Senior Packaging Designer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £30000 – £50000/annum
Senior Packaging Designer
Surrey
SALARY; Negotiable depending on experience
Company: A family run business founded in 1992, this design agency has experience designing and producing brands that win at the retail shelf. Their clients trust them time and again to lead them through the changing dynamics of the shopper world and to design packaging that ensures their brands are picked first. They deliver 360 design to artwork philosophy efficiently, faithfully and accurately, across the globe.
Overview:
As a senior packaging designer, you will be experienced in FMCG and will be able to demonstrate your passion and experience in conceptual design, within this industry.
Role:
You are passionate about design and proactive in driving the standards of design within the department forward.
You will be a specialist in food packaging design and be comfortable with strategic and conceptual design, as you are rolling out style guide-based range extensions.
You will work alongside the Creative Directors to ensure that work is of the highest quality, whilst being commercial.
Working collaboratively, you'll create highly creative, and exciting concepts and extensions for a large range of brands. These will be outstanding designs that hold their own in a competitive global arena.
Take complete ownership of all assigned design projects from initial briefing through to final presentation.
Check and proof read designs to ensure a consistent, high level of precision and accuracy.
Work with style guides and brand guidelines to ensure brand compliance.
Liaise directly with Account Managers to ensure full understanding of the client's brief.
Present designs on brief, on time, in budget, in line with the company's values and to client satisfaction in a fast paced environment.
Ensure that all deadlines are met within project budgets.
Attend design and project briefings.
Act as role model and/or line manager for junior members of the design team, inspiring, directing and mentoring at all stages of projects. Assist junior members of staff to ensure that designs are presented on brief, on time and in line with the company's values.
Champion our high standards.
Requirements:
5+ years' experience in packaging design
Ability to take ownership and responsibility to take your design projects from initial brief through to final presentation
An outstanding portfolio of commercial food packaging design
Highly competent in Photoshop, specifically working with stock imagery to create photo-realistic serving suggestion compositions.
Working to tight deadlines, you know how choose the best process and tools to deliver on time and in budget
Strong typographical and illustration skills
Experience of working with style guides
Able to collaborate creatively across teams
Able to assist and mentor junior designers
Ability to cope with shifting priorities
Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite/CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
TO APPLY please email your full CV details and portfolio to us and we will be in touch. All applications are strictly confidential and your details will not be shared with any organisation without your express permission and consent.
Key words; packaging, design, graphic design, conceptual design, middleweight designer, senior designer
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