About Us

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel, and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.

Target Creative’s Brand Design Lab is the in-house creative team dedicated to bringing one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable owned brands to life. Our mission is to inspire a sense of joy, wonder and excitement, and to take our guests—and ourselves—somewhere new. We tell a compelling and cohesive brand story. Some of the brands we have built are Good & Gather, Favorite Day, Ever Spring, Hearth & Hand, Cat & Jack, Goodfellow & Co. Operating as one fully integrated team in both the U.S. and India, the team comprises the best and brightest talent to execute market-leading creative strategy, packaging design & brand building. We are proud to say that we have not just one or two, but eleven brands with sales above a billion dollars each. Our owned brands have grown by 18% YOY and contributed to USD 30 billion in sales last year.

About this Opportunity

We're looking for a Production Designer to work on packaging production design for Target’s owned brands. You will be responsible for creating layouts, executing layout revisions, establishing toolkits or style guides as well as creating mock-ups & presentation decks for partner and leadership reviews, while ensuring quality and accuracy of work. There will be partners in MPLS with whom you will have to liaise, collaborate, and communicate with on a regular basis. You will manage all production design details to meet project deadlines and successfully integrate and balance working individually and within a team.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Having a strong understanding of packaging design and print production
• Collaborate within and outside of teams to understand project and business requirements and help translate them into effective solutions
• Organize and plan details for multiple projects and make timely and quick decisions to meet project deadlines
• Maintain and organize files and project materials
• The ability to see projects through from inception to production

Personal Attributes

• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Excellent attention to detail and consistency
• Capable of working within a fast-paced work environment and work on multiple projects at one time
• Highly motivated, self-driven, and able to contribute individually and work well within a team
• Ability to take direction and be flexible and open to change
• Being agile to be able to adapt to immediate business needs
• Having a worldview & global exposure

Preferred Experience & Educational Profile

• Minimum 3 years at an Advertising/Design agency
• A completed 3/4-year college degree
• Strong portfolio demonstrating breadth of design capabilities, particularly in print & packaging design
• Understanding of all Adobe creative tools and experience with image compositing
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong printing & prepress knowledge