Christina B.

Director of Product Development @ Grüns

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Director of Product Development at Grüns
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Future Society (Remote · Remote)
    • Director of Product Development
      Mar 2024 - Sep 2024 · 7 mos

    • Sr. Manager of Product Development
      Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

      -Executing end-to-end product development of current and future ideation on a daily basis while maintaining mindfulness of critical milestones and launch dates -Creating products that garner mass praise industry-wide, including the below award-winning SKUs: Floating Forest Eau de Parfum (The “Fresh Aquatic” in Harper’s Bazaar’s First-Ever Fragrance Awards- 2023) Solar Canopy Eau de Parfum (ELLE Future of Beauty Awards- 2023) Grassland Opera Eau de Parfum (Beauty Inc. Award for Sustainability in Beauty- 2023) -Owning all NPD brief creation, including product concept and ideation, packaging concept, and product marketing strategy -Bridging the gap as a liaison between the Technical function of Arcaea’s biotechnology business, as well as the Creative, Supply Chain, and Marketing teams -Cross-functionally managing external contract manufacturers, packaging suppliers, regulatory consultants, translators, board members, and industry experts -Comprehensively conducting research to define trends, new ingredients, competitive products, and opportunities to harness the power of biotechnology -Coordinating all regulatory and legal review of copy and artwork during all stages of the creative process -Leading the editing process on all product packaging artwork and routing all feedback across the applicable internal departments -Establishing processes and documents to own sources of truth for all products, to ensure swift and easy communication and understanding cross-functionally

  • Associate Director of Product Development and Innovation at Oars + Alps
    May 2022 - Jan 2023 · 9 mos

  • Verb Products (Full-time · 2 yrs 4 mos)
    • Director of Product Development
      Apr 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

      -Completely directed and oversaw product launches and a full catalog of SKUs, while preparing products for future launches -Managed full calendarization, product positioning and full product marketing campaigns for the entire Verb brand leading to $30 million yearly revenue -Ideating and executing the launch of award-winning haircare products: Volume Dry Texture Spray (Allure Best of Beauty- 2020) -Executing all company timelines and maintaining strict adherence to our schedule to ensure on-time delivery -Spearheading all product innovation, industry wide trend analysis, as well as raw material, ingredient, and packaging research efforts -Leading all vendor communication to ensure adherence to cost targets, budgetary restrictions, and company standard

    • Product Development Manager
      Feb 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Sol de Janeiro (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Assistant Manager, Product Innovation and Marketing
      Jan 2019 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

      -Headed the development of 22 launched formulas and 45+ future formulas from concept to launch-ready, including all marketing and strategy -Oversaw the creation of 168 SKUs, including finished goods, existing formulas, sets, retailer exclusives, and repackages Led the development of award-winning products: Copacabana Bronze Glow Oil (Allure Best of Beauty Award- 2019) Brazilian Crush Body Fragrance Mist (Influenster Reviewers’ Choice Winner- 2019) Glowmotions (Cosmetique Mag Awards- 2019) Coco Cabana Cream (New Beauty Reader’s Choice Award- 2019) Brazilian Bum Bum Cream (Examiner Best in Beauty Awards- 2015, Latina “Be Beautiful” Award- 2015) -Learned fine fragrance raw materials and top-selling finished goods with a top fragrance expert in the industry -Managed the Customer Service team and wrote the first Customer Service Handbook, a detailed document of over 75 pages in length

    • Product Development Coordinator
      Sep 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Marketing Coordinator
      Jun 2017 - Sep 2017 · 4 mos