Design Lead, Nordic Healthcare

About the role

Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A. Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a Design Lead, Nordic Healthcare for our office in Stockholm . What's in it for you? Own the creative direction of some of the Nordics' most recognised healthcare brands while helping shape the future of design at one of Europe's fastest-growing consumer healthcare companies. This is a highly visible, hands-on role where you'll combine strategic thinking with creative execution, working across packaging, digital, innovation, shopper and brand communications. You'll collaborate with international teams, influence brand growth, and play a key role in building Karo's global Design & Creative Centre of Excellence. What you'll be doing Lead the visual brand identity and creative direction for Karo's Nordic healthcare portfolio, including brands such as ACO, Decubal, Flux, Miniderm and Paracet. Act as the brand guardian, ensuring consistency and excellence across all consumer touchpoints and channels. Develop distinctive brand assets, visual systems and design frameworks that strengthen brand recognition and drive growth. Create and deliver high-quality design solutions across packaging, product innovation, digital, shopper marketing and communications. Drive strategic design thinking to support brand building, innovation and portfolio development. Lead packaging design projects, including portfolio architecture, structural packaging and new product launches. Bring a digital-first mindset to consumer experiences and content creation. Manage and inspire external agencies and internal creative resources to deliver projects on time and to the highest standards. Partner closely with Brand, Innovation, Operations and Artwork teams to ensure design quality from concept through production. Contribute to the development of Karo's global Design & Creative Centre of Excellence and help build a strong design culture across the organisation. Manage design budgets and support the continuous improvement of design processes, tools and capabilities. Proven experience in Design Leadership, Design Management or Senior Brand Design roles within FMCG, consumer goods, healthcare, beauty, retail or similarly fast-paced industries. Strong expertise in brand design, creative direction and strategic design thinking. Experience creating integrated omnichannel consumer experiences across packaging, digital, shopper and communication touchpoints. Strong understanding of visual identity systems, brand guidelines and portfolio architecture. Hands-on design capability with advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and related design tools. Experience managing agencies, creative partners and cross-functional stakeholders. Knowledge of packaging production, artwork development, print processes and supplier collaboration. Understanding of sustainable, inclusive and consumer-centric design principles. Commercial mindset with the ability to balance creativity, brand impact and business objectives. Highly proactive, collaborative and comfortable working in a fast-growing international environment. Passion for building brands that improve consumers' everyday health. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across different markets and functions. Fluent in English. Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions Flexible schedule and life work balance Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry Very positive work environment in a young, international, and motivated team Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.