Senior Packaging Production Designer
La poste en détail
We’re looking for a brilliant packaging production specialist who’s ready to take the next step in their career and join our in-house Creative Studio, working initially across our Natural Foods brands BEAR, TREK, nakd., Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard.
About the job
- This is a hands-on packaging production role. Alongside supporting and developing our packaging production team, you'll be actively artworking, adapting and rolling out packaging yourself across multiple brands, formats, SKUs and markets.
- You'll work closely with our Head of Design to lead and develop packaging production across the studio, maintaining brilliant technical standards across artwork, masterfiles, colour, proofing, preflight and final production.
- You'll work alongside our studio’s Project Manager, Global Packaging team, Brand teams, QA and external production partners to make sure work moves smoothly and accurately from approved creative through to final production.
- You'll support and develop the packaging production team, sharing your knowledge and building technical capability across the wider studio.
- You'll help us improve how we work, spotting unnecessary complexity and recommending smarter, simpler and more scalable solutions.
- You'll play an active role in exploring how AI, workflow automation and emerging technology can improve artwork checking, adaptations, versioning, quality control and the wider packaging production workflow.
- Your technical expertise will also support shopper, POS, in-store and other printed or physically produced brand materials.
Profil
To succeed in this role, we believe you should have:
- Strong hands-on experience in packaging artworking and production, ideally within FMCG or consumer brands, with the desire to stay close to the work while stepping into greater senior responsibility. Ideally 7 years + professional experience.
- Deep technical knowledge of packaging and print production, including masterfiles, cutter guides, colour management, print processes, separations, trapping, overprint, finishes and preflight.
- Advanced Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign skills, with experience working across complex ranges, SKUs, adaptations and multilingual artwork.
- Experience working closely with printers, repro houses and production suppliers, with the confidence to solve technical production challenges.
- A natural ability to support, mentor and share knowledge with others. You don’t need to have been managed others before, but you should be excited by the opportunity to develop as a mentor and manager.
- A curious and improvement-focused mindset, you question how things are done, bring solutions rather than problems and look for smarter, simpler ways of working.
- Excitement about the potential of AI and workflow automation, with the curiosity to explore, test and implement how they can improve packaging production.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to explain technical subjects clearly, challenge constructively and bring people with you.
- A positive, collaborative and hands-on attitude. We’re a friendly, close-knit Creative Studio, so we’re looking for someone who is approachable, engaging and good fun to work with.
Other essential requirements for this role:
- Right-To-Work within the UK (without sponsorship)
- Minimum Education to Bachelors Degree level
Please note this role is a full-time position at our beautiful offices in St Albans, with four days a week spent on-site. Please only proceed if this works for you.
Offre
Grasp the opportunity to join an ambitious and driven Creative Studio with a brilliant mix of talents! You’ll have the opportunity to take the next step in your career, combining your packaging production expertise with growing responsibility and helping us shape how our production capability develops.
Being part of a fast-growing, international company, you’ll get plenty of opportunity to learn, develop and make a real impact across some fantastic brands. You’ll also be part of a culture where passion, team spirit and open dialogue are our main drivers.
And of course, on top of that, you can enjoy delicious branded snacks every day!
Vous voulez faire partie d’une équipe de choc dont l’ambition est d’offrir de petits moments de plaisir et de bonheur au plus grand nombre ? Parlez-en à vos futurs collègues. Vous ne voudrez plus attendre pour les rejoindre dans cet environnement de travail exceptionnel.
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