Ernest Packaging Solutions: 78 Years of Innovation and Partnership
Ernest Packaging Solutions stands as a leading family-owned packaging manufacturer with over 78 years of innovation and excellence in the packaging and containers industry. Founded in 1946 by brothers Ernie and Charles Wilson in a humble Los Angeles garage, this privately held company has grown to employ 501-1,000 dedicated professionals across 13 strategic locations throughout the United States, maintaining its commitment to customized service and genuine partnership with clients.
Comprehensive Packaging Solutions
As a nationwide packaging solutions provider, Ernest specializes in custom packaging design, supply chain automation, and brand recognition strategies that help businesses bring their products to market efficiently and cost-effectively. The company's hands-on approach sets them apart in the competitive packaging industry, with team members working directly at client locations to understand unique challenges and develop tailored solutions that strengthen businesses and create amazing customer experiences.
Culture Built on Connection and Celebration
At Ernest, every moment is an opportunity to celebrate people, culture, and shared success. The company thrives on bringing ideas to life and creating memorable experiences that reflect who they are and what they stand for. This philosophy extends to how the organization treats its employees-believing that meaningful work happens when teams feel valued, connected, and inspired.
Employee First Culture and Benefits
- Competitive compensation with comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement planning with company support
- Flexible scheduling and paid time off for work-life balance
- Monday through Friday schedule with no weekend requirements
- Professional development opportunities in a stable, growing industry
- Fun, collaborative work environment with really awesome people
- Events and celebrations that build community and recognize achievements
Career Growth and Innovation
Ernest's philosophy of saying "no to the status quo" while maintaining family values creates an environment where employees can grow professionally while contributing to meaningful work. Career opportunities span multiple departments including packaging engineering, supply chain management, customer service, manufacturing, business development, and event coordination. The company's established presence and commitment to making "the impossible, possible" through creative problem-solving provides stability and advancement potential for professionals at all career levels who want to focus on bringing smiles to faces and making the world a little more Ernest.
Mission
To be the long-term partner for businesses getting their products to market, while keeping costs down, social buzz up, and making the world a little more Ernest.
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Director Learning
Description
Director of Learning Purpose of the Role
The Director of Learning is responsible for defining, tracking, and implementing high-absorption learning experiences that advance Ernest's most critical business initiatives.
Within the Learning function, this role represents the content creation segment of the alignment model. The Director translates identified business needs into well-designed learning objects and partners with stakeholders downstream to plan for execution, reinforcement, and sustained integration of learning into day-to-day behaviors.
This role reports to our SVP of Learning and provides direct leadership to the Learning Architect team, which is responsible for building learning experiences that drive real adoption and measurable behavior change.
What Success Looks Like
- Creating clear expectations and alignment with internal clients and business leaders
- Delivering learning initiatives on time and within defined scope
- Leveraging the right mix of internal and external resources to execute effectively
- Accurately forecasting development and delivery hours
- Achieving high adoption and sustained use of learning content
- Ensuring every learning experience follows a Beginning-Middle-End-Interconnection mindset
- Maintaining strong stakeholder alignment throughout development
Core Responsibilities
- Translate business needs into scalable, high-impact learning experiences
- Manage learning projects end-to-end
- Lead, coach, and develop the Learning Architect team
- Serve as Editor-in-Chief for all learning materials
- Create and execute communication strategies for learning launches
- Track adoption, effectiveness, and continuous improvement
Required Capabilities
- Experience editing and producing high-quality e-learning
- Creative thinking and comfort with ambiguity
- Learning project management and development experience
- Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills

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