PepsiCo · 3 days ago
Brand Design Associate Manager - Gatorade
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$89K/yr - $149K/yr
5+ years expPepsiCo Design & Innovation is a creatively driven team focused on solving brand and business problems. The Associate Brand Design Manager will partner on design projects for the Gatorade business, generating design solutions and managing projects from ideation to execution.
Brand MarketingFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturing
Responsibilities
Support the visual identity for the Gatorade portfolio, working in collaboration with the North America Gatorade Sr. Design Director and other design leaders across brand, product, packaging, equipment, marketing, and advertising
Generate creative design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members
Participate in research activities and effectively translate customer needs into actionable design strategy (must be able to execute those requirements into design solutions). Help drive to final design recommendations, decisions, and design approval to enable artwork execution/production phases. Ensure a thorough consideration of all project variables and that the final solution will perform as planned
Responsible for collaborating with cross-functional partners within PepsiCo and external suppliers to ensure design assets are developed and delivered with quality, value, and efficiency. Energizes and leads both the internal team and external design resources from idea phase to commercialization. Regularly reviews the status of projects with appropriate leadership to ensure that expectations are met
Supports the PepsiCo Design & Innovation organization in building and cultivating a robust external design network
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Design or equivalent experience with minimum 5+ years of hands-on brand and packaging/graphic design experience
Should have full-time agency side and or client-side experience
Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite software
Must be willing and able to travel 15% of the time
Preferred
Strong conceptual design skills, package design and design strategy experience
360 brand design experience (i.e., print, packaging, digital, environmental, experiential)
Extraordinary design taste and expertise with an excellent sense of design trends
Illustration skills highly preferred
Systems design thinker (packaging architecture and visual identity systems)
Ability to work in an agile, dynamic work environment with a start-up mentality (comfortable with risk and uncertainty)
Strong stakeholder relationship management - effectively influence at all levels in the organization, as well as across regions and functions
Effectively communicates (verbally and written) with internal and external business partners
Collaborative and works well with others to deliver results; keep others informed to avoid unnecessary surprises
Ability to multitask. Excellent time and project management skills to be able to meet project deadlines
Benefits
Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 10% of annual salary paid out annually.
Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
Company
PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a food and beverage company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.National Safety Council
2025-09-02Post Ipo Equity· $4B
2024-06-13Grant· $0.02M
2017-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Carreteiro
CEO PepsiCo Brazil & South Cone (Chile, Arg, Uru, Par) Foods
Mohamed Shelbaya
CEO PepsiCo Middle East & Africa
Recent News
2026-01-07
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