Job Description

Company Overview

WE is a movement that brings people together and gives them the tools to change the world. Our vision is to shift the world from \xe2\x80\x9cme\xe2\x80\x9d to \xe2\x80\x9cwe.\xe2\x80\x9d Our mission is to empower all people to change the world, locally and globally, achieving transformative outcomes for themselves and others.

WE - Making good, doable.

Job Summary

ME to WE, a social enterprise that sells products and experiences with a social conscience, is looking for a junior packaging designer with a love of design, a passion for packaging, a keen desire to learn and an entrepreneurial spirit to work alongside its product development team 3 days a week. This person would join a team of highly talented product developers who create a diverse range of products for ME to WE - from artisan gift items to chocolate and coffee.

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for someone to bring their design skills to help support ME to WE\xe2\x80\x99s evolving packaging aesthetic, contributing to custom package design and helping to implement design systems across a broad range of packaging formats. Some knowledge of the physical requirements and constraints of a package is an asset.

This job is for you if you:

• Believe in the power of packaging to delight, surprise and engage
• Want to use your design skills to make a difference
• Are looking to gain packaging design experience and to expand your skills
• Are energized when working with others to come up with ideas and solve problems
• Love a challenge and thrive in a fast-paced, creative environment

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design packaging systems that engage and delight consumers and have stopping power on shelf
• Work with our senior graphic designer to apply illustrations/patterns and ensure brand guidelines are met to ready all files for print production
• Work hand-in-hand with the product development team to implement, elevate and expand ME to WE packaging across all products and formats, from Rafikis to jewelry to lifestyle and travel items and more
• Use your design thinking to help elevate the ME to WE brand and products to a world-class stature
• Think out of the box to expand project asks
• Create strong internal relationships
• Organize and prioritize your time and projects to deliver work on a timely manner

Qualifications and Skills

• A strong design portfolio with a focus on packaging design
• An understanding of how to engage consumers through graphics
• An ability to think systematically
• A willingness to push yourself creatively and to think outside the box
• An open and curious attitude
• A highly collaborative spirit and love of working with others to conceptualize and execute
• Highly organized, with a strong multi-tasking capability
• Outstanding work ethic
• Strong personal why and sense of self
• A sense of fun

What makes us unique...

WE is a family of organizations that makes doing good, doable, and that gives people the tools to make a difference in their communities and around the world. WE Charity empowers domestic and international change. ME to WE is a social enterprise that creates socially conscious products and experiences to help support the charity. And WE Day fills stadiums around the world with the greatest celebration of social good. WE Schools works in over 14,000 schools across North America, delivering curriculum to educators that teaches youth service learning to help better the world. WE also engages families and companies in supporting 2,500+ local and global causes by volunteering millions of hours of service, using their everyday shopping choices for good, and raising millions of dollars that directly benefit their local communities and the world. Globally, our teams in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have provided more than 1 million people with clean water, built over 1,000 schools and schoolrooms overseas, and empowered more than 200,000 children with access to education. WE was founded more than 20 years ago by social entrepreneurs, brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger.

WE values diversity in its workforce and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants requiring a disability-related accommodation at any stage of WE\xe2\x80\x99s recruitment process should contact the People Operations and Culture Department by email at hr@we.org. As required by applicable legislation, WE will consult with applicants requesting such an accommodation to ensure that WE\xe2\x80\x99s recruitment process takes into account their accessibility needs, including in relation to the materials or processes to be used by WE.

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