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Form of workTitle: Design Strategist
Reports to: Head of Design & Innovation
Location: SF Bay Area
Compensation: competitive base salary +15% STI (based on company and individual performance)
and LTI; relocation as required
Love to think, lead AND do while engaging, influencing and collaborating with senior/key cross-functional stakeholders?
If the challenge of helping deliver high impact platform, product and packaging innovation and design at scale within a highly collaborative culture that values work-life balance in the stunning SF Bay area sounds exciting, this may be the opportunity you've been
waiting for.
Company Overview
The Clorox Company builds big brands that make everyday life better. They value their differences
and challenge each other to think and act boldly. They try new things, succeed and fail forward.
They strive to have a healthy work and life balance, and work hard to make positive impacts - at
Clorox, in their communities, and in the lives of millions of people who invite us into their homes.
Strategic Design at Clorox
The Strategic Design Group (SDG) unlocks insights, inspires the organization, and builds new and
meaningful offerings and brand experiences. SDG plays a critical role in discovering new consumer
and business opportunities, and innovating products within R&D. As Design Strategist, s(he) will
have the opportunity to play across all the Clorox brand portfolio and make design-led impact.
The Role
The Design Strategist will work closely with stakeholders from R&D and cross-functional colleagues
- Research, Brand Management and Marketing - to define the opportunity, leverage their design
experience and craft to contextualize the vision of the business and design opportunity and steward
strategic initiatives. S(he) will have a strong ability to inspire, lead and manage extended design
team (of internal and external resources), champion design and collaborate with stakeholders to
drive quality design experiences and solutions.
Key Responsibilities: Strategic Design Leadership
o Working with various Businesses and Brands to identify new opportunities for growth
o Fostering strategic POV of market shifts, competitive qualities, consumer lifestyle and brand
behavior to stay ahead of evolving consumer mindset considering overall brand and business
impact
o Synthesizing insights, developing and implementing consistent shared design vision -
principles, imperatives, and consumer target/personas - to guide and innovate beyond current
consumer expectation
o Translating insights and strategy into tangible design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) to
inspire and advance the innovation effort
o Leading workshops, driving and refining the work effectively to influence and ensure advocacy
of key stakeholders
o Responsibility for the design-led impact on business growth across the Clorox brand portfolio -
design strategy, quality of design, management and execution of product experience
o Mentoring and leading internal and external design resources to deliver quality and value
throughout the creative process
Required Skills
o Strong design approach with superior design sensibility and design management skills
o Experience with full suite of research, ideation
o Effective communication and presentation skills (visual/verbal) to engage and influence senior
leadership, internal stakeholders and customers (e.g. Target, Costco) at all levels
Nice-to-Have Skills
o Visualization, physical prototyping methods and tools
o Excellent end-to-end industrial design and deep knowledge of manufacturing
o Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, In-design, 3D modeling software
Qualifications & Ideal Profile
o 10+ years of deep strategic design industry experience
o Diverse experience at top design consulting firms working with clients in different industries,
including major CPGs or combination of consulting and corporate experience with aptitude to
serve as a trusted advisor across our Businesses and Brands
o Business development experience in consulting environment
o Adept at navigating a large corporation
o Able to bring dimensionality to physical products as well as experiences to life; expert of craft (if
not fully hands-on) with understanding of how things are made and fabricated in order to
credibly influence key business and cross-functional stakeholders
o Thrive as a member of a lean (stealth) team where you will apply design thinking and craft
o Mindset: highly collaborative, flexible and persistent- build alignment, gain advocacy, drive
design execution and deliver project objectives
o Comfortable with ambiguity, ability to translate consumer insights into concepts, effectively
envision and convey
Education Requirements
o Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution Preferred but Not Required
More About Clorox
Clorox is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products
with 8,700 employees worldwide and fiscal year 2018 sales of $6.1 billion. In addition to their
namesake bleach and cleaning products, they market some of the most trusted and recognized
consumer brand names, including:
o Brita® water-filtration products
o Burt's Bees® natural personal care products
o Fresh Step® cat litter
o Glad® bags, wraps and containers
o Hidden Valley® dressings and sauces
o Kingsford® charcoal
o Liquid Plumr® clog removers
o Pine-Sol® cleaners
o RenewLife® digestive health products
o Rainbow Light®, Natural Vitality®, Neocell® and Stop Aging Now® dietary supplements
o Professional services: Clorox Healthcare® and Clorox Commercial Solutions®
More than 80% of their sales are generated from brands that hold the No. 1 or No. 2 market share
positions in their categories.
Clorox Research & Development (R&D)
From concept to reality, the R&D team at Clorox is building the next generation of consumer
products. R&D is a community of engineers, scientists, mechanical designers and packaging
experts, who are actively involved in virtually every step in the lifecycle of their products - from
initial concept to raw materials to final goods on store shelves. Together they bring consumers
innovative products that deliver superior value.
Making a Positive Impact
Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, a community of global leaders
committed to sustainability. We've been broadly recognized for our corporate responsibility efforts,
most notably being named to the Drucker Institute's 2017 Management Top 250 list, The Just 100:
America's Top Corporate.
