Senior Production Designer - Hair Professional

Senior Production Designer - Hair Professional

Consumer BrandsMarketingUnited States, Culver City, CA, CAFull TimeRegular

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Work across print & digital production across multiple brands (SexyHair, DevaCurl, and STMNT) and various campaigns

• Develop packaging production including labels, cartons, bottles, components and other physical applications

• Work confidently with dielines, mechanical artwork and packaging specifications

• Contribute to large-format production including end caps, displays, retail signage, POS and other environmental applications

• Support digital production including social carousels, banners, web assets and campaign deliverables

• Prepare artwork for printers, vendors and production partners

• Manage multiple rounds of revisions while maintaining tight version control

• Perform meticulous preflight and quality control before anything leaves the creative team

• Manage timelines, identifying potential roadblocks and keeping projects moving

• Support multiple brands simultaneously while maintaining exceptional quality and consistency

• Ensure every final file is accurate, organized, properly built and ready to go

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree within art, design, or similar

• 5-7 years of experience in production and packaging within CPG companies

• Expert understanding of print production workflows

• Strong knowledge of CMYK, RGB, Pantone/spot colors, process colors and color builds

• Understanding of bleeds, trim, safe areas, dielines, trapping, overprint and knockouts

• Ability to properly prepare press-ready and vendor-ready files

• Strong understanding of image resolution, file formats, linked/embedded assets and packaging specifications

• Strong experience with all legal and icons needed for packaging

• Comfortable building and checking large-format artwork

• Strong file organization, naming conventions and version-control practices

• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and identify problems before files go to print

• Experience with Adobe Dimension, After Effects or Premiere Pro

• Familiarity with project management tools (Workamajig and Figma) and digital production workflows

• Experience working with printers, packaging vendors

• Understanding of structural packaging and print finishing

• Experience with color proofs, press checks and physical production samples

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1

• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program

• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement

• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships

• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $80,000.00 and $100,000.00 . This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 26103430

Job Locations: United States, CA, Culver City, CA

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