Senior Designer & Artwork Manager

Job Title: Senior Designer

Client: Global Beverage Company

Working Model: Hybrid

Salary: £60K - £65K

We’re excited to be partnering with a pioneering company in the health and natural dairy industry to add a Senior Designer to their team. This innovative brand is transforming the wellness landscape with its science-backed products that promote a healthy lifestyle through the power of nutrition. The role as Senior Designer is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing brand known for its commitment to wellness and high-quality, nutritious products.

Your responsibilities: You will be the key Custodian of Design guidelines, ensuring they show up with maximum impact and consistency.

• Stakeholder for strategic design projects i.e. brand identity refresh
• Primary design lead for marketing and shopper activations and executions (conceptual and executional)

• 85% of the role is focused on design and artwork:
• Product (UK & International):
• Deliver conceptual mock ups for retailer presentations or research stimuli (EPD and NPD)
• Design execution roll-out for some of their new flavours (EPD)
• Front or Back-of-pack design updates or optimisations for existing SKUs (EPD)
• Create pack shots, optimised pack imagery for social and digital use
• Ensure perfect execution of packaging design into repro and print incl. occasional visit for print sign off)

Shopper Marketing:

• Conceptual in-store shopper activation visual drafts
• Support Shopper Marketing in design execution of online and offline shopper activations

Marketing Activation:

• Conceptual mock ups of marketing activations (i.e. retailer presentations, print advertising)
• Ensure perfect execution of design into repro and print
• Support on development of icons, key visuals, or mock ups for presentations
• Support with website layout/page design of campaign and product specific pages

15% of the role is focused on the smooth running and delivery of design and artwork within Biotiful as set out below:

15% of the role is dedicated to ensuring the smooth execution and delivery of design and artwork, following the guidelines and standards set by the company:

• Recommending outsourcing options, when in-house design has no capacity
• Work with the SBM to maintain, build and extend (when needed) current design agency network to ensure breadth of expertise as well as back up cover
• Working with the Project Leads to ensure smooth delivery of artwork projects that aren’t executed internally

Support the Brand & Product team on improving, streamlining and facilitating internal design/artwork processes. What you will need to succeed, the HOW:

• Thrives under pressure in fast paced environments
• Self-starter, high energy, gutsy
• Delivers results: Can translate vision and strategy into action that achieves results
• Displays drive and purpose: Demonstrates focus, energy and persistence to achieve objectives despite obstacles
• Sets the pace: Senses and exploits growth and improvement opportunities and exhibits a sense of urgency and personal ownership
• Makes smart decisions: Uses intuition, rational thinking and sound judgement in analysing and resolving issues.
• Create team synergy: Works collaboratively across boundaries to achieve common goals
• Winning relationships: strengthens networks and partnerships, and translates insight into business success

Requirements:

• 7 years experience working across branding, artworking, packaging and design
• Experience working with FMCG brands
• Solid project management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Good understanding of Adobe including PhotoShop, AfterEffects, Illustrator, Lumen5, InDesign, would be a bonus
• Proven success in developing artworks in fast paced environments
• Communication skills: great written and oral communication skills.
• Passion for healthy food is a nice bonus