides and art assets being used for product development

Expectations:

• An eye for detail and discernment, and ability to recognize incorrect use of our client IP on concepts as per the style guide guidelines, required legal attribution on branding and packaging solutions
• The ability to convey creative direction when needed to resolve design issues
• Excellent time management skills in order to uphold contractual deadlines for approvals at all stages of development
• Timely communication to internal partners, licensees and agencies to allow them to meet deadlines
• Knowledge of design for consumer products
• Knowledge of the EMEA hardlines licensing landscape as well as global
• Knowledge of retail and industry trends
• High level of organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and time-manage across multiple deadlines

Qualifications/ Experience:

• 3+ years of marketing experience within consumer products or related industries
• English with an additional European language is preferred
• A general understanding of the Google suit is beneficial