Senior Creative Designer

Senior Creative Designer Job in Christchurch (6 Month Contract)

Are you looking for an interesting and very varied Senior Creative Designer role where you can cover a huge range of projects and use your creativity to its full potential? We have a Senior Creative Designer position available for a long-standing client who works with some of the biggest household names.

As the Senior Creative Designer, you will be required to lead, research, present and produce high standard concept designs. You will be expected to take projects through from start to finish and provide print ready artwork, enabling you to be in control of the full process. Packaging design experience and previous team management skills are essential.

Benefits:

• Circa £35k pro rata with flexibility for the right candidate
• 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 our inhouse Social Team
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Dress down Fridays

Duties & Responsibilities of the Creative Designer:

• Research and present current and upcoming consumer and packaging trends for your category.
• Use market and consumer data, and trend knowledge to create stunning and well-considered 2D product concepts.
• Work closely with the Product, Commercial and Technical teams to deliver beautiful and innovative product and packaging solutions.
• Demonstrate good leadership and ability to coach junior members of the team.
• Be able to convert product concepts to print-ready artwork.
• Manage and maintain workflows daily to ensure the smooth-running of the team and category.
• Take an active interest in ways we can reduce our environmental impact and improve our sustainability.
• Design of presentations for internal teams and new business pitches.
• Attend internal and external meetings and be able to contribute or present confidently.
• Assist with product approvals, to ensure accurate, consistent, and well-designed products are delivered on time.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Experience with packaging design
• Experience managing or leading a small team
• Able to work towards branding guidelines and style guides
• Driving licence

This Senior Creative Designer job in Christchurch would suit candidates who have some experience working as a Graphic Designer, ideally within a product based industry.