Senior Designer, gifting & stationery (3483969)
- Competitive Salary
- London
Award-winning consumer products company, well-known for their playful, commercial ranges is recruiting for a talented Senior Designer to join their growing, creative team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded senior level designer to create trend-driven, impactful product and on-pack graphics that stand out on shelf and inspire customers globally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner closely with Product Development and Production from early concept stages, shaping ideas and translating briefs into creative product solutions.
- Create compelling designs (packaging and on-pack graphics) that excite retailers and delight end customers.
- Develop packaging and graphic design across both new launches and existing ranges, ensuring consistency, storytelling and category-leading innovation.
- Proactively research and interpret design and packaging trends within gifting and the wider consumer landscape, bringing fresh inspiration to the team.
- Balance creativity with commercial awareness, producing designs that are innovative while meeting brand, licensor and retailer requirements.
- Produce and amend artwork to a high standard, meeting deadlines, critical path milestones and technical specifications with precision and attention to detail.
What we’re looking for in you:
- 5 years’ commercial design experience within consumer retail products.
- Experience of working on packaging – cutter guide experience ideal but not essential.
- A portfolio that showcases exceptional graphic and packaging design work.
- An ability to thrive in a culture where ideas are challenged; confident receiving and acting on constructive feedback to elevate creative work.
- Comfortable with creative autonomy, you can take an open brief and run with it, exploring, experimenting and presenting clear routes with conviction.
- Unafraid of a blank page, you embrace creative freedom and push ideas forward.
- Naturally curious, you are an ideas-driven designer who actively seeks inspiration and brings fresh thinking to the table.
- Strong eye for design, colour, layout and storytelling, with the ability to turn a brief into commercially exciting products.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant design tools.
- Experience working with licensed brands as well as non-licensed product (advantageous).
- Highly organised, solutions-focused and comfortable working at pace in a busy environment.
- A confident communicator and collaborative team player, able to work cross-functionally with clarity and enthusiasm.
- Knowledge of the UK retail landscape and an understanding of what makes products stand out in a competitive market.
Diversity & Inclusion: ILMJ values diversity, equality and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and identities.
