Graphic Design Manager

Essity's Continence Care products in North America rely on cohesive design leadership to keep brand visuals consistent across markets. In this hybrid Philadelphia-based role, the Graphic Design Manager coordinates artwork from concept through prepress, bridging internal stakeholders and external agencies to ensure timely, brand-aligned design outputs across product variants and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Artwork Coordination: oversea end-to-end delivery of artwork and print files, from input gathering and managing translations to final artwork approval across stakeholders, and initiating prepress work.
• Process Management: coordinate parallel design workflows to meet timelines and keep deliverables aligned with plans; this role involves a transition phase and requires experience with artwork systems.
• Agency Collaboration: brief external design agencies, assign tasks, and provide structured feedback on artwork and concepts.
• Stakeholder Alignment: independently lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams across geographies, including Marketing, Packaging, and Brand, to ensure output quality, efficient processes, and timely deliveries.
• Design Implementation: adapt master designs across product variants and markets while ensuring compliance with brand guidelines.
• Quality & Compliance: safeguard high design quality and production feasibility, including print considerations and regulatory and quality requirements due to medical device classification in EU.
• Continuous Improvement: contribute to efficient workflows and cost optimization by identifying smarter design and production solutions.

Requirements

• Higher education in a relevant field, e.g., Graphic Design.
• Experience in graphic design development and artwork coordination, with a deep understanding of artwork creation workflows and knowledge from working in artwork systems.
• Experience with printing processes, in particular Flexo printing.
• Strong project management skills within a cross-functional environment, with the ability to visualize time plans and align on thresholds and milestones.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment.
• Fluent in English.
• Knowledge of SAP is an advantage.

Technologies

• SAP

Benefits

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
• Wellness program provided through Rally
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression.

Job Requisition ID: Essity262312