Product Designer, Softlines (22 Month FTC)

The Product Development Designer position sits within the London office of Paramount Consumer Products (part of Paramount). Paramount Consumer Products are responsible for the licensing management and product development across the successful portfolio of Paramount brands including PAW Patrol, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield, Dora, Star Trek, MTV, Comedy Central brands and Paramount Pictures. The team in London provides support to the International business, as well as regional and local support across Business and Legal, Finance, Sales, Brand Management and Creative.

As a Product Development Designer, you will be responsible for supporting the product development of products within fashion & accessories categories, from initial concept through to production. You will collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure best in class products are produced in line with brand, consumer and market needs. This role will have specific focus on fashion and accessories within the Softlines categories.

What You Will Be Doing

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of product approvals from concept through to production.
• Provide design direction, creative support and feedback to licensees to ensure brand values and product quality are maintained.
• Develop and maintain successful working relationships with both internal and external partners to ensure design feasibility and alignment with business goals.
• Support the business and retail teams with specific design pitches and tailored creative presentations.
• Provide research, development and execution of original creative projects as appropriate, including identifying new asset needs, developing category specific direction settings and working on product pitches.
• Work closely with the Account Managers and BALA team to ensure all product development is in line with terms outlined in contracts.
• Gathering sales feedback from regional business teams to inform future creative and product development decisions.
• Compiling seasonal trend & competitor reports and reporting findings back to the wider team.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of creative trends and product development including identifying potential new product categories and opportunities.
• Participate in key partner updates to support product development and communicate creative updates in order to drive product development.
• Manage the considered assignment of creative assets to licensee partners.
• Management and organization of incoming product samples.
• Commit to consistently improve creative development – push the creative boundaries of traditional approaches to develop innovative, business relevant and original creative solutions for our brand.

What are we looking for?

• BA/BS or Technical College qualification related to design and product field.
• 2-3 years experience working within product development, ideally within a licensing environment.
• Competent understanding of the licensing industry, including licensing contracts and agreements.
• Essential – excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite especially Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator & Adobe InDesign and have strong creative and design skills.
• Intermediate experience within the Microsoft Office programs – Excel, Word, PPT.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A second language is preferable.
• Design experience within kid’s product development is preferable.
• Design experience within fashion accessories is preferable.
• Experience working within retail design is preferable.

Abilities:

• Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects in various stages simultaneously, with excellent time management skills.
• A strong decision maker.
• Can prioritize well, manage in a high-pressure environment and work to tight deadlines.
• Creative flair – ability to work with trends and think outside of the box.
• Possesses a positive attitude, is solutions focused and has an energetic approach to work.
• Flexibility, self-motivated and an ability to work independently.
• Pro-active teammate and highly adaptable to requests.
• Have the ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to PD challenges.

Paramount Global is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.