OLAPLEX, a category-defining leader in prestige hair care, continuously seeks talented individuals to join in our mission to transform foundational hair health and deliver great hair days today, tomorrow, and for years to come.
As the original bond builder, we are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates the bonds within our teams. OLAPLEX elevates individuals from all backgrounds with the belief that together we can unlock the full potential of science to extend the health, life, and beauty of hair for all.
About the Role:
We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager, Packaging Design & Artwork. This role is designed for a high-level operator who thrives in fast-paced environments and can lead multiple packaging design projects, ensuring on-time delivery of final artwork.
As the operational lead for creative packaging initiatives, you will drive the creative workflow from creative concept through final artwork delivery, ensuring all cross-functional partners—from Marketing to Innovation to Packaging Engineering—are aligned and hitting specific creative milestones. You will play a critical role in providing support to two creative designers while trafficking concepts and artwork to keep projects moving forward efficiently.
Creative & Artwork Project Management
- Manage and monitor the end-to-end project timelines for all creative packaging concepts & final artwork initiatives
- Own creating the overall creative timeline, balancing project deadlines and resourcing; building an end-to-end project plan
- Manage and integrate multiple project timelines into a single cohesive resourcing plan
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on creative deliverables and workstream dependencies
- Run weekly packaging design check-ins to track deliverables, drive alignment, surface risks, and manage competing deadlines
- Run daily design stand-ups with Packaging Design team, ensuring team knows daily priorities
Cross-Functional & Global Collaboration
- Act as the central operational partner between creative, brand marketing, product development, packaging engineering, and operations teams
- Partner with Campaign Ops lead to integrate packaging timelines into overall GTM timeline
- Lead collaborative relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, ensuring they are kept appropriately informed of project activities and kept accountable for respective steps
Process & Workflow Excellence
- Champion operational best practices using Asana and shared project tools
- Support Creative Packaging Design team in the day to day resourcing of packaging and misc projects
- Support planning consistency across the organization
- Maintain overarching calendars, workback trackers, and meeting cadence documents with the Creative and Packaging teams to support calendars
- Drive accountability through clear task ownership and deadline transparency
Issue & Risk Management
- Identify timeline risks and blockers early; escalate issues with solutions in hand
- Proactively monitor cross-functional dependencies and potential impact on delivery
- Track shifting timelines and ensure impacts are clearly communicated
- Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across Marketing leadership
Miscellaneous Creative Projects
- Project Manage ad hoc creative projects when needed
About You:
- 5-6 years of experience specifically within Creative Operations or Creative Project Management, with a focus on packaging
- High proficiency in Asana is required
- A strong problem solver who can drive "out-of-the-box" thinking and course-correct projects when roadblocks arise
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment with multiple shifting priorities
- Exceptional partnership-building skills; ability to interface effectively with stakeholders at all levels and functions
- Excellent attention to detail with thorough, effective follow-through on all project milestones
We'd love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement. What's most important to us is finding authentic and accountable people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes. We are looking for someone who will bring all their expertise, learn, and grow with us.
Our Total Rewards:
The annual base pay for this position is $100,000 - $115,000 with eligibility for an annual bonus. The actual base pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, years of relevant experience, skill level, functional expertise, certificates or other professional licenses held and geographic location.
- Competitive compensation
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules
- Wellness: Company Contribution to Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and their Families, Company Paid Employee Life Insurance, Optional additional Life Insurance, and Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage Options
- Parental Leave: Up to 18 weeks for birthing-parents and up to 10 weeks for non-birthing new parents
- Financial Well-being: Roth and 401k plans: 100% match up to the first 4% and is immediately vested
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program: Career development is as important to us as we know it is to you!
- Our culture has an “attitude of gratitude” and a shared passion for our brand. Join our Bond Builder DEI committee to play a role celebrating DEI at OLAPLEX
- Products: Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
Our mission is to create a culture that celebrates our bonds by embracing, elevating, and empowering individuals from all backgrounds.
OLAPLEX is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.
