Creative Designer
Creative Designer Job in Christchurch (12-Month Contract)
Dovetail Recruitment are very pleased to be working with a thriving client based in Christchurch who has an exciting new opportunity for a Creative Designer to join their team! You’ll be working in a vibrant, fast-paced office environment alongside key stakeholders in the business including Account Managers, Product Developers and Technical Managers to deliver creative projects for a wide range of clients.
This position provides an incredible opportunity to solidify your creative skillset and work with a huge range of products held in the UK’s most well-established and longest-standing grocers and retailers.
Benefits:
- Circa £32k Per annum
- Hybrid – A minimum of 2 days in the office in Christchurch
- 25 days holiday per annum + BH
- Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Generous Company Sick Pay
- Pension Scheme Contribution
- Social events run by the in-house Social Team
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Dress down Fridays
Duties & Responsibilities of the Creative Designer:
- Take ownership of projects from idea conception to artwork delivery under the guidance of the Design Manager.
- Making visual mock-ups of new packaging designs, both digitally and physically.
- Assist the Product Development Managers with artwork approvals, to ensure accurate, consistent and well-designed products are delivered on time.
- Creating designs and style guides for use with packaging, and products.
- Artworking designs and preparing files to send to printers/suppliers.
- Working closely with the Design Manager to manage and maintain workflows on a daily basis to ensure a smooth running of the team and category.
- Design presentations for internal teams and new business pitches
- Attend internal meetings and contribute where necessary.
- Adhere to the deadlines and briefs set out by the Product Development Team.
- Maintain brand consistency across all brands with the ability to translate across events and experiences.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Experience with packaging design or designing print
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Able to work towards branding guidelines and style guides
- Driving licence
This Creative Designer job in Christchurch would suit candidates who have some experience working as a Graphic Designer, ideally within a product-based industry.
Interested? Click apply! Or feel free to give us a call or email.