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Are you already a Graphic Designer with circa 3-5 years of experience creating amazing packaging concepts & artwork for Beauty/Personal Care/FMCG brands such as Skincare, Cosmetics, Fragrances, Candles etc?
Do you have a good understanding of seasonal packaging design and experience working on labels sold to major retailers such as TK Maxx, Boots, Matalan to name just a few?
Do you enjoy working in a fast paced & creative office/studio environment? No two days, brands and products will be the same in this role giving you maximum variety!
Site based in Knutsford Monday – Friday (Full Time Permanent)
The role of the Creative Graphic Designer – Beauty & Skincare Packaging:
- Reporting to our Creative Director & Head of Design you will be working on private label beauty packaging concepts, licensed products and our client’s various in-house brands
- You will be working in a fast-paced studio where you will be encouraged to explore your creativity
- Create customer-facing presentations for Beauty & Skincare product concepts to a high standard
- These presentations may consist of brand style guide type concepts, digital illustrations (CADs) to represent final products/packaging or 3D product visuals
- Work closely with Product Developers on new product packaging concepts, ensuring designs meet customer requirements, adhering to brand guidelines and aesthetics are consistent with current trends
- Create visually interesting beauty trend presentations based on research gathered by our client’s development team
- Maintain brand identity & consistency across various media for a variety of in-house & customer brands. This may include beauty products & packaging, marketing materials and digital assets for web and social media
- Maintain an excellent quality of design work using our current methods and work processes, but also helping to improve our design output and offering new & exciting ways to present to customers
- Assist with specification documents to handover creative concepts to the artwork team
- Assist & mentor junior team members
The requirements for the Creative Graphic Designer – Beauty & Skincare Packaging:
- 3-5 years of experience creating amazing packaging concepts & artwork for Beauty/Personal Care/FMCG brands such as Skincare, Cosmetics, Fragrances, Candles etc
- A good understanding of seasonal packaging design and ideally experience working on packaging for product labels sold to major retailers such as TK Maxx, Boots, Matalan to name just a few
- Experience working with large scale brands
- A Bachelor’s degree or similar level in Graphic design is desirable, although candidates with relevant experience will also be considered
- Expert in Adobe Creative Suite
- Compelling portfolio of work
- Able to demonstrate an excellent level of creative flair, good typography skills & strong design ability
- Thorough knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & Indesign
- Keen interest in current trends and practices of visual design
- Good knowledge of the print process
Preferable Skills (But not essential):
- Experience in 3D modelling/animation (Blender, Adobe Dimension/Substance for
- example)
- Motion graphics, video editing experience (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro)
- Knowledge of web design
Benefits:
- Highly Competitive Base Salary DOE
- Bupa Private Healthcare
- Pension
- Free Parking
- 25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays + Day off for your Birthday
- Mobile and Laptop
Apply right now by calling Oliver Gill at Beautiful Recruitment Ltd on + 44 (0) 203 911 1000 and email your current CV AND link to your work portfolio using oliver@beautifulrecruitment.com Beautiful Recruitment is the market leading FMCG & Cosmetics company placing people into dream jobs across the UK and Europe daily.
To be considered for this role you must have the right to work in the UK and be able to commute to our client’s offices in the Knutsford area Monday - Friday
Beautiful Recruitment also operates a recommend a friend referral scheme. So, if you know someone who could be good for this job, email your nominated candidate’s name and contact details in confidence via email too, and we will ensure you receive £100.00 of vouchers from a high street retailer of your choice!
About Company
Our client is a market leading beauty & skincare company who design, develop & manufacture products for a large customer base, including world-wide high street & online retailers!
Our client is growing rapidly and now have an exciting opportunity to add an experienced creative Graphic Designer to their already successful in-house team!
