Associate Manager, Creative Trend Forecasting

Company: Parks, Experiences and Products
Location: Auburn
Posted on: September 22, 2022

Job Description:

The Associate Manager of Trend Forecasting will support projects that equip the Global Product Creation (GPC) team to unlock its next wave of short-term and long-term growth in products, while delivering innovation, increased value, and leverage to our organization.

Responsibilities:
Research Macro Consumer Product Trend insights
Research social listening insights across various platforms
Research broad market insights to inform GPC teams about consumer and product macro trends
Support the documentation, organization and synthesis of trend and consumer related content
Support graphic design work that promotes consumer centricity and deepens understanding of consumer demographic and psychographic segments, including building consumer personas, generating social listening insights, and connecting broader trends to brand-specific consumers
Assist and collaborate with worldwide trend network across relevant GPC teams to gather region, marketplace, consumer, and DE&I inputs to larger trending work

Contribute to Key Long-Term Projects and Initiatives
Support teams on important projects to promote inspiring, creative, design-led thinking
Support brainstorming and ideation sessions in online lab and other environments
Create visually compelling decks and presentations

Provide Line-of-Sight Visibility and Important Connection Across GPC
Provide line-of-sight to Sr. Manager on relevant topics and work across team to action
Contribute to important deliverables and projects related to GPC long-term plan and other executive presentations

Support Cross-Functional Team Management
Manage essential partnerships to support organization's needs
Maintain a positive team environment

Basic Qualifications:
Undergraduate degree in related field such as design and/or marketing
2+ years of experience in a related field
Design background required: fluency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Premier is a plus
Comfortable analyzing qualitative and quanitative data
Design Portfolio Required
Strong pulse on broader market, consumer, social media, and cultural trends
Familiarity with working in-or with-large matrixed organizations
Capacity to contribute to development and delivery of presentations
Team player, able to develop and nurture partnerships in highly-matrixed environment
A curiosity to explore a constantly-evolving consumer marketplace, with an eagerness to be "in the weeds" exploring brands, consumers, and market trends

Required Education:
Undergraduate degree in design or marketing
Preferred Education:
Advanced degree in design or marketing

Additional Information :

This role is located in Orlando, FL

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at - https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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