Location: United Kingdom
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a skilled Packaging Designer to own the production and rollout of packaging artwork across our performance, wellness, and beauty product range. You’ll work across a broad portfolio of SKUs, formats, and markets — translating brand direction into consistently excellent, print-ready artwork.
Key Responsibilities
Artwork Production & Design
- Deliver production-ready packaging artwork for performance, wellness, and beauty products.
- Create, adapt, and finalise artwork across multiple SKUs, formats, categories, and markets while keeping brand execution consistent and scalable.
- Prepare and deliver accurate, press-ready files according to printer and supplier specifications.
- Execute image retouching, colour correction, and layout adjustments as needed.
- Maintain accurate dieline templates for all pack formats, updated when structural or supplier changes occur.
Quality Control & Compliance
- Perform pre-flight checks to ensure technical accuracy of all files before submission.
- Verify that all legal, regulatory, and labelling requirements are correctly implemented — including barcodes, safety marks, and multi-language text.
- Create and maintain all user manual and unit warning layouts, updating for product changes, new markets, and regulatory revisions.
- Manage all on-pack warning text, safety symbols, and legal compliance elements across every SKU and market.
- Maintain version control and ensure artwork is archived and documented properly throughout its lifecycle.
Localisation
- Adapt master artworks for all markets, incorporating translated copy, local regulatory text, and market‑specific requirements.
- Work with translation partners to manage copy accurately and efficiently.
- Ensure all adaptations remain consistent with brand guidelines while meeting local regulatory requirements.
Collaboration & Communication
- Collaborate closely with packaging managers, product developers, quality, regulatory, and suppliers throughout the product development process.
- Work alongside graphic designers, brand teams, and external print vendors to deliver artwork on time and on spec.
- Interpret feedback and make precise revisions efficiently, maintaining clear communication on status and timelines.
- Attend production meetings and support cross‑functional teams with packaging artwork expertise.
Process & Workflow Management
- Manage multiple artwork projects simultaneously, prioritising deadlines and dependencies without dropping the ball.
- Follow internal workflows and approval processes, ensuring all checkpoints are completed and documented.
- Track artwork status across all active projects using a centralised system, maintaining a clear audit trail for all changes.
- Contribute to improving artwork processes, efficiency, and technical standards over time.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years in a packaging artwork or production design role.
- Expert‑level Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
- Strong pre‑press and print production knowledge.
- Experience with multi‑market localisation and adapted artworks.
- Proven ability to manage version control across a large SKU range.
- Familiarity with compliance copy, safety warnings, and regulatory labelling.
- Meticulous attention to detail with a process‑driven mindset.
You’ll Thrive Here If You’re…
- Process‑driven and precise: You notice the misplaced decimal in a warning label. You build systems so things don’t fall through the cracks.
- A confident juggler: You’re comfortable managing multiple active projects without losing track of what’s where in the approval process.
- A clear communicator: You can brief printers, work cross‑functionally, and translate regulatory requirements into artwork briefs.
- Ownership‑oriented: You don’t wait to be told something is wrong — you build the checks that catch problems before they happen.
