ELPGO - Packaging Graphics Lead

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Job Description

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

This position is part of the global Enterprise Labeling and Packaging Graphics Operations team focused on executing and coordinating activities related to the creation/changes of artwork for our 3M Brands. Day-to-day tasks require proficiency within the Adobe Creative Suite, art production activities, standard procedures and execution performed according to agreed SLAs. This position will act as first point of contact for our 3M internal clients from all around the world delivering artwork on time in full.

• Focus on leading moderate to simple production art changes, approvals and asset retention.
• Understand how to build artwork for different print methods.
• General understanding of color reproduction.
• Ability to manage simple to moderate changes in-house via Adobe Creative Suite.
• Deliver all artwork with consistency and accuracy within brand guidelines, while effectively managing details and proof-reading artwork.
• Understand packaging artwork requirements, including working with die lines, net contents, regulatory and warning texts, color and printing methods.
• Collaborate across many functions/disciplines within 3M (marketing, manufacturing, packaging engineering, regulatory, etc.) and with external agencies and printing companies.
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills, keeping projects on brand, budget and on time.
• Manage project estimates, budget and timelines with external partners.
• Adapt and work well with defined approaches, systems, best practices and processes.
• Lead with a flexible mindset.
• Monitors activities of the agency to meet expectations

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 1-3 years relevant working experience in packaging, design, marketing, printing or art production.
• Experience in Project Coordination/Management

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Knowledge of master data
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proficiency in MS Office to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, MS Teams
• Good knowledge of Power BI or SQL
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Ability to complete assignments under pressure and short timelines
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage external partner relationships

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Resources for You

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers.

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