Product Design and Development Associate - Food

工作 ID 10109401 地點倫敦, 英国 有意工作的公司 Disney Experiences 日期已公佈 Feb. 11, 2025

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工作概要:

About The Role & Team

As a key member of Disney's Product Design and Development Food, you will play a crucial role in bringing the magic of Disney to life through innovative and trend-setting products. You will be responsible for developing brand-right products for licensees and Direct-to-Retail (DTR) partners, ensuring they reflect the beloved Disney characters, stories, and heritage. This role involves providing technical product design direction, inspiration, and support, while executing the product design, development, and approval process for the relevant category. You will ensure that all product submissions adhere to Disney's global product integrity guidelines and are routed through the Online Product Approval (OPA) system in a timely manner, maintaining the high standards synonymous with the Disney brand.

This is a full-time role based in our London office in Hammersmith, 4 days a week.

What You Will You Do

Efficiently manage the approval process from initiation to production, ensuring all product submissions are routed through Disney’s Online Product Approval (OPA) system in line with global product integrity guidelines.
Provide inclusive product design and trend direction, inspiration, and constructive feedback to licensees on both 2D and 3D product submissions to enhance product quality.
Develop and implement innovative Food and FMCG product designs that align with Disney's brand values and market trends.
Collaborate with Food and FMCG licensees to ensure product designs meet industry standards and consumer expectations.
Train and support all new and existing licensees on the Disney brand, property portfolio, creative assets, and approval systems.
Ensure licensees have access to the appropriate creative assets for product development.
Foster and maintain positive working relationships with licensees and other internal and external stakeholders.
Create engaging product pitches, new product design visuals, and dedicated core design mock-ups under the guidance of the Senior Product Design and Development Manager/Product Design and Development Manager.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of Disney’s characters, films, properties, heritage, and creative assets to assist in their application on consumer products.
Support the wider team at regional, local, and global levels as needed, including participation in design projects as directed.
Ensure all products comply with corporate policies and relevant legislation.
Stay up-to-date with contemporary product design and graphic trends, leading brands, and relevant pop culture.
Participate in ‘inspiration’ trips to broaden understanding of the EMEA marketplace, seeking out new ideas and creative solutions to drive innovation and creativity.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Stay informed about industry trends and the broader world of design, with a solid understanding of common manufacturing techniques and their application in production.
Communicate clear product design briefs and basic design ideas using CAD drawing, computer techniques, and/or third-party design resources.
Possess experience or a strong interest in Food and FMCG product design and development.
Deliver projects within set deadlines and budgets as directed.
Demonstrate strong design and conceptual skills.
Present design ideas effectively to internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Have a good grasp of production techniques and graphic applications, with an eye for color and shape.
Influence and support change among stakeholders.
Proficient in written and spoken English for business use; knowledge of other European languages is beneficial.
Be computer literate, including proficiency in Mac OSX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and MS Office.
Exhibit cultural sensitivity and an understanding of local markets across EMEA.
Hold a degree in a related field (e.g., product design) or possess equivalent experience in a lifestyle product company.
Demonstrate proven commercial product development experience in relevant categories or in a product design role at a licensee, retail head office, or supplier.
Have some packaging experience and an understanding of style guides for the Online Product Approval (OPA) system (desirable).
Exhibit proven experience in creating prototypes or models.

The Perks

25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

申請

關於Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences 透過世界各地的主題公園、度假村、郵輪、獨特的度假體驗、產品等，將迪士尼故事和特許經營權的魔力帶入生活。迪士尼在旅遊業中大放異彩，在美國、歐洲和亞洲擁有六大度假勝地；一流的郵輪航線；廣受歡迎的度假擁有權計劃；以及屢獲殊榮的家庭探險導遊業務。此外，迪士尼的全球消費品業務還包括全球領先的授權業務、全球最大的兒童出版品牌、全球最大的跨平台遊戲授權商之一，以及遍佈全球和網絡的迪士尼商店。

關於 The Walt Disney Company:

Walt Disney Company 連同其子公司和聯營公司，是領先的多元化國際家庭娛樂和媒體企業，其業務主要涉及三個範疇：Disney Entertainment、ESPN 及 Disney Experiences。Disney 在 1920 年代的起步之初，只是一間卡通工作室，至今已成為娛樂界的翹楚，並昂然堅守傳承，繼續為家庭中每位成員創造世界一流的故事與體驗。Disney 的故事、人物與體驗傳遍世界每個角落，深入人心。我們在 40 多個國家/地區營運業務，僱員及演藝人員攜手協力，創造全球和當地人們都珍愛的娛樂體驗。

這個職位隸屬於 The Walt Disney Company Limited，其所屬的業務部門是 Disney Experiences。

The Walt Disney Company Limited 是提供平等機會的僱主。考慮是否聘用求職者時，將不論其年齡、種族、膚色、宗教或信仰、性別、國籍、族裔或民族血統、性取向、變性、婚姻或同性伴侶狀況、殘疾或懷孕或生育狀況。Disney 培養商業文化，所有人的想法和決策都有助我們發展、創新、創造最好的故事，並與瞬息萬變的世界息息相關。

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