Manager, Brand Design Excellence

Summit, NJ (Hybrid)

$124K/yr – $175K/yrManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale Brand Design Excellence across corporate and consumer brands, shaping governance, systems, and agency partnerships to deliver scalable, high-impact brand experiences.

  • Owns enterprise brand system and governance to enable storytelling while preserving product brand equity
  • Leads multi-brand design strategy, cross-functional alignment, and global/ regional execution
  • Mentors design leaders and drives adoption, metrics, and continuous improvement

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Manager, Brand Design Excellence is a holistic, solutions-focused design leader who translates enterprise and brand strategy into clear guidance, systems, and tools that drive end-to-end, high-performing brand experiences with consumer and enterprise impact.
  • This role operationalizes Brand Design Excellence Strategy across multiple brands and markets, with specific ownership of the Kenvue Corporate Brand system, ensuring it enables enterprise storytelling while protecting the distinctiveness of product brands.
  • Operating with a high degree of independent judgment, this leader tackles multi-dimensional, highly complex brand system challenges, influences senior cross-functional partners, and serves as a design subject-matter expert across global/regional brand, communications, and agency ecosystems.
  • Scope & Impact - Operationalizes brand design excellence and system strategy leading design in Brand World development across consumer brands and enhancing brand portal experience to drive business impact
  • Oversees multiple brands and enterprise touchpoints across 3+ markets
  • Leads work that spans experience innovation, governance, adoption, and scalability
  • Drives consistency, speed-to-market, and quality across global and regional teams
  • Enterprise Brand Excellence & Systems
  • - Shape and steward the enterprise definition of Brand Design Excellence, translating strategy into principles, systems, and governance that scale.
  • - Own and evolve the Corporate Brand identity system, covering corporate communications, investor relations, employer brand, and enterprise initiatives.

Requirements

  • A minimum of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Design, Marketing, Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field
  • A minimum of 5-10+ years of progressive experience in brand design with demonstrated leadership in managing creative teams and projects.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively articulate design concepts and influence stakeholders, particularly at the executive level
  • 3+ years of people leadership, including coaching and giving constructive feedback
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire internal and external teams
  • Experience translating brand strategies into holistic, scalable solutions
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
  • Experience working within a matrixed organization

Preferred

  • Strong strategic thinking and project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies in brand design and marketing.
  • A visionary mindset with the agility to adapt to evolving market trends and drive continuous brand evolution.
  • Passion for Design, innovation, and elevation brand experience

Benefits

  • Competitive Benefit Package*
  • Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
  • Learning & Development Opportunities
  • Kenvuer Impact Networks
  • This list could vary based on location/region
  • Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.
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Kenvue

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Kenvue is the world’s largest pure-play consumer health company by revenue. Built on more than a century of heritage and propelled forward by science, our iconic brands — including Aveeno®, BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages, Johnson’s®, Listerine®, Neutrogena®, Tylenol® and Zyrtec® — are recommended by health care professionals and can be trusted by consumers who use our products to improve their daily lives. Our team members share a digital-first mindset, with an approach to innovation grounded in deep human insights and work every day to earn a place for our products in consumers’ hearts and homes. At Kenvue, we believe everyday care can not only make people well; it can make them whole.Beware of recruitment scams: https://www.kenvue.com/media/recruitment-scams-alert

Founded in 2023
Summit, New Jersey, USA
19K employees (1,980 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
61% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
221.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.1%
Direct
39.6%
Referral
10.4%
Social
2.6%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~19K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,725 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
14

Funding

Total Funding
$3.6B
Last Raise
$3.6B
Post IPO Equity, 11 months ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2025
    Post IPO Equity
  • Oct 2024
    Post IPO Equity
  • May 2024
    Post IPO Secondary • $3.6B

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