Newell Brands · 4 hours ago
Senior Design Ideation Facilitator
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expNewell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands. The Senior Design Ideation Facilitator is responsible for designing and leading ideation workshops that drive innovation and growth across the brand portfolio, utilizing AI and advanced methodologies to enhance the ideation process.
Consumer Goods
Responsibilities
Plan & Facilitate: Architect end-to-end sessions that use Gen Ai to clarify objectives, complete pre-work, agendas, and method tailored to business needs (e.g., whitespace discovery, concept acceleration, value proposition design, portfolio architecture). Guide development of AI Innovation Agents to support flows for sessions (e.g., prompt generators, copy writers, constraints guides etc) to increase participation and speed to clarity
Program Management: Run the pipeline of facilitation demand—intake, scoping, scheduling, logistics, stakeholder management, and post-session follow-through
Outcomes & Decisioning: Drive teams to crisp decisions (problem statements, opportunity areas, concept shortlists, next-step charters, success metrics) and ensure clear ownership post-session
Consumer Integration: Design and integrate research touchpoints (consumer insights, trend forecasts and co-creation) with consumers, customers, and channel partners; synthesize insights into actionable frameworks
Methodology & Toolkits: Evolve Newell’s facilitation playbooks. Stay on top of emergent ideation techniques and methodology. Build reusable templates in Miro/Mural/FigJam
AI Native Methodology: Develop and integrate AI Agent teams into innovation sessions. Identify needs, track performance and evolve capability of Agentic partners. Maximize their potential in Divergent and Convergent thinking to accelerate ideation and push outcome further downstream in the NPD process
Cross-Functional Partnering: Partner with Brand, Design, R&D, Consumer Insights, and Front End Innovation teams to align on opportunities and de-risk early
Quality & Continuous Improvement: Establish and track session KPIs (time-to-decision, conversion to Charter, insights outcomes) and iterate the operating model
Storytelling & Artifacts: Produce high-quality outputs such as Gen AI concept imagery and video, rapid prototypes, written concept statements and roadmap proposals that travel well across the enterprise
Culture Carrier: Model Newell values; create psychologically safe, inclusive spaces where diverse perspectives produce better outcomes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Design, Innovation Strategy, or related field (or equivalent experience)
7–10 years experience in innovation, design or adjacent roles with a heavy facilitation remit
Demonstrated expertise planning and leading cross-functional workshops and design sprints
Strong command of human-centered design and problem-framing methods; able to select and sequence the right tools for the job
Proven track record converting workshop outputs into funded projects or measurable business impact
Exceptional verbal and visual storytelling; comfortable simplifying complexity and influencing senior stakeholders
Proficiency with digital collaboration and creation tools (Miro/ Figma/Adobe CC etc). Advocacy and expertise with Gen AI creative tools (Midjourney, Vizcom, Chat GPT etc). Strong documentation discipline
Able to travel at least once per quarter
Preferred
Experience in consumer products, CPG, or durable goods a plus
Master's degree (Design Strategy, MBA, Innovation) a plus
Company
Newell Brands
Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Chris Peterson
President & CEO
Michael McDermott
CEO - Home & Commercial Segment - Newell Brands
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