**Product** **Design** **Manager**
**Job Summary:**
The Product Design Manager for Marvel Hardlines will oversee the day-to-day execution of product design and development of Licensed & Owned & Operated (O&O) products for a specific category, from concept through production. Reporting to the Director of Product Design, you will collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure the highest quality, consumer-focused, product lines across all channels of distribution (flex business models, vertical and wholesale) that build brand equity and meet financial targets.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Work with partners and the O&O teams during the stages of concept, design, sketch, prototype (including managing art-to-product, 3D modeling, sample creation, fit sessions, and electronic breadboards, where applicable), deliver and present trend-right consumer centric product lines that feature market-leading innovation and great price/value for each tier of the value pyramid
+ Manage and execute product approvals through online systems and collaborative approval meetings, ensuring high quality standards in character execution, in-depth storytelling, color, material, form and function while maximizing profitability
+ Collaborate with internal partners (Creative Design, Brand Merchandising, Sourcing and Tech Design, BERGs, CBM, Legal, Business Affairs, Product Integrity, Integrated Retail, BPM, Public Affairs, DE&I teams, Cultural Consultants) and external partners (Studios & Disney Channel Content Providers, Games, Publishing, WDI, DTR Partners) to design and approve all products
+ Work with the greater product design and creative teams to drive up-front trends, overall creative direction and to identify future areas of growth within the franchise, including the preparation of custom design tools and retail pitches specific to each category
+ Motivate direct report(s) through ongoing feedback on performance
+ Prepare creative/product retail custom design tools and pitches to differentiate by category
+ Monitor competitors, product innovation and market dynamics
+ Prioritize multiple design projects, running simultaneously with varying levels of complexity
**Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in related field (e.g. industrial design, toy design, fashion design) or equivalent work experience
+ 5+ years of experience
+ Demonstrated vision and forethought for an overall brand
+ Knowledge in hardlines/softlines categories (raw materials, plastic, textiles, print, pattern, graphic composition, manufacturing)
+ Demonstrated product design skills (e.g. 3D product design, technical design, sketching, creative application and manipulation of art, final mechanical art, fabric and trim identification)
+ Computer software skills (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator)
**Additional Information:**
This role is located in Kissimmee, FL
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**Job ID:** 10011649
**Location:** Kissimmee,Florida
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