Circular Packaging Designer - Hamburg, Deutschland - Indeed Innovation GmbH

Beschreibung

We welcome creative and strategic minds who want to be part of our journey to build circular innovation that goes beyond human-focused values and achieves planet-centric interventions.

As a Circular Packaging Designer at Indeed, you will be focusing on designing structural packaging solutions and services, that are driven by circular strategy, regulations and design principles.

You will be a part of our interdisciplinary teams of designers, engineers, and strategists who aim to realize sustainable circularity by delivering innovation.

• You are passionate about sustainability and circular economy and are keen to bring real solutions to the FMCG industry
• You have excellent 3Dpackaging design knowledge and craftsmanship and are passionate about integrating sustainable circularity into packaging development
• You demonstrate indepth knowledge in design research and can investigate barriers and opportunities at the policy level and consumer behavior, throughout the entire life cycle of a packaging and/or services
• You are knowledgeable about circular design methods and strategic approaches for packaging circularity by considering reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture, and recycle
• You are a systems thinker who sees the big picture and the longterm impacts beyond a single packaging or service, as well as all of its components and interdependencies between them
• You understand the complex layers of system drivers (technological, economic, social, and environmental) that influence the packaging and/or services to imagine possible circular design interventions
• You are a proficient learner interested in all aspects of circular design and willing to discover the evolving design methods and tools
• You understand inclusive design practices and are willing to consider a range of human diversity and different perspectives
• You are an excellent communicator and openminded for crossfunctional collaboration and problemsolving

• Design compelling sustainable, circular 3Dpackagings and services for the FMCG industry in all kinds of business fields from F&B, health care, medical and others.
• Research material flows, stakeholders' needs, user journeys, and business environments of packaging ecosystems including the filling and logistic processes
• Investigate and evolve circular design tools and methods that help design for recovery and recycling, extend use cycles, etc.
• Assess the environmental, economic, and social impact of packaging's and services throughout the product's full life cycle
• Identify new circular innovation opportunities where a business can bring relevant packaging and service developments
• Bring fresh ideas to support the creative design process and strategic decisionmaking
• Support in the innovation workshops and design sprints that embed circularity knowhow and thinking into the client's multidisciplinary team and the entire culture
• Collaborate with Indeed's Shanghai and New York teams on projects
• Work with clients' teams who are leading sustainability in their respective industries

• Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design with a focus on 3D Packaging Design
• 2+ years of experience as a packaging designer or packaging design field with a solid knowledge of design process and 3Dpackaging development
• Good knowledge in designing plastic packaging of all kinds from hard plastic to foil packaging, cardboard, glass, metal, aluminum and others
• An understanding of the restrictions in the logistics chain, from the requirements at the filling line to pallet utilization, transport and the situation at the POS.
• Another advantage is a very distinct understanding of brands, in order to be able to respond to the very different design needs of our customers
• Good foundational knowledge of the circular economy and circular design principles
• Good knowledge of Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Recycling
• Strong visual ideation and sketching skills, both physically and digitally (e.g., SketchBook, Procreate)
• Savvy with all relevant design tools, such as SolidWorks/Rhino, KeyShot, and Adobe CC (specifically PS, AI, ID)
• Passionate about handson prototyping from physical cardboard and wire mockups to functional 3D printed prototypes
• Ability to create compelling narratives to engage clients and other stakeholders
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural design teams and be flexible
• Knowledge about ecodesign principles such as biomimicry and cradletocradle is a plus
• Industry/client project experience with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a plus
• Proficiency in English (German would be a plus)
• A valid EU work permit is mandatory

• An inspiring work environment located in the heart of Hamburg, one of Ger