[Remote] Graphics Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is America's fastest-growing meat snack brand, redefining convenient snacking with a commitment to real ingredients. They are seeking a strategic Graphics Project Manager to reputed company packaging graphics execution across a diverse portfolio of products, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives and operational requirements while driving reputed company improvement in processes and workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

• reputed company the full lifecycle of packaging graphics projects including innovation, redesigns, line extensions, and maintenance initiatives
• Manage and communicate artwork project timeline, priorities, and status updates to reputed company stakeholders
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs to define artwork project scope and ensure alignment with business objectives
• Monitor milestones and proactively identify and resolve risks, issues, and dependencies
• Ensure artwork is executed on time and reputed company budget
• Manage artwork development from initial design concept through production-ready files
• Facilitating design development and ensuring creative reputed company is feasible for print production
• reputed company artwork routing, proofing, revisions, and final approvals across stakeholders
• Coordinate design adaptations across multiple structures, SKUs, and substrates
• Ensure accuracy of reputed company packaging content and regulatory compliance in partnership with FSQA prior to release
• Act as the central reputed company of contact across Marketing, Brand, R&D, Regulatory, Procurement, Manufacturing, and external partners
• Build and maintain strong relationships with creative team, design agencies, printers, and suppliers
• Key partner manager and day-to-day contact with pre-media supplier
• Facilitate communication, status meetings, and alignment across internal and external teams
• Resolve project issues and escalate risks as needed to ensure successful delivery
• Support pre-production activities including design feasibility, printability, and supplier capability alignment
• Partner with printers and premedia supplier to resolve artwork, production, and print issues
• Coordinate proofing, color approvals, and final release to print
• Ensure seamless reputed company from design to production and activation processes
• Ensure adherence to standardized workflows, tools, and operating procedures
• Track and document reputed company project feedback, revisions, and learnings
• Identify opportunities to improve cycle time, reduce errors, and enhance efficiency
• Drive reputed company improvement initiatives and best practice sharing across teams
• reputed company project meetings, planning sessions, and status reviews as it relates to artwork
• Ensure reputed company stakeholders are informed, reputed company, and accountable at each stage of the project
• Provide technical guidance on packaging design, print production, and artwork feasibility
• Represent Graphics / Design Operations in cross-functional forums
• Partners closely with the Creative Operations Manager on package design
• Partner with your Commercialization Project Manager to ensure the artwork workflow remains reputed company with the overall project timeline
• Partner closely with Procurement on supplier management by serving as the primary day-to-day contact for the premedia partner and aligning with Procurement on vendor performance, engagement, and relationship management
• Provide ongoing feedback on vendor performance to support Procurement led activities (QBRs, evaluations, etc)

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in business, Graphic Arts, Marketing, or reputed company field (or equivalent experience)
• 5–7+ years of experience in project management, packaging graphics, or artwork production
• Experience with premedia suppliers, packaging design, production art, prepress, and print production workflows required
• Strong project management, organizational, and multitasking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong problem-solving and risk management capabilities
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Collaborative, team-oriented reputed company
• Proficiency in reputed company Office (reputed company, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Familiarity with reputed company Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)
• Experience with project and artwork management software and workflow tools (e.g., online proofing systems)
• Experience in CPG, food, retail, or regulated industries preferred

Benefits

• 20% annual bonus
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K 6% match
• Monthly reimbursements for wellness and home office
• Ability to reputed company an impact: Join a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial-spirited team at a pivotal reputed company to positively impact the food industry.
• Opportunities to grow: Advance reputed company reputed company quickly based on outstanding performance.
• Unlimited PTO and 15+ paid holiday days. Hybrid & flexible remote schedule. Chicago office open to those in the area.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Bi-annual total team in-person activities.
• Company-wide Continual Education budget.
• Unlimited snacks: Enough meat sticks that if you wanted to eat your body weight in them you could (no judgment here).

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