Reports to: Head of Design & Innovation
Location: SF Bay Area
Compensation: competitive base salary +15% STI (based on company and individual performance)
and LTI; relocation as required
Love to think, lead AND do while engaging, influencing and collaborating with senior/key cross-functional stakeholders?
If the challenge of helping deliver high impact platform, product and packaging innovation and design at scale within a highly collaborative culture that values work-life balance in the stunning SF Bay area sounds exciting, this may be the opportunity you've been
waiting for.
Company Overview
The Clorox Company builds big brands that make everyday life better. They value their differences
and challenge each other to think and act boldly. They try new things, succeed and fail forward.
They strive to have a healthy work and life balance, and work hard to make positive impacts - at
Clorox, in their communities, and in the lives of millions of people who invite us into their homes.
Strategic Design at Clorox
The Strategic Design Group (SDG) unlocks insights, inspires the organization, and builds new and
meaningful offerings and brand experiences. SDG plays a critical role in discovering new consumer
and business opportunities, and innovating products within R&D. As Design Strategist, s(he) will
have the opportunity to play across all the Clorox brand portfolio and make design-led impact.
The Role
The Design Strategist will work closely with stakeholders from R&D and cross-functional colleagues
- Research, Brand Management and Marketing - to define the opportunity, leverage their design
experience and craft to contextualize the vision of the business and design opportunity and steward
strategic initiatives. S(he) will have a strong ability to inspire, lead and manage extended design
team (of internal and external resources), champion design and collaborate with stakeholders to
drive quality design experiences and solutions.
Key Responsibilities: Strategic Design Leadership
o Working with various Businesses and Brands to identify new opportunities for growth
o Fostering strategic POV of market shifts, competitive qualities, consumer lifestyle and brand
behavior to stay ahead of evolving consumer mindset considering overall brand and business
impact
o Synthesizing insights, developing and implementing consistent shared design vision -
principles, imperatives, and consumer target/personas - to guide and innovate beyond current
consumer expectation
o Translating insights and strategy into tangible design proposals (visions, scenarios, concepts) to
inspire and advance the innovation effort
o Leading workshops, driving and refining the work effectively to influence and ensure advocacy
of key stakeholders
o Responsibility for the design-led impact on business growth across the Clorox brand portfolio -
design strategy, quality of design, management and execution of product experience
o Mentoring and leading internal and external design resources to deliver quality and value
throughout the creative process
Required Skills
o Strong design approach with superior design sensibility and design management skills
o Experience with full suite of research, ideation
o Effective communication and presentation skills (visual/verbal) to engage and influence senior
leadership, internal stakeholders and customers (e.g. Target, Costco) at all levels
Nice-to-Have Skills
o Visualization, physical prototyping methods and tools
o Excellent end-to-end industrial design and deep knowledge of manufacturing
o Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, In-design, 3D modeling software
Qualifications & Ideal Profile
o 10+ years of deep strategic design industry experience
o Diverse experience at top design consulting firms working with clients in different industries,
including major CPGs or combination of consulting and corporate experience with aptitude to
serve as a trusted advisor across our Businesses and Brands
o Business development experience in consulting environment
o Adept at navigating a large corporation
o Able to bring dimensionality to physical products as well as experiences to life; expert of craft (if
not fully hands-on) with understanding of how things are made and fabricated in order to
credibly influence key business and cross-functional stakeholders
o Thrive as a member of a lean (stealth) team where you will apply design thinking and craft
o Mindset: highly collaborative, flexible and persistent- build alignment, gain advocacy, drive
design execution and deliver project objectives
o Comfortable with ambiguity, ability to translate consumer insights into concepts, effectively
envision and convey
Education Requirements
o Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution Preferred but Not Required
More About Clorox
Clorox is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products
with 8,700 employees worldwide and fiscal year 2018 sales of $6.1 billion. In addition to their
namesake bleach and cleaning products, they market some of the most trusted and recognized
consumer brand names, including:
o Brita® water-filtration products
o Burt's Bees® natural personal care products
o Fresh Step® cat litter
o Glad® bags, wraps and containers
o Hidden Valley® dressings and sauces
o Kingsford® charcoal
o Liquid Plumr® clog removers
o Pine-Sol® cleaners
o RenewLife® digestive health products
o Rainbow Light®, Natural Vitality®, Neocell® and Stop Aging Now® dietary supplements
o Professional services: Clorox Healthcare® and Clorox Commercial Solutions®
More than 80% of their sales are generated from brands that hold the No. 1 or No. 2 market share
positions in their categories.
Clorox Research & Development (R&D)
From concept to reality, the R&D team at Clorox is building the next generation of consumer
products. R&D is a community of engineers, scientists, mechanical designers and packaging
experts, who are actively involved in virtually every step in the lifecycle of their products - from
initial concept to raw materials to final goods on store shelves. Together they bring consumers
innovative products that deliver superior value.
Making a Positive Impact
Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, a community of global leaders
committed to sustainability. We've been broadly recognized for our corporate responsibility efforts,
most notably being named to the Drucker Institute's 2017 Management Top 250 list, The Just 100:
America's Top Corporate.
