Creative Manager (Packaging)

Location: Billund, Denmark; hybrid work with an expectation of being in the Billund office at least three days per week and the option to work from home up to two days per week. Relocation assistance is not offered.

Company

hirify.global is a global product company creating toys, play experiences, packaging, campaigns, and creative communications for children and families.

What you will do

• Lead packaging and product communication across multiple allocated projects from brief through final execution.
• Provide creative direction to internal teams, freelancers, partners, and other contributors while ensuring premium-quality output.
• Translate audience understanding, key messages, and strategic goals into effective packaging design and visual storytelling.
• Navigate stakeholders across Marketing, IP Partners, and hirify.global Designers, making decisions based on strategic, brand, and executional considerations.
• Shape visual identities and principal designs for packaging while ensuring that creative direction is feasible to execute.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and improvements across the business and partner network.

Requirements

• Experience working as a Senior Art Director or Senior Graphic Designer.
• Ability to translate marketing briefs into visual product and packaging communication.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire and engage others.
• Ability to act as the creative bridge between stakeholders.
• Ability to be a natural go-to person and role-model good team behaviour and feedback culture.
• Ability to foster a positive environment, culture, and collaboration across internal graphic designers, freelancers, partners, and stakeholders.
• Creative thinking, meaningful feedback, clear direction-setting, effective time management, and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Confidence using Adobe Creative Suite and willingness to work hands-on when needed.
• Confidence and resilience combined with openness and inclusiveness toward other views; ability to stay updated on cultural and visual trends and immerse yourself in franchise and product universes.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering packaging or creative work for the Chinese market.
• Experience adapting creative work for different markets, audiences, or cultural contexts.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, diverse, and dynamic culture focused on play, curiosity, creativity, and imagination.
• Enhanced paid family care leave.
• Life and disability insurance, wellbeing resources, and opportunities to build community.
• Generous colleague discount from the first day.
• Bonus scheme for eligible colleagues when goals are reached.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity, equal pay, children’s rights, and child wellbeing.