Job Title: Design Manager/Sr. Design Manager
Work Level: 2B/2C
Work Location: Mumbai HO
About HUL Design
Design is a strategic growth driver at HUL, shaping how brands show up in culture, on shelf, and in consumers' lives. We challenge conventions, elevate craft, build distinctive brand worlds, and create future-facing experiences that make our brands desirable at scale.
We're looking for a highly creative and forward-thinking design talent to help shape some of the world's most iconic FMCG brands, including Dove, Surf, Lakmé, Pond's, TRESemmé, Lux, Closeup, Horlicks, Bru, and Taj Mahal Tea. This is an opportunity to create work that reaches millions of consumers every day and drives lasting business and cultural impact.
Who We're Looking For
A proactive, curious, and creatively driven designer who brings fresh perspectives, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is excited to push boundaries, experiment, and continuously learn.
Key Capabilities
- Creative & Curious: Passionate about exploring ideas and challenging conventions.
- Proactive: Takes ownership and demonstrates initiative.
- Agile: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities.
- Collaborative: Works effectively across disciplines and teams.
- Communicative: Articulates ideas with clarity and confidence.
- Detail-Oriented: Maintains excellence in craft and execution.
What You'll Do
- Develop compelling brand experiences from concept to execution, with a strong focus on packaging and visual identity.
- Translate strategic and creative briefs into insight-led design solutions.
- Lead and deliver brand, graphic, and packaging design projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to building distinctive brand worlds across multiple touchpoints.
- Explore new tools, technologies, and creative methodologies to elevate design outcomes.
- Respond to briefs with speed, agility, and attention to detail while maintaining the highest creative standards.
Experience & Qualifications
- 10 years+ of experience in brand, graphic, or packaging design, ideally within FMCG.
- Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related discipline.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating creativity, craft, and conceptual thinking across print and brand building.
- Experience developing and applying visual identity systems and brand guidelines.
- Excellent sketching and concept development abilities; illustration skills are a plus.
- Exposure to broader design disciplines including packaging, digital, motion, or industrial design.
- Strong understanding of social-first content and contemporary visual culture.
- Interest or experience in photography and digital content creation is a plus.
- Comfortable working across diverse brands, categories, and markets.
Technical & Specialist Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, and related design tools.
- Experience leveraging AI tools for design development, visualization, and creative exploration.
- Exposure to motion design and animation is a plus.
- Strong curiosity for emerging technologies, trends, and creative innovation.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
Note: All official offers from Unilever are issued only via our Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Offers from individuals or unofficial sources may be fraudulent—please verify before proceeding.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in brand, graphic, or packaging design
- Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related discipline
- Strong portfolio demonstrating creativity, craft, and conceptual thinking across print and brand building
- Experience developing and applying visual identity systems and brand guidelines
- Excellent sketching and concept development abilities
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, and related design tools
- Experience leveraging AI tools for design development, visualization, and creative exploration
- Illustration skills
- Exposure to packaging, digital, motion, or industrial design
- Strong understanding of social-first content and contemporary visual culture
- Interest or experience in photography and digital content creation
- Experience with motion design and animation
- Strong curiosity for emerging technologies, trends, and creative innovation
- Ability to work across diverse brands, categories, and markets
Unilever Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Unilever and has not been reviewed or approved by Unilever.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and occupational health support alongside a 24/7 employee assistance program. Wellbeing offerings such as health checks, resilience tools, and counseling support the perceived depth of health-related benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) match that reaches up to 5% of base salary, strengthening the overall value of the package. Share and savings options are also referenced as part of longer-term financial support beyond salary.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits customization is enabled through tools such as a “My Reward” system and a “Benefits Envelope” that allows employees to personalize selections. Flexible working approaches are also associated with improved overall satisfaction, reinforcing perceived choice and adaptability in the total rewards offering.
Unilever Insights
What We Do
Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry’s, The Dollar Shave Club and Dermalogica. Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.
