Account Manager (Packaging) at Propelis | Cincinnati, OH | $67K/yr – $77K/yr

Account Manager (Packaging)

Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid)

$67K/yr – $77K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 6 months ago

Job Summary

Drive packaging design leadership and client management for a Propelis brand-stewardship role, from kickoff through production handoff.

Must-have: 2-4 years in brand stewardship and packaging design experience.
Standout: End-to-end packaging design expertise from brand foundation to artwork handoff.
Hybrid role in Cincinnati, OH is noted in the job details.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Get immersed in exciting, fast-paced, projects currently on the go with our client portfolio.
Service clients by intaking their needs, understanding the ask, ensuring timely and profitable return, and managing expectations.
Review projects on an ongoing basis, ensuring deliverables are in line with approved project scope and guarding against scope creep.
Support new incoming projects by being involved in writing proposals (process, timeline, financials), applying strategic thinking to brand opportunities, developing ideas and solutions, and preparing capability presentations tailored for each opportunity.
Leading the administrative processes on your projects, including filing documentation appropriately and detailed expertise of our project management tools.
Support in identifying opportunities respective to your clients across innovation, strategy, research, and adaptive design.
Ability to lead status meetings, creating agendas before and conference reports afterwards.
Provide strategic critiques and quality check on all design work to ensure high standards are met error-free and aligned with client feedback.
Support in project kick-offs, brainstorming sessions, and client meetings, ensuring smooth project workflow in conjunction with all team members.
Support writing creative briefs in conjunction with the GAD/AD, with clarity on design objectives and design intent. Ensure the designs presented align with the approved briefs.

Requirements

BA or higher in Marketing, Business Administration, Graphic Management Services, or Design.
2-4 years of experience in brand stewardship, and account management. Must have experience and/or a passion for packaging designs and strategic brand solutions.
Experience in packaging design from start to finish. Upstream in brand foundation, strategy, and innovation, right through to design adaptation and completing artwork through production handed off to prepress.
You have a thorough understanding of the creative process with experience showing understanding of critical thinking, decisive actions, and identifying potential problems before they occur.
You can evaluate design effectiveness and brand performance across packaging and all media.
You’re a motivated problem solver with an appetite for growth in a fast-moving, industry-defining business.
You have a positive, proactive attitude towards opportunities and potential problems.
You possess superior written and interpersonal communication skills that can flex and navigate easily across clients, onsite and offsite teams.

Preferred

Experience in packaging design from start to finish. Upstream in brand foundation, strategy, and innovation, right through to design adaptation and completing artwork through production handed off to prepress.
A thorough understanding of the creative process with experience showing understanding of critical thinking, decisive actions, and identifying potential problems before they occur.
Ability to evaluate design effectiveness and brand performance across packaging and all media.
A motivated problem solver with an appetite for growth in a fast-moving, industry-defining business.
A positive, proactive attitude towards opportunities and potential problems.
Superior written and interpersonal communication skills that can flex and navigate easily across clients, onsite and offsite teams.

Benefits

Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.

Propelis

The businesses of SGS & Co and SGK have united to form Propelis, a go-to-market ecosystem that enables marketers to move their brands forward with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. Our broad range of integrated solutions include brand creative, packaging, print solutions, branded environments, and content production. Services are delivered through our family of brands: SGX, Marks, Equator, Collide, and 5Flow. With a combined legacy spanning more than 150 years, Propelis commences operations with 10,000 employees in 30+ countries, nearly $1 billion in annual sales, and a diverse client base of over 2,000 leading companies.

318 employees (79 in marketing)

propelis.com